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Hedwig and the Angry Inch on stage at Hart House Theatre opens Sept 22nd

posted Monday, September 11, 2017

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

Opening September 22, Hart House Theatre presents the cult-favourite, glam-rock extravaganza, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Directed by Hart House Theatre alumnae, Rebecca Ballarin, and starring a stellar cast, Hedwig and the Angry Inch promises to open the 2017/2018 Hart House Theatre Season on a high note. Winner of several awards and international acclaim, this musical transforms the theatre into a […]

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Coal From Hades: The Story of “Les Mouches Fantastiques – July 20 to 30, 2017 (Hamilton)

posted Wednesday, July 12, 2017

by: in Activism, Hamilton, Queer, Theatre

After acclaimed performances at the Toronto Storytelling Festival, Nuit Rose, and Ontario Culture Days, Canton/Peterson Productions is proud to bring Coal From Hades: The Story of “Les Mouches Fantastiques” to the Hamilton Fringe Festival. Based on true events, this unique hybrid storytelling/theatre piece explores the lives and loves behind the creation of North America’s first […]

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Preview of Buddies 2017/18 Season

posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017

by: in Activism, Art, Bar/Club, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Artistic Director Evalyn Parry has announced an exciting line-up for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2017/18 season. The season presents a series of engaging, timely productions that grapple with questions of race, indigeneity, sex, queerphobia, religion, and climate change. It includes a new multidisciplinary work co-created by Parry, a national tour of the 2016 hit Black Boys, and the premiere of […]

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“It’s All Tru” – a new play about AIDS, by Buddies founder, Sky Gilbert

posted Friday, April 7, 2017

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

Kurt and Travis are a perfect gay couple – a young prince charming and a charming silver fox – whose marriage is threatened by the appearance of a sexy street boy named Gideon. Did Gideon have condomless sex with Travis? Did Gideon have permission? Did Travis take his PrEP? The once a day PrEP pill (Truvada) has […]

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Touring Production of “Hamilton” Coming to Toronto

posted Thursday, March 23, 2017

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

  Mirvish Productions has announced that the touring production of HAMILTON will be coming to Toronto as part of the 2019-20 Mirvish subscription season. This will be a limited engagement and more details, exact dates and a venue location will be shared at a later date. HAMILTON is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, […]

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“A CITY” world premiere on stage March 16 to April 2, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 14, 2017

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  “A City” is presented as a gallery installation or tableaux vivant, an intimate, personal study of four artists/friends who tell the story of a famous friend who died under mysterious circumstances, and how he transformed them. The story is revealed through direct address in a disarmingly casual atmosphere, as if the audience were eavesdropping on […]

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“Sousatzka” World Premiere in Toronto – Until Apr 9, 2017

posted Thursday, March 9, 2017

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Based on the original novel Madame Sousatzka, written by Bernice Rubens, SOUSATZKA is set in London, England in 1982 and tells the story of a musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from vastly different worlds: his mother, a political refugee from South Africa and his piano teacher, a brilliant eccentric with a shattered past. These two proud, iconoclastic […]

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“The Man Who Married Himself” on stage March 10 and 11, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, March 9, 2017

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  The world premiere of The Man Who Married Himself, created by Juliet Palmer and Anna Chatterton, a masque inspired by Indian and Baroque traditions, featuring choreography by Hari Krishnan. Inspired by an Indian folk tale, The Man Who Married Himself considers ideas of sexual identity. Dancers Jelani Ade-Lam and Sze-Yang Ade-Lam are proud members of the queer community who explore and […]

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Gene Kelly: A Conversation with Patricia Kelly Ward

posted Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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

Some of My Most Favourite People is Gene Kelly, but I guess I share that love with millions of people throughout the world, and over many decades. Gene is Hollywood as Hollywood can be, and is one of the most influential people on the making of film. So when I was approached for an opportunity […]

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“My Night With Reg” – Feb 10 to 26, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, February 8, 2017

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  MY NIGHT WITH REG originally premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1994, and now its getting its Canadian premiere at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto. The story begins in the summer of 1985. Old friends and new gather to party through the night. What they don’t realize is that their world is about to change forever. […]

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