Megan loves being in the thick of all things theatre, but her ultimate goal is to promote theatre to the world of non-theatre people. It was the same when she was the theatre writer for blogTO, or the Fringe Correspondent for CBC Radio One‘s Here and Now, as it is as the founder of Mooney on Theatre. Her basic belief is that there is theatre/performance out there for everyone to love, they just need to find it. This is not to be confused with the idea that everyone should love theatre for theatre’s sake, in fact, as obsessed as she is with theatre, even *she* doesn’t love all types of theatre.
Tonight Michael’s world is turned upside down. He is the next contestant on the newest reality TV series: This is your Life: A Re-Integration into Reality. After being violently removed from his bed by masked hooligans, Michael is forced to confront the traumatic events of his past that have led him to his life of substance abuse and dishonesty. Michael in Primetime is a tour de force physical theatre show that explores the world of television, and how if affects individuals on a daily basis.
Written and Performed by Precious Chong
Directed by Adam Lazarus
The (former) Yugoslavian flag has only one star in it and that star is ZDENKA!
Zdenka escaped political persecution, fled fires of Belgrade, abandoned friend, family, material possessions to begin life anew in the great multi-cultural city of Toronto as professional interpreter, professional background performer, and full ACTRA member.
Come see Zdenka and meet her new friends in the city of large smoke. Some friends to meet is Bob the native young boy on way to meet mother, Barb GM spokewoman having personal crisis, and Shelagh who work mindless job of LCBO but live in fantasy of romance.
Zdenka is love! Zdenka is magic! Zdenka is fantasy!
When one witnesses an atrocity it is one’s obligation to act. Actor Risa Morris will donate the proceeds from The Fever to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
In The Fever, Wallace’s character travels to the developing world to find herself. Instead, she finds herself more lost, questioning her very understanding of the world. In a fever-induced hallucination, she takes the audience with her as she struggles with what it means to live in a privileged place, knowing the realities of life in the developing world.
I’ll admit it. I’m having a bit of a hard time finding the words for this review. Somehow I feel like just saying “Robert Lepage’s Lipsynch is phenomenal and if you ever get the chance to see it you should go” doesn’t seem to be enough. But it sums up how I’m feeling. And it seems so big it’s hard to find succinct words to describe it.
