posted Monday, April 16, 2018
An Orthodox or Hassidic Jew would likely argue that being openly homosexual and remaining Jewish is a contradiction in terms. Or so it would seem to most people – until they encounter filmmaker Sandi Simcha DuBowski and his remarkable doc, Trembling Before G-D. Over a period of five years, DuBowski filmed gay and lesbian Orthodox […]
posted Thursday, April 12, 2018
Alone Together is a double bill consisting of There she was and Taking Breath which use dance in an examination of human connection. Constructed as a reality that is both chaotic and calming, Alone Together merges two performances that are similar in structure yet different in every other way. Taking A Breath is a comment on communication barriers […]
posted Wednesday, April 11, 2018
From the family friendly to the downright nasty, the FEMINIST FUCK IT FEST is a curated festival of multidisciplinary women and non binary-identifying artists presenting original, bold, and entertaining works of art. The Festival will take place at 360 Geary Lane from April 11th – April 22nd. Headlining production GANGA’S GANJA will play throughout the festival- on 4/20 dude- every night at 7:30pm […]
posted Monday, April 9, 2018
Montreal-based filmmaker (Writer/Director/Producer) Arshad Khan will bring his personal documentary ABU to select theatres in Toronto, the GTA and Montreal on April 13. In ABU (meaning father in Urdu), Khan narrates his experience immigrating to Canada and navigating his complicated relationship with his close-knit Pakistani Muslim family as well as of coming out as a gay man. The film […]
posted Monday, April 9, 2018
David Mirvish is delighted to present The Musical Stage Company production of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, FUN HOME,, based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir, is the groundbreaking show that won five 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and has received worldwide critical acclaim for its stunning musical score and heartbreaking storytelling. Alison, a […]
posted Wednesday, April 4, 2018
After Louie follows Sam (Alan Cumming), an artist and activist from ACT UP who lived through the early years of HIV/AIDS — a man scarred and still struggling with survivor’s guilt. Cemented into an oppressive past, he is bewildered by a younger generation of carefree gay men with their uninhibited use of social media, sexting, and […]
posted Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Join Art Metropole at the Gladstone Hotel for the Toronto launch of ZIGGURAT: GENERAL IDEA 1968-1994, with artist AA Bronson.This monographic catalogue, published to coincide with the recent exhibition at Mitchell Innes & Nash, illustrates the pervasion of the signature ‘ziggurat’ form in General Idea’s body of work and contributes to the long lineage of artists’ books in […]
posted Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Twelve years since its debut, Modern Times Stage is pleased to bring renowned Argentinean-Canadian playwright Guillermo Verdecchia’s BLOOM back to Toronto with a new production. Inspired by T.S Eliot’s celebrated modernist poem The Wasteland, BLOOM is once again directed by award-winning Iranian-Canadian theatre artist Soheil Parsa featuring a powerful and diverse Canadian cast on stage at Buddies and Bad Times Theatre. […]
posted Monday, March 26, 2018
Some of My Most Favourite funny people is Chantel Marostica. They were part of a comedy special episode of our talk show “On the Couch” last season, people were telling me beforehand how great Chantel is, and I fell in love instantaneously. They had me in stitches with the stand up bit they did on […]
posted Saturday, March 24, 2018
Written and directed by Sky Gilbert, I Cook, He Does The Dishes is as much about the value of relationship as it is a questioning of how we relate to being in, out of, or enmeshed in it. The play is a modern take on the real-life love affair between John Cage and Merce Cunningham who were […]
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