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There’s only one more week to see The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? playing at Unit 102 Theatre, and see it you should. Leroy Street Theatre’s production is a stunning example of the excellent indie theatre scene currently flourishing in Toronto. Directed by Christ Bretecher, this staging of Edward Albee’s play about a man who […]

Is it ever okay to tell a rape joke? To laugh at a rape joke? A new comedy show entitled “Rape is Real and Everywhere” is touring across the country, confronting what we believe about rape, rapists, and human decency in general. Billed as a “show about rape, as joked about by survivors”, it does […]

 

That’s it, the network TV season is over. I would ask how you felt about it but, let’s be honest, you don’t watch network TV anymore. You watch Game of Thrones and, if you’re really cool, you maybe downloaded Horace & Pete (if you haven’t, you should). You’re a young, busy, hip person; you don’t […]

We enter the performance hall at Broadview Place with an air of excitement and expectation…

A newbie ventures into the world of murder and rage-quitting that is Dark Souls 3. Armed only with the advice of friends and a colourful arsenal of profanity, the author will face down one of the hardest games in recent memory. Part travelogue, part autopsy, part review… join us for part one of ‘Stranger in […]

A fairly unremarkable production that feels too much like an educational show for schools at times and doesn’t deliver quite enough quality to justify its worth, despite its experienced and overall able cast. The story of George Holyoake, the last Brit to be convicted and imprisoned for blasphemy, is one that certainly peaks interest, but […]

Living in a post-Rob Ford era, you could be forgiven for thinking that all the jokes about Canadians can and have been made. But what Second City does, they do very well – injecting new life and hilarity into jabs at Trudeaumania, Tim Hortons, and Drake. Indeed, The Hotline Always Blings Twice showcases some of […]

In the past two weeks, Penny Dreadful had one of its strongest episodes to date, and one of its weakest ones. “A Blade of Grass” was pure artistry, while “This World is Our Hell” was, well…not. To be fair, “A Blade of Grass” set the bar so high, whatever followed was almost sure to disappoint. […]