06 July 2014
Fringe TO 2014: Justis, Day 1
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
The Centre of the Universe (B) The Centre of The Universe, staged between the taps and front windows of everybody’s favourite dive bar, “The Lab” is a gripping telling of …
11 March 2014
The Two Worlds of Charlie F.
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
Veterans of recent war in Afghanistan and Iraq come home, having to confront the violent memories from their past, and an uncertain future. Swirled together with a categorical misunderstanding of …
08 March 2014
LOVE and Basketball
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Sports
The inaugural “LOVE and Basketball 3 on 3 Tournament” lands in the HoopDome at Downsview Park on March 15th. Several hundred ballers and supporters will come together to raise money …
01 March 2014
Forgiveness: a theatrical poem
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
Forgiveness caught my attention the first moment I saw it because it wasn’t called a play, nor was it deemed to be a performance piece. It was called a “Theatrical …
14 February 2014
The Untitled Feminist Show
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
The Untitled Feminist Show, by Young Jean Lee, is an hour of beautiful and thought-provoking movement. It’s an eclectic mixture of elements sifted together so that trying to pull it …
12 February 2014
The Coyote Collective’s Labour
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
The Coyote Collective presented Labour at the Passe Muraille Backspace last week. The show, written by Eric and Ryan Welch, attempted to represent the monotony, loneliness and despair that can …
08 February 2014
The Radio Show
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
You’ve got to check out The Radio Show. If you don’t have any idea what it’s about and walk into the theatre, you’d see the powerful unity of dance and …
31 January 2014
A Rocky Return for Ken Gass
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
Factory Theatre martyr Ken Gass’ newest project, Canadian Rep Theatre, premiered its first production this month. Directed by Gass, Pacamambo is stunning, the first moment the audience is allowed into …
22 January 2014
The…Musician: An Etude
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
The Toronto Laboratory Theatre and an English-Russian Theatre company named Théatrus have come together to produce a well-conceived play called The…Musician: An Etude. Three actors, Shelley Liebembuk, Clayton Gray and …
21 January 2014
Tarragon’s Flesh and Other Fragments of Love
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
Flesh and Other Fragments of Love is about a married couple, Simone (Maria del Mar) and Pierre (Blair Williams). They bicker and squabble and get in each other’s way while …
21 January 2014
Theatre Smash’s Ugly One is Rather Pretty.
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
The minimalist set, featuring a large, elevated platform shows off interesting blocking and is integral to the quick, clean transitions that pepper the play. The script’s myriad rapid-fire scene changes …
16 January 2014
Ali Eisner on her “Favourite Things”
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
“It’s my first show,” she says to me, beaming. “I’ve been shooting forever! I started on dad’s old school Nikon,” she continues, all in one breath, “I just loved to …
16 December 2013
Weather the Weather
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
Theatre Columbus’s Weather the Weather or how we make it home together is a good-natured evening full of holiday spirit in the Brickworks. This uniquely Canadian story of homecoming and …
04 December 2013
Danny And The Deep Blue Sea
By Justis Danto-Clancy // Theatre (Toronto)
Walking into Baro Theatre’s opening night production of Danny And The Deep Blue Sea on Saturday night felt more like walking into an underground, bare-knuckle boxing match than into a …
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