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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Dani Girl Q&A: Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond

Gabi Epstein and Jonathan Logan in Dani Girl. Photo by Susan Benoit.

Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond‘s Dani Girl returns to the stage this month in a new co-production by Show One Productions and Talk Is Free Theatre. Directed by Toronto theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, and starring Jeff Madden, Amanda LeBlanc, Jonathan Logan, and Gabi Epstein, [...]

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Pomme Is French For Apple Q&A: Liza Paul and Bahia Watson

Liza Paul and Bahia Watson. Photo by Zahra Siddi at zahrasiddi.tumblr.com.

When two fun-loving friends as accomplished as Liza Paul and Bahia Watson come together to create a show named after the West Indian word for a woman’s private parts (pum), you know it’s a performance worth seeing.
Toronto theatre scenesters will likely know Paul as the associate [...]

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Alley Theatre Workshop Q&A: Michael Kash

Michael Kash as Erie Smith in Hughie. Photo by Alley Theatre Workshop

Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie has only been performed a handful of times, most notably by Al Pacino on Broadway in 1996. The two-character, one-act play is now on stage in Toronto, presented by Alley Theatre Workshop (ATW), and starring Dora Award-nominated actor and ATW artistic [...]

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Q&A: Cruel and Tender Actor Jeff Lillico

Atom Egoyan, Jeff Lillico, Arsinée Khanjian. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Jeff Lillico has established himself as one of the most versatile young actors in Canada. With an impressive list of credits from the Shaw Festival and Soulpepper (to name a few), and a Dora Award for outstanding male performance in a principal role for Acting Up [...]

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

2012 Next Stage Theatre Festival Q&A: Jessica Moss

Originally presented at Canadian Stage’s Festival of Ideas and Creation, Theatre Caravel‘s Modern Love takes a look at the ways we connect with and disconnect from each other every day. Here, we talk with writer and solo performer Jessica Moss about the show’s upcoming run at the 2012 Next Stage Theatre Festival (opens January 5, 5:30pm—Factory [...]

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

2012 Next Stage Theatre Festival Q&A: Christopher Wilson

Kelly Ryan and David Silvestri in Living With Henry.

Featured as part of the Best of Fringe Uptown 2011, Living With Henry is a new musical drama that explores the fear, complications and realities of living with HIV/AIDS today. Here, we talk with writer and composer Christopher Wilson about the show’s upcoming run at the 2012 Next [...]

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

A Very Lupe Christmas: Q&A With Melissa D’Agostino

Get Lupe this holiday with Toronto Fringe favourite Melissa D’Agostino

There’s something about Lupe — the satirical character that won creator and performer Melissa D’Agostino a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Solo Show in 2009. Inspired by D’Agostino’s own upbringing as a second generation Italian Canadian in Toronto’s Little Portugal, Lupe is a South American [...]

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Word Festival: Q&A with Toby Malone

A few words on The Word Festival with Toby Malone

By Ava Baccari

Toby Malone.

Words alone can’t describe the singular importance of the two most influential texts in the English language: the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.
And after a year of planning, Soulpepper Theatre Company’s artistic director Albert Schultz, associate director Don Shipley [...]

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival: Q&A with Peter ‘N Chris

Peter ‘N Chris (Peter Carlone ‘n Chris Wilson) are a Vancouver-based comedy duo performing at this year’s Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Their show Peter ‘N Chris Save The World! was selected as a “critic’s pick” (NOW Magazine) at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival. Here, we chat with the comic twosome about their sketch style, super powers and [...]

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival: Q&A with Tony Ho

Tony Ho: Adam Niebergall, Roger Bainbridge and Miguel Rivas.

Tony Ho believes being unsettled isn’t a bad thing. This darkly hilarious Toronto group (Roger Bainbridge, Adam Niebergall and Miguel Rivas) is performing at this year’s Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Here, we find out what makes them tick.
Theatromania: Describe Tony Ho in one sentence.
TH: Tony Ho is [...]

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival: Q&A with The Williamson Playboys

Paul Bates and Doug Morency. Photo by Christine Latimer.

One day in 2001, while at The Second City, Paul Bates and Doug Morency were
sitting around trying to figure out what kind of sketch they could come up with
using a tuba and a ukulele. The answer was obvious: put on some hats, pretend
to be really old, reminice [...]

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival: Q&A with Fratwurst

Fratwurst is a Toronto-based sketch comedy group consisting of Evan Arppe, Eric Miinch, Josh Murray and Jim Robinson. Robinson is also the creator and host of BeerProv, a Toronto based beer-drinking and improv show, which was featured during the 2010 Canadian Comedy Awards Festival and the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Fratwurst has headlined comedy clubs across Toronto and will be performing [...]

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