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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Dollhouse of Deadly Sins – a Halloween tradition of curses, magic, and puppetry – Oct 27 to 30, 2022

posted Sunday, October 23, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

For over 20 years Eldritch Theatre has been prowling the theatrical underground, earning audience acclaim, along with over 25 Dora Awards nominations and wins for their outstanding horror productions. The red door opens at the haunted Red Sandcastle Theatre to reveal Doc Wuthergloom, Eldritch Theatre’s resident necromancer, presenting an evening of demented puppetry and feats […]

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Eldritch Theatre Announces 2022/23 Season Productions, beginning Oct 11, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Saturday, October 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre, Toronto

After 22 years of terrifying audiences with our own brand of giddy ghoulishness, Eldritch Theatre is pleased to announce its upcoming season of horrific hilarity, being performed in its very own Red Sandcastle Theatre. The frightening festivities begin with guest artist The Pucking Fuppet Co’s THE FAMILY CROW: A Murder Mystery, an hour-long comedy puppet show opening […]

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Everybody – existential play about death, emotions, family, and friends – until Oct 8, 2022 (Shaw Festival)

posted Thursday, September 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Theatre

DEATH. We all know how the story ends. But who will be with us when it does? Why is it these plays about death always only ever wind up trying to tell us about life? Make your way to this year’s Shaw Festival to catch the Canadian premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins modern morality (mortality) play […]

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A Baby For Andy – queer stage production comes to Toronto after successful run at the Guelph Fringe Festival – Sept 2 to 4, 2022

posted Wednesday, August 31, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

After a successful run in the Guelph Fringe Festival, Toronto audiences are going to have a chance to catch A Baby For Andy at The Deanne Taylor Theatre at 10 Busy Street in Leslieville (Toronto East). It’s the story of Andrew & Sam, a queer couple having to come to terms with a hidden dark […]

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As You Like It – don’t go expecting classic Shakespeare – runs to Sept 4, 2022 in High Park

posted Monday, August 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

As You Like It is a classic Shakespearean romantic comedy for the ages that comes vividly to life in High Park. After Rosalind and her cousin Celia escape the Duke’s court, they flee in disguise to the fantastical Forest of Arden. But who (and what!) they find there are beyond their wildest dreams. Featuring new […]

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