“How did you get to be here? What was the moment?” This question asked in the title song of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along gets answered not once, but several times over the course of this captivating musical. A stellar score and fantastic performers makes Shifting Ground Collective’s production of Merrily,…
While Tapestry Opera routinely pushes boundaries with their work, they took their company in an entirely different direction with their one-night-only art experience Tap:EX Versus. Featuring a piano and two blank canvases, audiences were treated to truly once in a lifetime, completely unrepeatable performance. Featuring visual artists Julie Amlin and Enrique Bravo and pianists Morgan-Piage…
The Circus is coming to town, the Epidermis Circus that is! Ingrid Hansen and SNAFU are bringing their unique brand of puppeteering to Toronto for a very limited engagement. Along with the performances, Ingrid is also running a puppeteering workshop! I was able to send Ingrid some questions about her career as a puppeteer, working…
Luke Reece LOVES dinosaurs and the ROM but does NOT like how everyone quotes Star Wars to him when they meet him. We find out these quirky facts and so much more in Reece’s solo show As I Must Live It. Set on the school playground where he had some of his most deep discussions…
In 1895, the great writer Oscar Wilde was charged and convicted of “gross indecency” and served a sentence of 2 years hard labour. At the end of his incarceration, they found it would be more therapeutic for Wilde to write instead of work, and so “De Profundis” was born. This stage production, De Profundis: Oscar…
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that’s certainly true for tiny humans, and the creative works that become our children, alike. Quote Unquote Collective’s Universal Child Care has had several companies involved in the birthing of this piece, including Broadstage, Santa Monica (who commissioned the work), Nightwood Theatre, Why Not…
The second offering of Soulpepper’s 2024 season is the moving and enthralling De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail. Written and directed by actor/director/creator Gregory Prest, De Profundis turns Wilde’s epic love letter written during his final months of incarceration into a tantalizing 100 minute play. I sent some questions to Gregory about the process in…
Diane Flacks is once again on the Tarragon Theatre stage with her fifth solo show. Delving into everything from religion to relationships, drinking and drama, Guilt (A Love Story) takes it all on. Directed by Alisa Palmer, this incredibly compassionate look at the human condition, as told through Flacks’ experiences, is instantly recognizable and relatable,…
Homa believes that she has finally found safety in her new home of Toronto, Canada, but when she comes face to face with a dark figure from her past, everything she knows is suddenly in question. Writer and director Mohammad Yaghoubi’s Earworm talks about all this and so much more in its world premiere in…
Something wicked is brewing at the Red Sandcastle Theatre! With their usual otherworldly flair, Eldritch Theatre is bringing its unique brand of kooky and spooky to William Shakespeare’s Macbeth with their production of Macbeth: “A Tale Told by an Idiot”. Puppetry, magic, and the Bard combine into an unforgettable performance which will terrify and delight!…
A View from the Box 