posted Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Hello Pigeon! After all the hype and walk outs regarding the Dave Chappelle special on Netflix, I finally decided to sit down and watch it. Dave has a long history of making jokes about the 2SLGBTQ+ community over the years, like so many other comedians. Many apologize, many do not. Dave is just another comedian, […]
posted Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Hello Pigeons! There was a TV host named Ed The Sock who became a huge hit in the mid 1990s. Ed The Sock interviewed many celebrities, was seen at many award shows, and even had their own talk show at one point on late night TV. They were saying things that many were thinking, they […]
posted Thursday, February 11, 2021
About 18 months ago, I met film and television producer Lisa Crawford by chance on the set of a series being filmed in Toronto. We had never met previously, but I recognized her from a piece I had read on CBC Hamilton about a trans female filmmaker who was starting to make a name for […]
posted Sunday, April 24, 2016
The intimate Village Playhouse Theatre in Bloor West Village, ends its 2015/16 season with a farcical tale about golf, gambling, and guffaws. “Fox On the Fairway” was written by Ken Ludwig as a tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s. Director Katherine Bignell-Jones accepted the challenge of bringing the story to […]
posted Monday, December 21, 2015
Throughout the month of December, The Second City Toronto will also present evening and matinees performances of Unwrapped, and The Naughty Listers, which are perfect for family or office holiday parties – or the perfect escape from them! The Second City’s Fall 2015 Mainstage Revue, Click Bait & Switch, will feature two special shows […]
posted Sunday, October 4, 2015
Upside Downton is one-person stand-up comedy show in Toronto that’s a parody of a popular UK based television show Downton Abbey. The Edwardian-era period-piece series began late 2010 in the UK, and was broadcast on PBS this side of the pond starting early 2011. It depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their […]
posted Saturday, August 8, 2015
As mentioned in some of my previous Sonic City posts, I’ve always found the creative use of space to be an asset to modern performing arts. Whether it be the a re-purposed home used during the days of The Velvet Elvis in Oshawa, or the converted grain mill that has become the Evergreen Brickworks, I’m […]
posted Monday, April 27, 2015
Canada’s top sketch comedy troupe, Kids in the Hall, made their triumphant return to the stage in their hometown of Toronto this past weekend, before they begin of a mini-tour that has them playing Hamilton tonight, before heading stateside for a bunch of shows, and back up through the west coast of Canada. The entire […]
posted Sunday, March 15, 2015
Canadian Music Week (CMW) has an amazing line up of artists performing at the 2015 edition. From May 1st – 10th 2015, the newly expanded 10-day festival will present hundreds of bands from around the world. Headliners include The Jesus and Mary Chain: 30th Anniversary of Psychocandy, Kiesza, GoldLink, LIGHTS, FIDLAR, King Tuff, Billy Talent, Noel Gallagher’s High […]
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