This January is significantly busier for me than this time last year! It’s wonderful to see the year kicking off so strongly in the theatre sector!
Best Brothers – Or Gal
After losing their free-spirited mother in a freak accident, brothers Kyle and Hamilton Best have to find a way to work together to make the final arrangements. Hampered by past resentments and the age-old sibling-rivalry question “Who did Mom love best?”, they struggle to understand one another’s way of grieving, to accept one another’s picture of who their mother was – and to decide who will take her dog.
The Best Brothers is a full-length comedy by Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor.
January 6 – 21
Small World Theatre – 180 Shaw St.
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FRONTIERS | FRONTIÈRES & WATER SPIRIT – Lua Shayenne Dance Company
This Lua Shayenne Dance Company production, running January 25-27, 2024, features two new works that draw from the artistry of the African diaspora, the research and the lived experience of the choreographer Lua Shayenne, to explore themes related to human migration, identity, spirituality, and the mystical elements associated with Mami Wata in African and Afro-Caribbean traditions.
Dancers include Lua Shayenne, Rosie Harbans, Miranda Liverpool, Kwasi Obeng Adjei, Aisha Nicholson, and Kemora Manning. The composer for FRONTIERS | FRONTIÈRES is Yohance Francis Parsons, and the composer for WATER SPIRIT is Fara Tolno, with musicians Yohance Francis Parsons, Cécé Haba, Kemar Scarlett, Kevin Howe, and Connor “Chino” Chang.
January 25 – 27
Betty Oliphant Theatre – 404 Jarvis Street
A View from the Box 