Samantha is both a writer and a fan of the arts and has been able to find numerous ways to pair the two. Aside from being an editor here at Mooney on Theatre, she's a photojournalist for Been Here Done That, a travel, dining and tourism blog that focuses on Toronto and abroad and previously for Lithium Magazine, which got her writing and shooting about everything from Dave Matthews Band to Fan Expo. She's passionate about music, theatre, photography, writing, and celebrating sexuality -- not necessarily in that order. She drinks tea more than coffee, prefer ciders over beers, and sings karaoke way too loudly. You can follow her on various social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
The Theatre Centre celebrates a new home at Toronto’s Queen-Lisgar Carnegie Library, announces new season and new artists
For over 30 years The Theatre Centre has brought Toronto innovative and inspiring theatrical experiences for patrons and space, funding and mentorship for budding artists.
Announced on November 5th, The Theatre Centre will be moving in the new year to their new location, the historic Carnegie Library located at 1115 Queen Street West, to expand their operations – providing a live arts hub and incubator for future development of contemporary pieces from artists local and abroad.
Raw and intensely thought-provoking, Taking Sides is playing at Toronto’s Al Green Theatre
What happens when good men do nothing, especially while stuck behind enemy lines? It’s a moral dilemma come to life in Chicken Coop Theatre‘s Taking Sides written by Ronald Harwood.
Taking Sides is a powerful story of a German conductor under review and scrutiny in the aftermath of the Second World War. Though he publicly opposed them, his favor among the Third Reich garnered him suspicion as a co-conspirator.
Sexy and sinful, Les Coquettes bring top notch cabaret burlesque to Toronto’s The Revival Bar with Exhibition
I don’t need an excuse to fill with my life with sexy, sensuous and scantily clad ladies and gents, song and dance, and tongue and cheek, with dashes of aerial artistry and plenty of good humor. No excuse needed because, really, why deny yourself pleasure? That being said, Halloween has always been the best reason to indulge in anything.
And so it was with great delight that I sought out what the lovely lads and gals of Les Coquettes had to offer this time around for their spooky yearly tradition in the form of “Exhibition“. Having attended a previous performance of theirs, I had a feeling I wouldn’t be disappointed.
360 Screenings returns with their upcoming and highly anticipated Halloween event
It’s a night at the movies cranked up to a higher level – where the silver screen blends, blurs and extends, absorbs you in and now you’re part of the adventure. It’s an experience you’re likely not to have had before.
And you won’t know what it is until you get there.
Robert Gontier and Ned Loach, the founding duo behind 360 Screenings, have been keeping audiences entranced and guessing for over a year with their innovative movie screening and theatrical performance in one. With a rapidly growing fan base increasing solely through word of mouth and the power of social media, their screenings have become one of the go to events to look out for in the city.
The Killing Game is an absurd and bizarre dark comedy playing at Toronto’s Annex Theatre in time for Halloween
‘Ring Around the Rosie’ was a song we all sang as kids and then learned, years later, the true meaning behind the nursery tune – the black plague. The juxtaposition of a lilting kids’ song to deliver a lesson of history’s most devastating pandemic is greatly exaggerated in an avant-garde and absurdist way in Eugene Ionesco’s The Killing Game presented by Art & Lies Productions.
Numerous single act vaudevillian skits performed with as much outlandish kitsch and dazzling jazz handed grandeur as the production’s team of 18 actors can muster make up the evening’s two hour show. In the style of absurdist theatre with a nod to theatre of the macabre, The Killing Game, playing at the Annex Theatre, is a perfect precursor to Halloween festivities.
