Mirvish announces 2022/23 season, including Mean Girls, God is a Scottish Drag Queen, and Jagged Little Pill

posted Friday, June 17, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

The 2022/23 Mirvish Theatre Season features 14 shows – six Main Season shows, three Off-Mirvish Season shows, and five Bonus shows. The Main Subscription Season features six new productions, bringing Toronto audiences award-winning, acclaimed and popular new plays and musicals from London and New York. Main Season  The Shark is Broken Martha’s Vineyard, 1974: shooting on Jaws has stalled. […]

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Buddies Queer Pride Festival includes theatre, comedy, cabaret, art, music, and parties – June 7 to 26, 2022

posted Monday, June 6, 2022

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

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre has announced the line-up for Queer Pride 2022 – a festival of queer theatre, comedy, cabaret, art, music, and parties that showcases the LGBTQ+ community’s unstoppable spirit. For three weeks, Buddies hosts a stellar line-up of Toronto’s most exciting queer entertainers. FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS An digital audio experience capping off Buddies’ […]

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The Cold War depicts the Canadian history that you’ll never learn at school

posted Friday, May 13, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

THE COLD WAR has the zeitgeist squarely in its sights.  It’s déjà vu all over again. Brought to you in the infamous black box, this stinging satire of Canadian history exposes the international back-room dealings of John Diefenbaker, Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nikolai Zabotin and Sam Steele. Meanwhile, returning war vet Tom Muffet readjusts […]

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Italian Mime Suicide at The Theatre Centre – April 21 to May 1, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, April 19, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

Following a successful run at Théâtre aux Écuries in Montreal last fall, earning a TOP 10 SHOWS of 2021 mention from the Montreal Gazette, Bad New Days returns to Toronto with the provocative genre-bending piece ITALIAN MIME SUICIDE at The Theatre Centre (Franco Boni Theatre) beginning April 21 to May 1 (opening night April 23). Inspired by a 2003 newspaper headline, “Italian mime jumps off building claiming no […]

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Mirvish Productions returns to the stage in Toronto

posted Friday, February 25, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre

To say that the pandemic has made theatre impossible in Toronto is an understatement. In the last two years, only a handful of shows have been on the stages of the Mirvish theatres under very restrictive conditions. However, this spring holds the most promising opportunity for theatre to truly return to our city, albeit still […]

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s entire board resigns, but the show must go on

posted Saturday, January 22, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Lesbian, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

According to a Toronto Star article, based on information received in a press release, it appears Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is going through yet another transitional period of change. Since this past December, every board member from Toronto’s longest running queer theatre company have left their post for various reasons, and theatre staff and […]

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OH CANADA! Canadian LGBTQ Music Artists You Need To Know

posted Wednesday, August 25, 2021

by: Kenney Fitzpatrick in Dance, Entertaining, Events, Fashion, Lesbian, Montreal, Music, Ottawa, Pride, Queer, Streaming Online, Television, Theatre, Toronto, Trans, Vancouver

Music will forever flourish. But music hasn’t always been the most accepting or space space for marginalized communities. In truth it still isn’t. Historically many artists have been encouraged to hide or remain silent about their sexuality and gender identity. And the opportunities for our Queer Trans BIPOC community members has been extremely limited. But […]

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nowhen – interactive outdoor performance piece within High Park – Aug 8 to 15, 2021

posted Sunday, August 8, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

In nowhen, York University Theatre and Canadian Stage MFA Candidate Alison Wong invites guests to explore, and “let go of time, and revel in place” in a two-part, auditory and nature-based experience set in High Park featuring current Theatre at York students. In Part 1 (Perspective), guests in small groups are invited to gather at one of seven […]

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Live theatre returns to the Mirvish stage with “Blindness”

posted Tuesday, August 3, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre

Blindness brings us back to the theatre and to the stage, literally. All audiences members will be seated in pods on the historic Princess of Wales Theatre stage, offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience live theatre from this unique angle looking out into the empty room of seats. What also makes this […]

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Dream In High Park set to return this summer, featuring an array of new productions

posted Friday, June 25, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

  For the first full summer of live performance in the park since the pandemic began,  Canadian Stage plans to present a diverse menu of core programming produced by the company, complemented by a robust line-up of partner presentations, offering everything from theatre and dance, to contemporary and classical music, comedy, family programming and more. […]

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