Encore’s recent production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Toronto Center For the Arts brings community theatre to a whole new level! High calibre performances coupled with dynamic choreography and direction, this timeless piece once again leaves the audience wanting more. Continue reading Review: Fiddler on the Roof (Encore Entertainment)
Don’t be fooled into thinking that Halloween is just for grade-schoolers. Let’s face it, people of all ages enjoy eating candy, smearing fake blood across their faces, and dressing up as indecent versions of otherwise respected civil servants. This week’s cheap theatre post is here to help you start the celebrations early or decide if you’d rather be a trampy nurse or a lewd police officer. Here are 5 ways to help you get your Halloween fix:
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of October 22nd, 2012
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of October 22nd, 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 October 22nd, 2012
I almost missed this show. My date Otis and I opted to race the lazy streetcar in the chilly Thursday drizzle to the 7:30 finish line. The streetcar may have won, but the show was conveniently held an extra few minutes for we soaked lolly-gaggers. Boy, am I glad.
What You Want: Toronto was an evening of deep-thinking, new ideas, and everything an evening of theatre should be. And it will be a new show every night.
Continue reading Review: What You Want: Toronto (MachineFair)
Torontonians love Toronto. Our shifting cultural landscape is passionately self-propelled. We talk about our city, we write and read about our city, our mayor (even if we don’t necessarily love him) makes his way into our graffiti and butter sculpting. Toronto art seems intrinsically linked to the city it comes from – we’re one of our own favorite muses. This week for very cheap, and often for free, you can explore this relationship, and combine your love of theatre with your love of this great city. Each piece in this week’s cheap trend is Toronto specific; revisiting stories of our past, lifting the veils on our present, and exploring how we can make our future here even better. Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of October 15th, 2012