At the end of the world there’s a cabaret being performed, and you have been invited. Safely tucked away from the plague ravaging the nation, the Prospero Compound is happy to have you and this performance is sure to raise everyone’s spirits! Written and directed by Stella Kulagowski, this uniquely modern and impactful adaptation of…
There are always so many exciting things happening in the GTA and beyond! Toronto Pochsy IV: UNPLUGGED – VideoCabaret Pochsy worked at Mercury Packers. Where she packed mercury. Now her employer has moved offshore, and Pochsy must grapple (in her eerily screwball way) with her industrial past and God’s broken promise of a five-star future.…
April is a notoriously busy month in the theatre community, and this year is proving to be no exception. I’ve got plenty of exciting things to see this month, and hopefully you’ll be able to check them out as well! Paradise Lost – Randolph College for the Performing Arts The seventeenth century and present day…
It begins in darkness. Suddenly there are tortured screams filling the air, seemingly emanating from every corner of the room. We’re in hell, but we won’t be for long, not if Satan has anything to say about it. Erin Shields’ Paradise Lost, which has only become more apropos with time, is given a new and…
We all know that Pride started as a protest, right? But did you know that Toronto’s Pride has a similar origin story? The history of Toronto’s queer village is almost as old as the city itself, and yet few of us know the details. Jonathan Wilson takes audiences back to 1979 in his solo show…
Music is magic: a song can express a part of our souls that we’re too afraid to. Carolyn Fe and her ghostly group are lifting their voices, and potentially more than just the spirits of the audiences, with their concert Grave Songs: A Concert to Thin the Veil. With pieces from France to Broadway, this…
“What do you see?” Two men. Both artists. One older, one younger. Both on a precipice. And RED, so much red. Written by award-winning author John Logan, RED takes audiences inside the studio of Mark Rothko and into the psyche of one of America’s most renowned artists. Directed by Kenzie Dalie, RED is a love…
Robots taking over our jobs, and sometimes our lives, has been the stuff of science fiction as long as the genre has existed. Yet it seems that more and more, those visions of the future are becoming closer to reality. Graham Isador’s TRUCK takes those anxieties about job loss and widespread automation and makes them…
The Montreal Clown Festival is about to be underway! With nine days of offerings, you're sure to find something to tickle your funny bone! Vanessa Rigaux is the Montreal Clown Festival's Director, and she was kind enough to answer some questions about the Festival, about clowning as an art form, and what audiences can expect…
What happens when you’ve had enough? You’re at the end of your rope and you just can’t take another bad thing happening in your life? Do you cry, scream, or both? Or do you try to set the grocery store you were just fired from on fire, like Beth. There is Violence and There is…
A View from the Box 