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…
Propriety. Purity. Power. Of Shakespeare’s canon, Measure for Measure is one of the more hotly contested works. Rife with moral ambiguities, deception, and silent women, Measure for Measure perpetually leaves audiences and scholars alike perplexed. House + Body’s production, helmed by Christopher Manousos, visually and textually highlights these ambiguities and takes them to new heights…
Rachel Cairns holds nothing back in talking about her abortion. Through her hit solo show Hypothetical Baby, as well as her podcast “Aborsh,” Cairns frankly discusses the circumstances around her own abortion, as well as the laws and issues in Canada and the US which have informed our thoughts and stigmas around the subject. Hypothetical…
Imagine the most awkward date you’ve ever been on and I bet Vivian Chong has a story that can top it in her solo show Blind Dates. Chong takes the audience along for the ride through the roller coaster of her dating life, with all of its ups and very steep downs. Featuring original music…
Welcome, Brothers! It’s been a long five years since you were last able to visit this Spanish monastery, but now that you’re here, the brothers are thrilled to have you for a visit! MONKS, created and performed by Veronica Hortigüela and Annie Luján, is a clown show unlike anything you’ve experienced. Showing a day in…
The story of Shakespeare’s Danish prince has been told and retold for over four hundred years. But what if you realized that the events of your life were eerily similar to those of Hamlet? Juicy’s revelation happens at the barbecue being held for his mother and uncle’s wedding, and the similarities don’t stop there. Written…
Have you ever been singing along to a song in the car (or in the shower, where ever you sing) and hit a note where your voice just won’t go? That’s called The Wolf in your voice; the space between your chest and head voice where singing is very difficult. Martin Julien and Brian Quirt’s…
Growing up in South Western Ontario, I knew that where I lived was one of the first Canadian safe-havens for formerly enslaved peoples on the Underground Railroad, however I never learned about where that pathway to freedom actually ended. Lost Heroes of Oro, written and directed by Alinka Angelova, is a new musical about just…
“I want there to be blood.” And so there most definitely will be blood. The Canadian premiere of Liz Appel’s WIGHTS, directed by Crow’s Theatre’s Artistic Director Chris Abraham, is a haunting examination of humans and the societies we’ve created. Rich with intellectual arguments, heightened emotional tension, and a twist straight out of a horror…
A View from the Box 