So far I’ve seen 4 shows at Summerworks. I haven’t had time to write them up, but I thought I’d give you the one-paragraph version here, and then do the proper write-ups sometime when I have time to breath…
Continue reading Summerworks – a bit of a round up, reviews to come
Review by Megan Mooney
Eventually this will be posted on blogTO as well, but probably not until after Summerworks. So, I’m going to get it up here.
At the end I’m going to add some musings that didn’t fit in the blogTO article,because it didn’t fit in the format.
I figure, this is my site, I can write in whatever format I want. *grin*
So, I’ll put the original piece up front, then the random musings at the bottom .
Original article:
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Second City’s Barack to the Future delivers exactly what you expect from a Second City revue – lots of laughs, and not too much deep thinking. Which, frankly, is sometimes exactly what the doctor ordered.
Also as expected, some stuff fell a bit flat, but the joy of this kind of thing is that even if I don’t like a bit there’s bound to be others there who do like it, and for the stuff that made me snort with laughter (I really wish that was a turn of phrase, but I actually caught myself snorting in a couple places, definitely the professional image I want to portray) made other people roll their eyes and not really react.
By Megan Mooney
There’s a theatre company in Toronto that I haven’t heard of before called Theatre Smash (I’m sure there are a bazillion more out there that I haven’t heard of…). Well, I’ve heard of them now because I stumbled onto their website.
Here’s the thing, I’m sure there is some deep serious reason for the name, but I’m a goof, so I just keep thinking “you won’t like me when I’m angry, THEATRE SMASH!!!” Um. Yeah. Apparently I’m 12. So, to help make up for my using their name for my juvenile fun I’ll tell you a bit about them…
by Megan Mooney
Well, the good news is that Ecce Homo got all sorts of extra buzz about their show because of the crazy church, AND they didn’t have to deal with protesters.
blogTO has a big long story about the protest that didn’t happen, complete with pictures of all the counter-protesters, who showed up in droves.
With all the extra publicity, methinks that if you’re planning to go see The Pastor Phelps Project (and I really think you should, I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m really looking forward to doing so) then get your tickets in advance. My bet is this sucker’s gonna sell out lots during the run of the festival. Yay!
So, if you’re looking for something to do, check out the Summerworks festival. Loads of shows to go to, and all for a reasonable price.