Festival of Cool offers eclectic programming, including a Moby Dick puppet performance – December 8–18, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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

Festival of Cool wraps up Harbourfront Centre’s year-long cultural initiative, Nordic Bridges, with spectacle and celebration. It features 10 days of exciting programming that focuses on theatre, visual art, music and community. This year includes the one-night-only North American premiere of Jingyi Wang’s ground-breaking and interactive Post Capitalistic Auction, a reimagined spin on the traditional auction […]

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Deanne Taylor Theatre presents New Works Festival – Nov 30 to Dec 18, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, November 27, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

The Deanne Taylor New Works Festival takes place between Nov 30th – Dec 18th, 2022 at the Deanne Taylor Theatre, located at 10 Busy Street in Toronto. Newly appointed General Manager of Video Cabaret, and Artistic Producer of the Deanne Taylor Theatre, Aaron Rothermund, is the producer of this new festival, and he stated, “This […]

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Kink Observed – A Workshop Presentation by Sky Gilbert – on stage Nov 25 to 27, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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

A provoking and immersive theatre experience directed by Sky Gilbert, Kink Observed is a workshop presentation of a collective creation produced by Kink-on-the-Run Productions, and financed by the Canada Council. Guests are invited to attend this special workshop presentation to experience the first stages of the creation of this controversial and immersive theatre production. On […]

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The Birds – psychological thriller will have you ducking in fear – on stage Nov 25 to Dec 10, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, November 23, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

THE BIRDS is a new psychological thriller inspired by the Daphne DuMaurier short story and Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name. New York socialite Daphne Daniels is headed to an old family cottage for a weekend of R&R with her brother and husband, but when her husband is unexpectedly delayed and their neighbours turn out to be Daphne’s old flame […]

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Requiem for a Gumshoe – surreal, who-dunnit, murder mystery – on stage Nov 24 to Dec 4, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, November 22, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

Requiem for a Gumshoe premieres November 24th, 2022 at Red Sandcastle Theatre, and is the second part of The Apocalypse Trilogy which began with the cult hit and Dora Award winning: Space Opera Zero. Rick Fischmascher is a rumpled private detective and warlock for hire, haunted by the death of his son, and entrenched in […]

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Shaw Festival gets festive with two holiday classics, A Christmas Carol, and White Christmas

posted Thursday, November 17, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre

The Shaw Festival’s holiday spirits, um spirit, will take over the Royal George Theatre with the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, while Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the adored musical homage to romance and snow, takes stage  at the Festival Theatre. Molly Atkinson returns to direct The Shaw’s charming production of A Christmas Carol featuring Graeme Somerville […]

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The Heterosexuals – Johnny Walker’s new one person show – on stage Nov 17 to 19, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, November 16, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

In The Heterosexuals, Johnnie Walker, one of Toronto’s foremost Gay, Ginger, Millennial Playwright-Performers, presents a deep-dive into the shocking world of Heterosexuality. Fresh off an acclaimed run at the Edmonton Fringe, this is the Toronto premiere of Johnnie Walker’s newest, most personal, and most provocative solo show to date! THEY WALK AMONG US! But where […]

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Gay For Pay with Blake and Clay – on stage Nov 16 to 27, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, November 15, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Every actor knows there is nothing more prestigious than bravely playing gay, but is your pesky heterosexuality getting in the way of booking a one-way ticket to Awards season?  Join Blake and Clay in Gay For Pay, as two seasoned gay actors who teach us how to play gay and make LGBTQ about YOU. Go […]

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Silver Dagger – a mystery fiction writer has his novel become reality in his own life – on stage Nov 11 to Dec 3, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, November 9, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

In Silver Dagger, Steve Marsh is a successful mystery writer living in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto, and a recent winner of the coveted Silver Dagger Award. Soon after his third novel is published, Marsh’s wife receives a series of phone calls and letters that threaten to destroy their marriage. Adultery, blackmail, murder, and a figure […]

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ArtAttack! – annual fundraising auction for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – Nov 10, 2022

posted Monday, November 7, 2022

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

Mark your calendar for the 2022 edition of ARTATTACK!, the annual art auction and fundraiser for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, taking place on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at Buddies. Doors open at 7pm with a live auction starting at 8pm.  ARTATTACK! is one of Toronto’s best-loved and most outrageous art auctions – an Oz-inspired […]

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