CrossCurrents – Short Circuit Readings

By Crystal Wood

CrossCurrents presents readings of raw work-in-progress plays at Factory Theatre in Toronto

Writing about a one-night-only event like Short Circuits might seem like a bit of a tease.  Fortunately, it’s only one of several offerings at the CrossCurrents Festival, part of Factory Theatre’s Performance Spring, which runs until April 25.

Short Circuits offered an evening of diverse readings, all of which are being developed by notable writers among Toronto’s theatre community.  The works were dramaturged by Iris Turcott, who also hosted the evening.   Five pieces were presented, with the creators doing double duty as the performers.
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Toronto theatre contest -win a pair of tickets to 'If We Were Birds'

If you missed your chance to see If We Were Birds at SummerWorks don’t be sad because this week you have the opportunity to win a free pair of tickets to the Thursday prformance of If We Were Birds!

Erin Shields ‘re-imagining of Ovid’s myth’, directed by Alan Dilworth will be playing April 14th until May 23 at the Tarragon Theatre, Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00pm and Sunday matinee at 2:30. Tickets are $39, $28 for seniors and $21 for students, they can be purchased by contacting the box office at

(416) 531-1827 or by visiting tickets.tarragontheatre.com.

To win a pair of tickets just be the lucky 13th person to contact us here at contest@mooneyontheatre.com quoting the subject line If We Were Birds.

For more information about this play please visit the Tarragon Theatre.

Good Luck!

Eye-catching Toronto live theatre for the week of April 19, 2010

By Sam Mooney

Shows that Caught Our Eye This Week

Leanne’s away so I’m writing about the shows that we think are the best bets for great theatre in Toronto this week.  Not fair really.  I’m not in Toronto and there are so many terrific shows I won’t get to see.

Here they are – hopefully in alphabetical order.

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The winner of a pair of tickets to 'Post Eden' is…

Congratulations Nadine Taft!

You and a guest have won tickets to tomorrow’s production of Post Eden at Abrams Studio Theatre.

If you are not the lucky winner, don’t miss your chance to see this play. Show dates are April 14th to 17th at 8:00pm with a matinee on Sunday April 18th at 2:00pm. Tickets are $15 and $12 for students, and can be purchased by calling  647-342-8177 or for more information contact  Suburban Beasts at info@suburbanbeast.ca.

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