Gravestone Posse: The Golden Age of Radio, Live at the Toronto Fringe!
Long before there was television or cheap travel, there was radio. Families gathered in their living rooms to listen to such classicserial dramas as The Shadow, The Witch’s Tale and The Whistler.
The Canadian Space Opera Company, with the help of U of T campus radio station CIUT, now brings these bygone daysof radio back to life with Gravestone Posse, an episode of the long lost radio horror serial Out Of The Closet. This stagedradio drama is a warm comic homage to those old-time radio shows that your parents or grandparents knew and loved. Continue reading Gravestone Posse – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release→
The outdoor setting is perfect for this Oscar Wilde classic. The Casa Loma grounds are breathtaking, creating an intimate setting which is quite romantic. The first act takes place on the patio above the gardens and after a brief intermission the second act is moved down to the garden itself, with chairs lined up to face a lawn with a gazebo that acts as the stage. Continue reading Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Brant Theatre Workshops)→
This week’s edition of Cheap Theatre has four instead of five shows for you to watch that cost under $20. The week’s theme is plays based on classical works by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde. If you’re looking for something different to do on date night, here are some great shows you can see.
Here’s what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. Get out there and see a show during the week of June 27th, 2011:
** 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.
Toronto – Clownfire and Column 13 Actors Company, two feisty independent theatre companies, are to collaborate to perform the Canadian premiere of SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY by José Rivera at the 2011 Toronto International Fringe Festival. The production will run for just 7 performances at the festival, which runs from July 6-17th, 2011.
This work by Obie-winning, Academy Award-nominated playwright and screenwriter José Rivera asks the question, “Where do we go when we die?”, and if you were offered the chance to comment on your life, at 80, What would you say about the life you’ve lived?”. In a waiting room for the afterlife, a crowd of ordinary souls are en route to their final resting place and are given one last chance to share with the universe their parting thoughts. Part poetry, part magical realism, this dreamscape play offers profound insights and revelations. Continue reading Sonnets For An Old Century – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release→
