Everyone loves a good plot twist in a play, but life has its own way of delivering course-altering plot twists when we least expect them. That’s certainly what happened to Carly Neis, the writer and performer of In My Own Little Corner, who went from needing care to being a caregiver seemingly in the blink…
1S1 Theatre is making it’s mark in the Toronto Theatre scene with their innovative and thought-provoking productions centred around audism and the lives experienced by those in the deaf/Deaf community. Dawn Jani Birley, 1S1’s Artistic Director will be taking to the stage again this fall in Qalb, A Journey of the Ego. I got to…
“Deep down underneath it all I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar, on my desk.” Robert Bloch’s witticism (yes, Stephen King borrowed the line from him) is perfectly symbolic of the quirky gruesomeness that is With Love and a Major Organ by Julia Lederer. It’s Canadian premiere, directed…
Two bodies both alike in lividity, in fair Toronto where they lay to die. Unchained Theatre Company’s production of Romeo and Juliet takes a story we all know and brings it to the familiar locale of our beautiful city for an intense and passionate retelling. Directed by Unchained Theatre Company’s co-founder Jack Burrill, Romeo and…
Welcome to Kringle, ON where it’s Christmas all year round...or at least it has been for the past week! That is, until a major corporation tries to block them from being an official Christmastown (TM). This world premiere play by Briana Brown combines the hilarity of farce with serious subtext to create a delightful adventure…
Have you ever wondered what the you in another timeline is up to? Did their life work out the same way, or did some choice along the way radically diverge your paths? Nick Payne’s heartrending play Constellations allows the audience to experience multi-universe theory first hand through the lives of Marianne and Roland. Directed by…
The moon is high over Coley’s Point, Newfoundland and down below on the porch of a wealthy family’s home, Mary Snow is, as usual, staring up at the heavens. What she doesn’t expect is who is coming down the walkway to surprise her that evening, a surprise that’ll change the course of their lives forever.…
Drink up, time travellers! It’s New Year’s Eve, 1924 and you’re invited to the party of the year! Many Happy Returns is a fully immersive theatrical experience where audience members chat it up with The People of the Past at a swinging speakeasy soirée. Guided by our Time Captain and director Julie Cohn, each performance…
For their 2024 season, SummerWorks once again crafted a unique and exciting bill of productions divided amongst their four streams of programming. This year, I checked out two of the staged readings which were part of the SummerWorks Exchange stream: Donovan Hayden’s Suitable Climate and Carolyn Fe’s Aye Caesar. SummerWorks describes their Exchange stream as…
Here’s a brief list of some other events happening this month around the GTA and beyond! It’s a full month with lots to see and do! Dusk Dances Dusk Dances 2024 will showcase four site-specific dance pieces by acclaimed choreographers. From August 4-11, audiences will gather at Withrow Park in Toronto to witness an eclectic…
A View from the Box 