Five For Twenty (or Less)
This week’s cheap theatre post features our Managing Editor, Wayne Leung’s, top picks. This list narrows down the hottest shows under $20 playing in Toronto this week. We’ve picked five shows so all you have to do is choose one and watch some live theatre. There’s a play reading, a drama, a comedy, a dance show and even a festival. Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of March 19, 2012
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of March 19, 2012: ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
Continue reading Eye-Catching Toronto Theatre for the Week of March 19, 2012
From Press Release
Today Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity announced their 2012 Festival program.
The sixth edition of Luminato takes place from June 8–17, 2012 and we look forward to seeing you there.
This year’s line-up proudly boasts:
K’naan • Philip Glass • Robert Lepage • Alice Munro • Batsheva Dance Company • Rufus Wainwright • Anna Mcgarrigle • Stewart Goodyear • Jorinde Voight • Thomas +guinevere • Toronto Symphony Orchestra • Dan Bergeron • Blue Republic • 1000 Tastes Of Toronto • Richard Ford • Chris Cleave & Vincent Lam • Irvine Welsh • Peter Carey • Lewis Lapham • Nicole Krauss • The New Yorker • Magicana • Ernest Ranglin • Michael Rose • Deltron 3030 • Loreena Mckennitt • Kathleen Edwards • Kevin Fox • Dan Mangan • Robert Wison • Diane D’Aquila • Banachek • And hundreds more. Continue reading Announcement: Luminato 2012 Festival Program Announced
The Monkey Toast show I saw on Saturday follows a talk show format broken up with a bunch of comedic improv skits. The night I attended was their official Canadian re-launch with new host, Ron Tite. The show has been on hiatus from Toronto after their successful seven-year run when creator and former host David Shore moved to the UK and took the show with him. There are definitely a lot of fans who were awaiting this comeback as opening night was a full house.
I had never heard of Monkey Toast before so I had nothing to compare it to but what I saw I thoroughly enjoyed. I walked in expecting more of a stand-up comedy routine, even though the show is billed as an improvised talk show, I thought it would follow more of a comedy club format. Instead we got a smart and funny show with Canadian celebrities and even some politically charged conversation. Continue reading Review: Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show (Jan Caruana, Lisa Merchant & Ron Tite)
Let me start off by saying that a show about vikings is not something I would ever consider seeing. Ever. So I’m not quite sure why I signed up to see it, but I’m so very glad that I did. Even though I was pretty skeptical walking into this one, the title and the description of the show promised some laughs and delivered within the first five minutes, so I knew I was going to enjoy this show.
Every character in this show does an excellent job. The roles are very well suited to the actors and the over-the-top physical comedy of the piece is very well done. This show is all about the actors and their comedic timing, which is spot on. There’s hardly ever a dull moment on stage. Continue reading Review: The Lost Sagas of Tjorvi the Flaccid (Pandemic Theatre)