Heather studied film at Humber College and English and Theatre at UTSC. She works as a stage manager, usually watching from the booth or lurking backstage. She has written for various websites since 2009. Unofficially, she’s also a total nerd with an obsession with sci fi TV series, fantasy novels, Dungeons and Dragons, and and video games. Follow her on Twitter at @bluealbow4eva.
The Story returns for a second year of performance to Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works
The story of “The Story” is one very familiar to Catholics, and probably pretty well known to others as well – the Nativity. Interestingly enough, it’s a fairly secular take on the Christmas story; there really isn’t much mention of “the son of God” or much Catholic doctrine. It’s about the birth of an important child who bring about peace and love and “a new idea”. In fact, the angel Gabriel spends some time wondering just what the Holy Spirit is. It’s the Nativity story but it’s full of questioning about what it means to be human.
A Toronto stage manager takes us “behind the curtain” of Unit 102 theatre’s upcoming production of The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine
I am a stage manager.
Most people outside the theatre community don’t really know what that means. Many of my friends have no idea what I do for a living.
Currently I’m working on a comedy called The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine, which opens next week (November 6) and plays through November 24, 2012 at Unit 102. It stars some fabulous actors, Jennifer De Lucia and Daniel Stolfi, and has an equally fabulous director, Robert Morgan, who, along with Martha Ross and Leah Cherniak, wrote the play 25 years ago. The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine is a hilarious look at repressed anger in long-term relationships, because “you always hurt the ones you love”.
Toronto’s Opera Atelier graces the stage of the Elgin Theatre with their latest production of Der Freischütz (The Marksman)
Writing for Mooney on Theatre has allowed me to see a wide variety of productions that I likely would not have seen otherwise. In an effort to expose myself to a greater variety of performance, I took the opportunity to watch my first opera, Opera Atelier’s Der Freischütz (The Marksman), which is playing at the Elgin Theatre until November 3. My feelings regarding the production are mixed.
Der Freischütz (The Marksman) is about Max (Krešimir Špicer), who must win the right to marry his love, Agathe (Meghan Lindsay), in a test of marksmanship. Since he has been unable to hit anything lately, he makes a deal with the devil Samiel (Curtis Sullivan) for magical bullets that will help him win.
Mirvish Productions has announced a new series, called Off- Mirvish. The goal is to expand Mirvish’s lineup, as they are well known for featuring famous international productions, often musicals. This comes from a desire to celebrate the Toronto theatre community, marketing them to a more mainstream audience.
The ups and downs of outdoor theatre in Toronto in September.
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s classic comedies, telling the tale of heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court (in this case, aunt’s) to find safety, and eventually love, in the Forest of Arden. In the UC Follies version, Rosalind (Lauren Goodman) and her cousin Celia (Siobhan O’Malley) are “les filles des roi” in New France (part of which is now present-day Canada) being married to French Canadian dukes.
