The bass thumps as the dance music blares in the club. One glance turns to two, turns to more, turns to a new path in life. David Scotland’s I’ve Never Met Anyone Quite Like You Before, directed by Amy Allen, takes audiences through the highs and lows of David and Art’s relationship. Told through a…
Do you know who you were in a past lifetime? Maybe you were the face of a maize flour company, or a stripper working on Christmas Eve. Maybe you made arepas with love or maybe you made love to strangers. Genrefuck. explores the complexities of life through two different stories: Reina by Augusto Bitter and…
God needs better representation, or at least Monica certainly thinks so. She’s been under the impression that God hates queer people, but when she finds out that God made her a lesbian, her whole world shifts. The Cunning Linguist, written and performed by Monica Garrido Huerta and directed by Beatriz Pizano, invites audiences to journey…
What does it mean to truly start over? Myah isn’t sure, but she’s quit her job and left her boyfriend, and now she’s got nowhere to go. What she does know, is that she’s never going back. Amanda Wilkin’s Shedding a Skin is not just about starting over, but finding oneself and one’s place within…
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…
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…
What do you remember about 1999? I had turned 9 just days before New Year’s Eve, and the panic around Y2K was real. Adam Meisner’s For Both Resting and Breeding imagines a timeline where Y2K, or something like it, happened. For Both Resting and Breeding is an intriguing look at history, memory, and our tendency…
Have you ever seen a scene in a movie where they’re trying to get a dog to decide which owner it likes best? The set the dog in the middle of the room while the two contenders call to it, seeing whose call will make the dog yield. John, the central figure of Mike Bartlett’s…
Can you imagine waking up one morning and the rest of the world has disappeared? I certainly can, and frankly it’s my worst fear come to life. Elena Belyea’s I Don’t Even Miss You, directed by Emma Tibaldo, has Basil waking up one morning in that very situation. A multi-media masterpiece of survival, identity, and…
Theatre Passe Muraille's mainstage season continues with The Flin Flon Cowboy, created by Ken Harrower, Erin Brandenburg, Johnny Myrm Spence and The Flin Flon Cowboy Collective. A look at the life of Ken Harrower through country music, The Flin Flon Cowboy is sure to delight! I got to send both Erin and Ken some questions…
A View from the Box 