Opera Atelier is revitalizing its original work ALL IS LOVE for their spring offering this year. An exploration of love in its many forms, ALL IS LOVE combines pieces from several different French composers to create an inspiring and moving programme. Helmed by Opera Atelier’s Co-Artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, ALL IS…
There are few things as glorious as the smells and tastes of a hot dog cart in a big city. As long as you’re the tourist or passer-by getting to enjoy the aroma; for the person working the cart, every day is an opportunity to be robbed or kicked off of your (technically illegal) corner,…
“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…
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…
The Art of Time Ensemble is taking us back to 1920’s Germany with their latest concert Dance to the Abyss. The first concert of their final season, Dance to the Abyss features the music of the Weimar Republic, including familiar works like The Threepenny Opera Suite as well as music from composers who have been…
The Bacchanal is in full swing at the Coal Mine Theatre! DION: A Rock Opera is Coal Mine’s first ever World Premiere, and they could not have picked a more epic piece to start off 2024. Composed by Ted Dykstra, Libretto by Steve Mayoff, and directed by Peter Hinton-Davis, DION is an exciting, fresh, sexy…
Grease is the word! And word on the street is that you can see it this weekend at Hart House. The Trinity College Drama Society is presenting the classic musical Grease from February 8 - 10. I was able to send some questions to director Luis Sanchez as well as Shunsho Ando Heng who is…
A View from the Box 