At long last, the spooky shows are flooding in! Get ready for ghouls, ghosts, and all manner of scares this week as we inch ever closer to old Hallow’s Eve! We’ve highlighted those we’re most excited about in bloody red text. Here are the picks:
Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company presents Barbara Monk Feldman’s original opera Pyramus and ThisbeTwo star-crossed lovers parted by a wall, able to communicate only through a tiny hole: so goes the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, a tale beloved enough for Shakespeare to use (and deliberately mangle) it in his play-within-a-play in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; now it finds a home with the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto.
But the COC’s production isn’t a literal take on the story; rather, it takes a more metaphysical approach, preferring to play with structure in a work of curious irresolution and ambiguity. It certainly is a bold vision, but for me, the results were mixed. Continue reading Pyramus and Thisbe (Canadian Opera Company)
Out of all the new shows opening this week, there’s a surprising amount of historical shows on the docket. So this week our theme is ‘back in time’! Whether it’s a specific past or just time in general, these shows have a lot to say about both past and present. This week, we also have a special Halloween-themed wild card pick. Check them out under the cut! Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of October 19th
As we inch closer and closer to Halloween, the spooky shows are just around the corner. In the meantime, we’re here to highlight those shows running this week that we’d most like to see in red text. Here are the picks:
This week nothing is quite like the other–a testament to the diversity of theatre going on in the city right now! As usual, we’re here to highlight a few productions that are both intriguing and kind to the wallet. Check them out under the cut! Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of October 12th, 2015