With field recordings, audio effects, and a well timed air horn Explosions for the 21st Century uses sound design to explore contemporary
culture. Written and performed by Chris Ross-Ewart (Yale School of Drama) and directed by Graham Isador (Pressgang Theatre) the show is a real time, exploration of why we make sound and how we listen. READ MORE
“There is no longer any shame in hypocrisy; it is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue… hypocrisy is a privileged vice which closes the mouth of everyone, and enjoys in peace a sovereign impunity.” READ MORE
The fourth edition of the RISER Project includes playwright and director Marilo Nuñez‘s El Retorno/I Return. READ MORE
Alumnae Theatre Company’s 29th annual New Ideas Festival, a three-week, juried celebration of original writing, works-in- progress, and experimental theatre, took place this month.
This year’s festival of 15 new plays was an interesting and eclectic mix, with both established and emerging theatre. The festival is a theatrical lab for writers, directors, and actors to practice and refine their art with the help of a live audience, who are invited to be part of the process by giving both spoken and written feedback following the shows. READ MORE
Finally had some time to begin my Toronto Fringe Festival experience this year. With the hot days we’ve been having, a day at the theatre is one sure way to enjoy oneself. READ MORE
World Stage 2016 continues its current season with the interesting and poignant Portraits in Motion, with four performances running until April 16th at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre. READ MORE
Last week, Factory Theatre premiered its production of Salt-Water Moon by David French, directed by Ravi Jain, starring Kawa Ada and Mayko Nguyen and featuring live music by Toronto singer-songwriter Ania Soul. READ MORE
“There is one thing we know attracts Trickster: fear.” Native Earth Performing Arts is currently presenting Huff written and performed by the award-winning Cree playwright Cliff Cardinal. The darkly comic, fantastical and heart-wrenching one-man play explores the lives of Indigenous youth battling addiction, and systemic injustices while dreaming of a better life. READ MORE
As an official commission of Panamania, Why Not Theatre had the world premiere of Gimme Shelter this week. With an international Pan Am Games audience watching, the show sheds light on the issue of rising sea levels and climate change, and the idea of stewardship inspired by the ancient text The Mahabharata. READ MORE
Paolozzapedia and Mahmoud are part of the Riser Project, which gives small theatre companies the opportunity to share resources, whether they be technical, mentorship or otherwise, to bolster their new works. READ MORE