How much do you really know your neighbours? How much are you willing to know about your neighbours? These are some of the questions posed by Tarragon Theatre and Green Light Arts Productions’ piece The Neighbours. Set in a quiet suburb, the audience is treated to a story told directly to them by Simon (Tony […]
Curated by Taylor Hreljac & Gabe Meacher, Spotlight at Second City is a variety show and great opportunity for both veteran audiences and newbies to experience the wide array of sketch comedy in Toronto. With hosts described as “an amuse bouche”, the evening truly does feel like a satisfying multi-course meal with each act offering […]
While slow to start, Make Banana Cry is an effective and uncomfortable use and showcase of the objectification, capitalist appropriation, and fetishization of what it means to be Asian. It’s not your typical fashion show. As you enter the space, you are encouraged to explore from your seat. To take in every detail of […]
Incredibly acted and written in a way that is both engaging and unique, Obsidian Theatre Company and Tarragon Theatre showcase an honest, vulnerable, funny, painful and real look at relationships. Relationships are hard. I know, what a revelation, right? But it is true and that work can make or break people. It can create […]
A Fear And Loathing-esque road trip journey is elevated and driven by powerful and heartfelt performances for a story about friendship, history, love, and regret. D. Halpern’s story starts off with a return to nostalgia through camcorder video tapes. Well edited and shot by designer Seamus Easton, the beginning montage evokes feelings of past […]
Dissonant Species (written by Michel Gordon Spence and Heather Marie Annis) sings a story about trying to understand. Trying to understand music, trying to understand sound, trying to understand people. Like a jumbled up music sheet with various timings and key changes and sounds with no set patterns. It is a piece that drums an […]
Ensemble, while at times aimless, is a hilarious rallying cry for our cop #3s, angry citizen #2s, guard #4s and other nameless numbered thespians who just want some f****ng respect. As someone who in university and high school consistently got the ensemble numbered roles, this one felt personal! (And yes the exclamation point is […]
Do not stop. Just go to see Laura Piccinin’s production of GO, a hike full of heart, comedy, and charm Full disclosure, I do not hike. As a city boy, my version of hiking is walking from Regent Park to Parkdale. However, even I can understand the appeal of hiking. The nature, the views, […]
