My Music Notes series returns with multidisciplinary artist SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson).
Paterson has a new collaboration with Soundstreams, a company that showcases the work of Canadian and international composers through innovative musical experiences. His latest commission, A Fanfare for Spaces Between, will open Soundstreams’ 40th anniversary fanfare March 25th program.
READ MORECompleting an energizing 22.23 season, Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) is presenting a spring duet of new works – Convergent Divergency.
This double bill invites us to experience divergent styles and voices in dance as TDT company dancers converge with guest dancers from the Bharatanatyam and Kiki Ballroom scenes in two new works: helix by Atri Nundy and GIVE ME ONE by Danah Rosales.
READ MORECurrently residing in Los Angeles, Yuchi Ma is a female filmmaker from Beijing, China. Her short film Red Threads (我很爱你) won the Grand Jury Award in the Experimental Shorts section at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival. This piece captures the experience of a Chinese Parachute Kid living in the United States.
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Canadian Film Fest, an indie-spirited festival dedicated to celebrating Canadian filmmakers and a local favourite, is making its overdue return to in-person screenings, along with a virtual component available throughout Canada, later this month.
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Tom C. Brown‘s beautifully animated short Film, Christopher at Sea, is a nautical thriller that follows Christopher (James Potter) as he embarks on a transatlantic voyage on a cargo ship with the hopes of finding out what attracts so many men to sea, sending him on a journey filled with solitude, fantasy, and obsession.
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Mark Tewarson is a film composer living in Los Angeles. In 2023 his music will be heard on two upcoming films, Assassin (Bruce Willis, Andy Allo) and Iceman (documentary of NBA star George Gervin).
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Nightwood Theatre presentes Pencil Kit Productions’ I love the smell of gasoline with support from Aluna Theatre. Overhead projection meets performative research essay meets personal narrative as Creator-Performer Claren Grosz attempts to reconcile her Alberta oil-industry roots with the current environmental emergency.
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It is early March and winter is not done with us in Toronto just yet. Do not despair friends, the city arts and cultural scene still have plenty to offer to keep cozy during the last weeks of winter.
I have put together another curated list of some excellent theatre, music, dance and comedy shows happening In the City this month.
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The Howland Company held the world premiere of their latest show Prodigal, written and directed by Toronto’s Paolo Santalucia. The show is a new contemporary family drama, exploring themes of queerness, privilege, marginalization, and forgiveness as two young men attempt to return to the families they have lost—one to confront his past, and the other to start his future.
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Originally based on a viral short film that amassed 3.5 million views in 2015, Gay Mean Girls premiered its first season in 2019 to a sold-out screening at TIFF Next Wave.
Focusing on the story of young queer women and non-binary folks, Gay Mean Girls‘ new season challenges what family means to young, marginalized communities and how it can change as you learn to be true to yourself.
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