The fall theatre season is off to an incredible start, and October definitely has some delights in store! I’ll be attending the Next Stage Festival for the first time, and there’s plenty of great offerings from established and newer companies alike! It’s going to be a busy month folks! Heroes of the Fourth Turning –…
Walter Borden is here to rock our worlds, and change our perspectives, with his solo show The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time. Dealing with everything from legacy to memory and how we pass all of that on, Borden’s incredible work is a moving, thought-provoking look at our lives and how we choose to stitch them…
Buddies in Bad Time’s 45th season is off to an impressive start with daniel jelani ellis’ speaking of sneaking. This dynamic ninety minute solo show combines Jamaican mythology and folklore with modern characters. Produced in association with Obsidian Theatre Company and directed and dramaturged by d’bi.young anitafrika, speaking of sneaking is an enchanting tale woven…
A slice of Peterborough’s history is on display at what is currently known as the Peterborough Alternative and Continuing Education facility downtown. Once the site of PCVS (Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School), PACE is host to Give ‘Em Hell, a play by Peterborough native Madeline Brown and directed by Aaron Jan, and is a co-production…
The opera scene in Toronto has been graced with several world premieres over the past year or so, and Unsettled Score’s Canoe is the latest in this impressive group. Canoe’s Libretto and story was written by Dr. Spy Dénommé-Welch, as well as being co-composed by Dénommé-Welch and Catherine Magowan. Produced in collaboration with Native Earth…
The boardroom of the Waterfront Toronto office along the shoreline of Lake Ontario certainly saw its fair share of action and drama when Google subsidiary Sidewalk Labs came to town in 2017. It’s the perfect setting for Michael Healey’s play The Master Plan, based on the Book “Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy” written by…
When afternoon coffee and pastries turns into more of an interrogation, Ilsa finds herself irrevocably trapped in a battle between her well-hidden past and newly-minted present. Deborah Shaw’s her. explores this dilemma in which Ilsa finds herself on two spring afternoons in 1954 Toronto. Directed by David Agro and starring Shaw, her. is a pointed…
It’s gearing up to be an exciting fall, and hopefully my Beyond the Box post will be kept short this month! With a more liberal schedule I’m hoping to attend lots of performances as companies get their 2023/24 seasons off the ground. Fall for Dance North* Toronto’s premier international dance festival, will bring its diverse…
There’s a beauty to the fact that the end of summer also means the beginning of new seasons of theatre; as the nights get longer and the weather cooler, what a better thing to do than get together and see live theatre! I have a lot of exciting performances coming up this month and I’m…
The Bard’s Bus Tour is making one final voyage around Ontario this summer with Jeremy Smith and Steven Gallagher’s Living with Shakespeare. This entrancing look at Smith’s relationship with the works of the Bard is a fitting way to end the legacy of Driftwood’s travelling summer shows. Full of song, memories, and fun, Living with…
A View from the Box 