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 February 28th, 2011:
** 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 Feb. 28th
by Jenna Rocca
Canadian Stage will continue to bring Toronto groundbreaking and imaginative contemporary theatre with its just announced 2011-12 season. Yesterday, General and Artistic Director Matthew Jocelyn explained that he hopes to continue to”define and realize a new position for Canadian Stage,” working with what he describes as “original, bold, and fearless” artists, bringing the audience on “enchanting, unexpected, and thrilling theatrical voyages.”
The lineup of shows for the next season is indeed “bold” and draws a strong continuity with the programming of Jocelyn’s past seasons. With more exciting nude choreographic works, the works of international artists and a newly commissioned translation, the lineup is a veritable pastiche of the trends in the contemporary theatre scene, bringing together artists of both local and international scope. Continue reading Announcement: Canadian Stage to bring the work of Egoyan, Crimp, Logan, Pite, Beckett and more to their 2011/12 Season
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 February 21st, 2011:
** 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 Feb. 21st
by Jenna Rocca
Crow’s Theatre‘s Eternal Hydra has been remounted in association with the Factory Theatre to great acclaim which is much deserved. This is one of the most original and compelling contemporary plays I have seen in quite a while, probably since Chris Abraham’s own The Patient Hour by Kristen Thomson, staged at Tarragon.
Abraham and Thomson are best known for the iconic collaboration known as I, Claudia perhaps the greatest work of Canadian theatre, in my humble opinion.
Eternal Hydra is very different, but no less bold. This show makes no hesitation and is practically religious in its solemnity, both in staging and performance. However there is still a child-like wonder in the presentation that gives it a subtle lightness that is really what makes it work so well. Continue reading Review: Eternal Hydra (Crow’s Theatre)
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 February 6th, 2011:
** 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 February 6th