Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – all male comic ballet on stage in Toronto – March 7/8, 2020

posted Tuesday, February 4, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Comedy, Dance, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

Go totally tutu for the world’s foremost all-male, comic ballet company, New York’s Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo! Catch this hilarious troupe as they touch down in Toronto once again for three performances only, on March 7 and 8, 2020. As well, former Trocks dancer and current reigning drag superstar, Brooke Lynn Hytes, will be joining the troupe onstage for […]

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Yalda Night at The 519 – Iranian Winter Solstice Festival – December 21, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2019

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The longest and darkest night of the year is also a time for celebration. Shab-e Chelleh is an Iranian winter solstice festival called Yalda Night, and for the first time Toronto will get a chance to participate in The 519’s first queer Yalda Night on Saturday December 21, 2019. Hosted by Saeid Gh, this event is open to […]

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The Paul Bellini Film Festival – Dec 6, 13, and 20, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, December 5, 2019

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

You may know Paul Bellini as the writer from Kids In The Hall and his infamous reoccurring towel skit, however you may not know that he’s also a comedy teacher, and an accomplished musician and writer, including his regular “Bumble-ini” column right here in theBUZZ.  He also recently re-released an updated edition of the Buddy […]

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LIPSYNCED’s monthly drag cabaret is coming to Buddies, beginning Dec 6, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Monday, December 2, 2019

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

If you haven’t been to a Tom Hearn’s hosted show, you should know that it’s an extravaganza. Always tightly directed so there’s not a wasted moment in between laughs, hence how they generally get non-stop laughs for most shows. Tom’s latest endeavour, Lipsynced was a hit at Bad Dog Theatre this past October and now […]

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Naked Heart: LGBTQ Festival of Words – November 22 to 24 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, November 19, 2019

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Launched in 2015, Naked Heart is the largest LGBTQ literary festival in the world, and the most racially diverse literary festival in Ontario. This festival is held in the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood of Toronto, and includes workshops, panels, performances and discussions for writers and lovers of words. The festival hub is at Glad Day Bookshop (499 Church […]

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The 519 in Toronto remains important to our community

posted Tuesday, November 12, 2019

by: SK Dyment in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Bar/Club, Charity, Comedy, Disability, Drag, Events, Fashion, Film, Gallery, Music, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

From a distance, The 519 community centre here in Toronto looks like a little square box with newly-built condos rising to fill the sky around it. This would be a misconception. The 519 is actually huge, offering over 130 programs within the building, and an extra 25 or so led separately by staff. The 519 is distinguished […]

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“Pam Am Returns” – the comedic hostess is back in Toronto – Sept 18, 2019

posted Tuesday, September 10, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

Pam Ann is inviting everyone on a jolly f**king holiday in Pam Ann Returns, her brand-new show starring the perfectlyinappropriate-in-every-way air-hostess Pam Ann. From feeding the birds in coach to flying kites in first class, Pam Ann’s barbed wit has seen her hilariously negotiate even the most politically incorrect flight path. Her take on the […]

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Queer Stage Mothers: Thom Fitzgerald & Brad Hennig

posted Thursday, August 29, 2019

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

For the upcoming issue of AutumnPlay, I spoke with Thom Fitzgerald who was in LA working on his upcoming film, Stage Mother, which stars Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, and Adrian Grenier among others. The plot follows a conservative church choir director who inherits a drag club in San Francisco started by her deceased son, from whom she was estranged after he came out as gay. “Even […]

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SLANG: Tom Hearn’s solo sketch show – August 8, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, August 6, 2019

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

If you took all the best of the We’re Funny That Way Festival, you’d wind up with something very close to Tom Hearn’s latest offering, SLANG, a queer solo sketch comedy tour. Original over-the-top stand-up monologues, hyperbolic sketches, and satirical parodies all written by Tom Hearn, whose character impersonations are as funny as they are […]

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical – On Stage Oct 4 to Nov 3, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Friday, July 5, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Comedy, Dance, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

If you haven’t heard of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, then hand in your gay card. The film is a hilarious adventure of three drag friends who hop aboard a battered old bus bound for the Australian Outback to put on the show of a lifetime. Their epic journey is a heart-warming story of self-discovery, […]

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