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“Tainted Justice” at The Village Playhouse – March 2 to 24, 2018

posted Tuesday, March 6, 2018

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Tainted Justice, written by Don Nigro, is drawn from facts surrounding a real murder mystery on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, with flashbacks to the Klondike. It’s a compelling drama by the author of Ravenscroft (a hit of our 2008-9 season.) Pearl, a troubled young woman, is haunted by doubts about who actually murdered her father in the dark woods […]

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“The Humans” Canadian premiere at Bluma Appel Theatre until Feb 25, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Monday, February 12, 2018

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  The Humans introduces audiences to the Blake family. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s lower Manhattan apartment. As darkness falls, and wine flows, tensions reach a boiling point, and the unspoken pressures facing the Blake clan simmer to the surface. The Humans presents a keenly observed reflection […]

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“Nuit Rose” – Call for Submissions and “Drag in a Bag” Fundraiser

posted Monday, February 12, 2018

by: in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Bar/Club, Comedy, Dance, Drag, Events, Fashion, Featured Events, Film, Gallery, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

NUIT ROSE celebrates its fifth year of LGBTQ Art and Performance during Toronto’s Pride Month, on Saturday June 16, 2018. There’s also a special fundraiser event happening on February 17th if you can’t wait until June. To date, Nuit Rose has presented 250+ artists and projects from Canada, the US, Mexico, Jamaica, Italy and Spain. Nuit Rose offers […]

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“The Crucible” depicts a 17th century witch hunt with modern day relevance

posted Monday, January 29, 2018

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692/93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government ostracized people for being communists. The play was first performed at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway on January […]

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“Calpurnia” on stage at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre until Feb 4, 2018

posted Tuesday, January 23, 2018

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre present, Calpurnia, a provocative look at class, race, and family dynamics under the roof of a wealthy Jamaican-Canadian home. As Julie, a screenwriter, seeks to redress To Kill a Mockingbird through the perspective of Calpurnia (the Finch family maid) by updating the context to include millennial ideology and terminology, she is met […]

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The Village Playhouse, 2018 Productions (includes reviews)

posted Saturday, January 20, 2018

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

The Village Playhouse is located in Toronto’s Bloor West Village, and has three remaining productions before concluding their 2017/18 season. The theatre is quite intimate, and have been presenting award winning shows for several decades, some directly from stagings in New York City. Located just east of Runnymede subway station on Bloor Street, it’s easily […]

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“Progress Festival” explores emerging performance works – Feb 1 to 18, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, January 18, 2018

by: in Art, Dance, Events, Featured Events, Music, Theatre

  Progress is an international festival of performance and ideas presented in partnership by SummerWorks Performance Festival and The Theatre Centre. The festival is collectively curated and produced by a series of Toronto-based companies, operating within a contemporary performance context.  This year, the festival is Curated by: SummerWorks Performance Festival, The Theatre Centre, Anandam Dancetheatre, FADO Performance […]

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Fleetwood Mac’s classic “Rumours” album performed live and intimate – February 4 to 25 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, January 17, 2018

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Music, Theatre, Toronto

Coal Mine Theatre presents their first ever Coal Mine Concert, the world premiere of RUMOURS by Fleetwood Mac, February 4-25, 2018 at the intimate Coal Mine Theatre. Ted Dykstra, Coal Mine Co-Chief Engineer and RUMOURS creative guide, has assembled a local group of musicians to play the album live in order from start to finish. “Two years-ago I was driving around […]

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“My Funny Valentine” – Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – January 10-21, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Friday, January 12, 2018

by: in Events, Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

From playwright Dave Deveau (Nelly Boy, Tiny Replicas (GayVancouver’s Top 10 Productions of 2011), the Jessie and Oscar Wilde Nominated My Funny Valentine enters the minds of people on the fringes of a murder that will forever affect them and examines the ripple effect of hatred in a community. Haunting, moving, and at times strangely […]

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“David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts” Screens January 25th at Select Theatres Across Canada

posted Friday, January 5, 2018

by: in Art, Celebrity, Film, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts screens as part of Cineplex Events’ In The Gallery series in select theatres across Canada on January 25. Widely considered Britain’s most popular artist, David Hockney is a global sensation with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and beyond, attracting millions of visitors worldwide. Now entering his […]

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