Verónica Chen’s Marea Alta (High Tide) gives us a glimpse into uncomfortable and often ignored themes of gender and class divisions in Latin America.
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Verónica Chen’s Marea Alta (High Tide) gives us a glimpse into uncomfortable and often ignored themes of gender and class divisions in Latin America.
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SummerWorks and The Theatre Centre bring the fifth edition of Progress, an international festival of performance and ideas, back to Toronto from January 30 to February 15, 2020.
Progress is well known by its collectively curated program. Every year, I look forward to the festival, as it has introduced me to exciting modern works by very talented artists. Below I give you a list of the shows I’m looking forward to this year.
Toronto’s Groundling Theatre Company (The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, Lear) and Crow’s Theatre, bring together a solid team of Canada’s leading classical actors to present an urgently contemporary take on Shakespeare’s iconic story of idealism, power, corruption, and violence; Julius Caesar, at Streetcar Crowsnest.
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The Next Stage Theatre Festival, returns this month for its 13th edition. Presented by the Toronto Fringe, this carefully festival will feature a showcase for bold, independent voices and a broad range of new, innovative plays.
From the list of twelve shows, I share my personal picks of what to see and experience at this year’s festival.
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Aluna Theatre, in association with Nightwood Theatre, is proud to announce the premiere of The Solitudes.
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Bad Dog Theatre Company‘s Toronto, I Love You is an unscripted comedy about unexpected connections in our large city that will make you laugh and appreciate the nuances of living in this cosmopolitan city. The show is set in a variety of neighbourhoods in The Six as suggested by the audience, and features spontaneously-crafted storylines that intertwine and intersect in surprising ways through longform improv.
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The Ward Cabaret, a sold-out work-in-progress hit at last year’s Luminato Festival, premiered at Harbourfront Centre Theatre this past weekend.
From the 1840s until the Second World War, ‘The Ward’ was a place where Jewish, Chinese, African-American and Italian immigrants, among others, lived and struggled – an area loosely bordered by College and Queen, University and Yonge Streets – and was the seeding ground for this city’s cultural diversity. The Ward Cabaret musically and through storytelling explores how that remarkable process of mixing and imagining and sharing began, at the turn of the last century.
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Some of the most majestic music ever conceived. Alexander Shelley, Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducts Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and four dazzling Canadian soloists. Experience music’s most inspiring message of faith—in Mozart’s colourful orchestration. This is one of Toronto’s favourite holiday musical traditions and you do not want to miss out!
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In Poly Queer Love Ballad, Nina (Anais West), a polyamorous bisexual poet, meets Gabbie (Sara Vicruck), a monogamous lesbian songwriter, at an open mic night. With two microphones, a loop pedal, and an array of instruments, they struggle to reconcile their fierce mutual attraction with their opposing perspectives on love.
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Echo Women’s Choir offers a rousing and inspiring alternative to holiday season fare in its December concert When She Won’t Back Down. Special guests for the evening are the Latin American band Las Brujas del Barrio.
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