posted Monday, October 15, 2018
Is art something you frame on the wall, or an experience to remember? In Holding Patterns (1655 Dupont St., various hours, until Oct. 21), art appreciation is found in the unlikeliest of places – a storage facility. Note I said art appreciation, not art storage – who knows how many masterpieces collect dust in those […]
posted Thursday, October 11, 2018
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations plays a strictly limited pre-Broadway engagement on stage until November 17 at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre. Before The Temptations became the greatest R&B group of all time (Billboard Magazine, 2017), they were just five young guys on the streets of Detroit. After getting discovered by Berry Gordy and signed to […]
posted Tuesday, October 9, 2018
FESTIVAL OPENS ON WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY WITH THE TORONTO PREMIERE OF CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE THE SONG AND THE SORROW, ABOUT LEGENDARY CANADIAN SONGWRITER GENE MACLELLAN In July, the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival, the first and largest mental health film festival in the world, announced that it was dropping “film” from its title, and evolving into its next twenty-five […]
posted Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Set to the iconic music from the “Frantic City” album by Canadian punk band Teenage Head, the World Premiere of “Love me out of it” explores Laurence Lemieux’s long relationship to dance through various characters that come to life with every song from this classic 10-track release. It’s presented by Citadel + Compagnie as part of the […]
posted Saturday, October 6, 2018
In celebration of their 40th Anniversary, JOHN LYDON’s PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) are on the road with THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN: NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, kicking off in New Orleans on Tuesday, October 9. Also, THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN is a new career–spanning box set that was released, alongside a new documentary film of the same name, which will be screening in select cites to coincide with PiL’s North American […]
posted Friday, October 5, 2018
The 18th annual Reelworld Film Festival features inspiring films from creative filmmakers aiming to spark social change, empowering racially diverse and Indigenous filmmakers to tell important stories through film. These films address a range of social topics including gender identity, environmental issues, climate change, human rights, and gender equality. “The festival grows stronger each year because […]
posted Thursday, September 27, 2018
Legends of Horror is an immersive theatrical interpretation of all of the classic horror figures, as guests make their way through a one hour, 2-km self-guided walking tour commencing in the lower gardens of Casa Loma and winding its way through Casa Loma’s darkest tunnels and spaces never before open to the public. This immersive theatrical event […]
posted Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre kicks of its 40th anniversary season this September with the return of an audience favourite, Gertrude and Alice, originally co-produced by Buddies and the Independent Aunties in 2016. Critically-acclaimed, nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards (outstanding new play, performance – ensemble, and costume design), and recently published by Playwrights […]
posted Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Opening the season on September 21, Hart House Theatre presents a musical that is “so very” with a dark side that is “grody to the max”, Heathers: The Musical. Based upon the iconic film of the same name, Heathers: The Musical tells the tale of mean girls and murderous vengeance between outcasts and the popular in-crowd. With a twisted, pitch-black […]
posted Tuesday, September 18, 2018
The The are one of those underground bands that received seminal success with music buffs. For those who know and follow this band, it’s a rare treat to have them adding Toronto as the only Canadian tour stop on their current North American tour. Even more so that it’s been 18 years since this English […]
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