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February 24, 2015

Theatre Crawl: A Little Dance. A Little Comedy. A Little Drama… Life.

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Time for another installment of my curated Theatre Crawl list. I have picked four different show currently on-stage in Toronto, which will appeal to a variety of theatre and dance fans. All shows deal with varying themes, from love to loss. 

Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Runs until March 1, 2015
Starring Oren Laor & Niv Sheinfeld 

Music: Ori Vidislavski (original music), Elton John, Vains of Jenna
Artistic advisor: Keren Levi
Costumes: Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor
Lights: Netta Koren

Following their successful studio performance and talk back as part of the inaugural Spotlight on Israel Festival last year with Dancemakers, this year the artists will present a full staging of their 2013 “Best Performance” (Israeli Dance Critics Circle) duet that reflects on their relationship as partners in life and as creators for the past decade. This performance is a contemporary interpretation of the 1987 seminal performance created by Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal, and with whose company Sheinfeld spent his early career.


Midsummer
(A play with songs)
Runs until March 1, 2015

Théâtre Français de Toronto
Berkeley Street Theatre, Upstairs

Written by David Greig & Gordon McIntyre
Presented in French. With English surtitles.

It’s Midsummer in Edinburgh. He’s a lawyer. He’s a petty crim. She’s totally out of his league; he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Which is of course, why they do. This widely acclaimed 2009 Edinburgh Festival sensation has toured worldwide, and now finally hits Toronto for the first time.
The Sound of Cracking Bones
(Le bruit des os qui cracquent)

Runs until March 7, 2015
Pleiades Theatre
Theatre Passe Muraille
Written by Suzanne Lebeau

Directed by John Van Burek
Translated by Julia Duchesne & John Van Burek
Starring Patricia Cano, Caity Quinn & Harveen Sandhu

The play is about two child soldiers caught in the grip of ruthless warlords, their heart-pounding escape towards freedom and the nurse who rescued and cared for them, as she testifies before a commission charged with examining the issue of child soldiers.

The original French play won the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama as well as several other awards. It has been translated into 7 languages and performed all over the world.

Photo: Pleiades Theatre

Abyss

Runs until March 15, 2015
Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace
Written and translated by Maria Milisavljevic
Directed by Richard Rose
Starring Cara Pifko, Gord Rand, Sarah Sherman

MISSING. Karla Richter, 24: a loving and trusting young woman, last seen before she left for the grocery store in blue jeans, a green parka and her red rubber rain boots. The police and papers ignore the disappearance, leaving her three friends – whose roots lie in Serbia and Croatia – to discover the truth. A search for Karla becomes a search for the self in this lyrical thriller and modern day epic cloaked in the mystery of Europe’s underworld. 

Sarah Sherman, Cara Pifko, Gord Rand
Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann
These are not big shows but they are relevant in their subject matter. If you have yet to visit any of the theatres listed here, these are some very good places to start. For details on each show, click on the title for its website. And if these are four shows are not enough, I suggest you click here for another great play suggestion.

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