In Vancouver-based playwright Minh Ly’s Ga Ting, now playing in Toronto as part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival, an immigrant Chinese-Canadian couple meets their deceased son Kevin’s caucasian boyfriend for the first time and, over the course of a dinner full of clashes and fiery accusations, they each try to come to terms with Kevin’s death by suicide. Continue reading 2019 Next Stage Theatre Festival Review: Ga Ting 家庭 (Ga Ting Toronto Collective)
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Review: The Play That Goes Wrong (Mirvish)
After runs in London and on Broadway the hit comedic play opens in Toronto
The Play That Goes Wrong recently played successful runs in London’s West End and on Broadway and I admit, I’m a bit baffled by its success. Rarely do you see a non-musical play on Broadway that doesn’t cast a celebrity in a lead role. It’s also the kind of screwball, slapstick comedy that would typically play in smaller, Off-Broadway size theatres, but last night the show opened in Toronto’s large Ed Mirvish Theatre in front of a packed house, so there’s obviously an audience for it. Continue reading Review: The Play That Goes Wrong (Mirvish)
Review: Champions of Magic (Starvox Entertainment)
The magic show from the UK featuring five world-class magicians is now playing in Toronto
Who doesn’t love a magic show? Oh, they’re the empty-calorie guilty pleasures of the performing arts, to be sure, but their unabashed spectacle and their ability to dazzle and delight makes them accessible, crowd-pleasing entertainment. Champions of Magic, is just that. Performing a three-week stint in Toronto over the holidays, the show is guaranteed to increase your dopamine levels. Continue reading Review: Champions of Magic (Starvox Entertainment)
Review: Reversible by The 7 Fingers (Mirvish)
Mirvish presents the theatrical circus troupe 7 Fingers’ show Reversible in Toronto
Les 7 doigts de la main (the 7 Fingers), the scrappy Montreal-based contemporary circus arts collective has been steadily building its reputation in Toronto for its brilliant, wildly creative, artist-driven performances. Following recent runs of their shows Traces and Cuisine and Confessions, Mirvish has brought the company back to present Reversible. Continue reading Review: Reversible by The 7 Fingers (Mirvish)
Review: Corteo (Cirque du Soleil)
Cirque du Soleil brings its show Corteo to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena for the Holidays
The Canadian entertainment juggernaut Cirque du Soleil is back in town with their classic show Corteo—playing a short run this week at the Scotiabank Arena (formerly the Air Canada Centre)—just in time for the holidays!
Corteo originally played a longer run in Toronto back in 2005. Cirque du Soleil has taken to adapting their older shows—ones which have already toured the world in their signature tent—to enable them to play in arenas allowing them to profitably run in smaller markets and in cities like Toronto during the cold winter months. Continue reading Review: Corteo (Cirque du Soleil)