Always a theatre lover Sam realized in middle age that there's more to Toronto theatre than just mainstream and is now in love with one person shows, adores festivals, and quirky venues make her day.
Off Mirvish closes its season with Dancing With Rage, at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre
Marg Delahunty finds out she’s going blind and embarks on a quest to find the love child she gave up for adoption in 1967. She wants to see her baby’s face. And that’s what Mary Walsh’s solo show Dancing With Rage is about. It opened tonight at the Panasonic Theatre, the third and final show in the inaugural season of Off Mirvish productions.
A quick and sexy comedy hits the stage at The Storefront Theatre in Toronto
Claire, From the Bus opened on Friday evening at The Storefront Theatre. I was supposed to go but hit my head really hard on a kitchen cabinet and had a headache that nothing would touch so I rescheduled to this afternoon. As I was going to my seat I tripped on a step and fell headlong into the row. All this to say that I risked life and limb to see Claire, From the Bus and it was worth it.
Dinner theatre delights in Dairy-Free Love at Toronto’s Winchester bar
Victoria Murdoch’s one-person show Dairy-Free Love opened on Friday night at the Winchester. Interesting choice of venue, a restaurant/bar for a play that features a cooking show. Real food was produced.
Victoria plays Dawn, host of a daily internet cooking show, who is channelling a 1950s housewife. Dawn is a perfectionist who needs to control everything around her. Because of this she hasn’t been out of the house for five years.
The show opens with a call to a help line. We don’t know who is calling but we know from the menu choices that the person making the call wants to talk to someone and is put on hold. The show ends with Dawn picking up the phone to talk to someone. Continue reading Review: Dairy-Free Love (Savory Entertainment)→
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