17 May 2019
Bouchard’s Lilies at Buddies
By Lorenzo Pagnotta // Theatre (Toronto)
Michel Marc Bouchard’s classic play Lilies (Les Feluettes) was made into one of the most beautiful Canadian films in the 90s, and more recently an opera (2016, Opéra de Montréal) …
03 May 2019
Out is Back In
By Lorenzo Pagnotta // Theatre (Toronto)
In the play OUT, first produced at the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival, writer-performer Greg Campbell takes us on a personal walk in 1977 Montreal, channelling his autobiography through Glen as …
09 May 2018
LULU V.7: a Horrifyingly Distant yet Related Past
By Lorenzo Pagnotta // Theatre (Toronto)
Without a doubt, I am a huge fan of non-linear work. I feel it’s more reflective of how our brain’s complex neural pathways actually work. Red Light District and Buddies’ …
31 March 2018
Bloom at Buddies
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Set in a dystopic future post-war landscape and based on T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland, Bloom is a story of an old war veteran, Gerontion (Peter Farbridge), a young boy who …
15 January 2018
Dave Deveau’s Funny Valentine at Buddies
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Originally written (and performed) by Dave Deveau, My Funny Valentine is a play based around the true story of a gay teen who was killed by his classmate in 2008. …
25 October 2017
Villains: An 80s Musical Cabaret
By Chelsea Dinsmore // Theatre (Toronto)
In Small but Mighty Productions’ eighties-inspired musical cabaret, six criminal misfits with superhuman abilities are sent to Villains Boot Camp, a secret project that aims to reform criminals and make …
14 March 2017
Modern Times at Bad Times: Blood Weddings
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Blood Weddings is currently on stage at Buddies in Bad Times. Federico García Lorca’s play is a classic, and has a rightful place in theatre history, but is a difficult …
08 March 2017
Nominee Interview Series: Anna Chatterton
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2016 MyTheatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Anna Chatterton is a different kind of triple threat: as a librettist, playwright, …
04 November 2016
Love You To Death: A Murder Mystery Cabaret
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
This Small But Mighty Productions musical murder mystery opens with Derek and his 6 lovers – five women and one man – gathered together in his secluded suburban home. They …
27 October 2016
A Feminist Double Bill: Quiver & Mouthpiece
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Nightwood Theatre defines itself as a feminist theatre company whose mandate includes providing an ‘essential home for the creation of extraordinary theatre by women.’ These two pieces, currently on stage …
16 October 2016
On Stage in TO: Zombies & Kittens
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Dead End (Theatre Lab) This light-hearted one-act from playwright Jonny Sun and director Michael Orlando is the perfect Halloween-themed diversion in Toronto’s current sea of self-serious theatre. Sun traps bantering …
21 April 2016
Musical Theatre Theatrical Music
By Kelly Bedard // Music
This month we were treated to two pieces that weren’t really musical theatre, nor were they strictly concerts. They were cabarets, I guess, but they were really stage-bound musical explorations …
19 April 2016
On Stage in TO: Blackout.
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
I have only 4 rules when it comes to great theatre: – make it coherent – make it honest – make it mean something – limit blackout set changes That’s …
14 March 2016
Gertrude and Alice
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Conceived and created by The Independent Aunties, Gertrude and Alice is currently onstage at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Written and performed by Anna Chatterton (as Alice B. Toklas) and …
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