Ophis – TranscenDance Project Named after the Greek word for “serpent,” Ophis reimagines the myth of Medusa, blending movement, music, and mythology into a seductive story of power. Audiences don masks and are free to explore the four levels of The Great Hall, uncovering hidden scenes and intimate performances that lead to a breathtaking, all-new…
Company – Talk Is Free Theatre Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Lyrics and Best Book, Company follows a bachelor named Bobby who is approaching his 35th birthday and has mixed feelings about the idea of getting married. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his…
When’s the last time you had to shop for a cell phone? The plans are daunting, aren’t they? Forget about the cost of the phone itself. And according to Micheal Healey’s latest masterpiece Rogers v. Rogers, that’s exactly how those corporations want you to feel. Directed by Chris Abraham, Rogers v. Rogers retains the feel…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and for over two decades now that also means an onslaught of new holiday films from The Hallmark Channel. Some folks plan their whole holiday season around watching the new releases and rewatching old favourites. And for those folks, The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical, directed by Tim…
The 2001 film “Shrek” defined a generation, and now we’re passing on the knowledge we learned in the swamp to the next generation through Young People’s Theatre’s Shrek the Musical. Directed by Herbie Barnes, Shrek the Musical has all of your favourite and most quoted lines from the film interspersed with David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine…
Second City is hosting their “Spotlight at The Second City” again this week, with two nights of fabulous performances from some of Toronto’s best new comedians. Ben Kopp and Calvin Rea, better known as Glen and Vinny, are two of this week’s spotlight artists! I get to talk to them about clowning, how they first…
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a timeless classic; its story of spiritual rebirth around the holidays continues to ring as true today as it did for the Victorians. But you’ve never seen “A Christmas Carol” told like this before! Invasion: Christmas Carol puts a wild improvisational spin on Dickens’ hallowed text, ensuring a night…
The development of AI feels like it’s been happening at a break-neck speed with more and more new information being released all the time. What most folks forget is that the more we use the internet, and the more we’re forced to interact with AI, the more it learns about us. This eerie mutual learning…
What’s your favourite season? I love the spring, because everything is new and fresh and getting warmer, but not too hot. But what if you lived a world of only winter? Where nothing ever changes and the frozen wasteland goes on as far as the eye can see. Bad Hats’ Narnia, adapted and directed by…
“I steal from the rich and give to the needyHe takes a wee percentage, but I'm not greedy” Twenty four years later, and the beginning of the “Merry Men” song from “Shrek” is still the first thing I think of when I hear the name Robin Hood, shortly followed by the iconic “Oo-De-Lally” song from…
A View from the Box 