Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of November 28th, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out
Continue reading Caught Our Eye Playlistings for the Week of November 28th
by Jenna Rocca
There is not much to say about Peter Shaffer‘s seminal classic about one boy’s special sexy horse religion; it pretty well speaks for itself. I was glad to see Hart House Theatre’s production didn’t try to frivolously add to the text and really allowed it to stand on its own, underscored with beautiful staging, design, and soundscapes.
Of course Equus‘s most notorious element is the full-frontal nude scene that is required with the purchase of the rights to the text. However the most subversive element of the show is its potent message of non-conformity.
Elenna Mosoff makes her return to Hart House after finishing a program in the States in Theatre Direction. She has directed past performances at the University of Toronto cultural centre including hits The Rocky Horror Show and Reefer Madness. While she has always been drawn to controversial and slightly raunchier pieces, her interpretations are never gimmicky.
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of October 24, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out.
Continue reading Eye-catching Toronto live theatre for the week of November 21, 2010
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of October 24, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out. Continue reading Eye-catching Toronto live theatre for the week of November 14, 2010
by Jenna Rocca
I always love to immerse myself in other cultures. So many different communities from all over the world have formed hubs in our beloved City of Toronto, making themselves available to one another from which to learn and to enjoy.
So I was very excited about joining in the Mexican fun at the Day of the Dead Festival at Harbourfront Centre this past weekend. This was a celebration that always beckoned to me and that I felt akin with, even though I’m Italian and our views of death are highly morbid.
The Skulls of Posada was a special performance put on once each day of the festival (November 6th and 7th). From the director’s note: “The duality of Life and Death is a basic concept among all cultures, but Mexicans embody it in a very peculiar way: passionate, fatalistic, solemn, farcical, humorous [sic], irreverent, disrespectful, are just a few of the adjectives […] that depict Mexicans’ way of living… and dying.” Continue reading Review: The Skulls of Posada (Double Double Performing Arts)