[Theatre]
GRIMM too
Where “happily ever after” looks grim.
Theatre Smith-Gilmour, in association with Factory Theatre, continues its incredible 30th anniversary season with the world première of GRIMM too. The award winning company that co-created the Toronto hit Spent earlier this year, as well as the creators of the internationally renowned Chekhov Cycle and the critically acclaimed Katherine Mansfield now turn their attention to the traditional folk stories transcribed devotedly by The Brothers Grimm. GRIMM too, a poignant and meticulous piece of physical theatre, begins previews February 19 and continues to March 21, 2010 at the Factory Studio Theatre. For tickets and information, contact 416-504-9971 or facotrytheatre.ca.
Welcome to a world where strange and magical things can happen. Where witches turn women into birds, young boys suffer cruel curses and getting lost in the forest could lead to an adventure beyond your imagination. Co-creators Michele Smith and Dean Gilmour, along with actors Adam Paolozza, Dan Watson and Pragna Desai, take audiences through a stormy world where lessons are learned the hard way. The tour-de-force acting company is directed by Smith and Gilmour and features set and costume designs by Julia Tribe and lighting design by Kimberly Purtell.
Show Information for GRIMM too:
Venue: The Factory Studio Theatre
25 Bathurst St.
Previews: February 19, 20, and 21, 2010
Opens: February 23, 2010
Closes: March 21, 2010
Performances: Tuesday – Saturday 8:00 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM
Tickets: Tuesday – Thursday $20; Friday $25; Saturday $28; Matinees $10; $5 Student/Senior discount on all tickets; Preview $12
Tickets are available through Factory Theatre Box Office at 416-504-9971, online at www.factorytheatre.ca or www.totix, in person at the T.O. TIX booth at Yonge-Dundas Square, or at the door.
For more information please visit www.theatresmithgilmour.com
[Theatre]
Monkey King
Monkey King, premiered in Beijing during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, now showing in Vancouver during the Winter Olympic Games, will be coming to Toronto's Canon Theatre March 10 - 28. Monkey King is the first Chinese Rock Musical produced after Tang Concubines, an action-musical that received 2 Dora Awards in 2007 in Toronto.
Dr. Dennis Law, producer of Monkey King, will be making a special trip to Toronto to introduce Monkey King to our media friends on February 11th, 2010. Dr. Law is available for personal one-on-one interview. Please review and confirm your time of convenience.
February 11th, 2010
Group Presentation: 11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Interview available between 10:00 am - 11:00 am & 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Parlor Suite (Please check at the front desk)
123 Queen Street West, Toronto.
For more information: about Monkey King visit www.monkeykingmusical.com.
[Theatre]
Dr. Faustus
The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts is presenting 'Dr. Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Rosanna Saracino at the Annex Theatre in Toronto (736 Bathurst Street).The show will run from March 16-20 at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 20th.
Dr. Faustus tells the tale of an intellectual scholar, who turns to the art of magic and necromancy to gain ultimate knowledge and power. In this bold new production, an all-female cast evokes a visually and physically provocative insight into the sense of spiritual emptiness that contemporary society seems fixed to fill up with transient delights. After selling her soul in exchange for twenty-four years of service by Lucifer’s minion, Mephistophilis, our Faustus discovers that whirlwind of spectacle she has bartered for, lead her longing and conflicted. She is unable to recover the repentance and salvation she so desperately sought and may have lost, perhaps, evermore.
Tickets are $22 and can be purchased through the box office at www.ticketmaster.ca or by calling 416.872.1111.
[Theatre]
Trafalgar 24
Creativity knows no bounds
(unless you’ve been locked in a haunted castle overnight with eight hours to write a play)
pressure cooker
–noun
1. a reinforced pot, usually of steel or aluminum, in which soups, meats, vegetables, etc., may be cooked quickly in heat above boiling point by steam maintained under pressure.
2. any situation, job, assignment, etc., in which a person is faced with urgent responsibilities or demands by other people, constant deadlines, or a hectic work schedule.
3. see Trafalgar 24.
Driftwood Theatre - Ontario’s most exciting and accessible theatre company - is thrilled to be embarking on their 16th season with Trafalgar 24, the annual play-creation festival and fundraising gala. In only 24 hours, 40 Artists will write, produce, rehearse and perform ten original new works in various locations of the 19th century Trafalgar Castle. The 24 hour event will culminate in a public performance of each of the works and gala that starts at 6pm on Friday, March 12th, 2010.
Show Information for Trafalgar 24:
Venue: Trafalgar Castle, 401 Reynolds Street, Whitby
Performance: Friday, March 12, 2010-01-28
Time: Doors open at 6 P. Performances begin at 7:30 PM
Tickets: All tickets are $45 each, or $35 each for groups of 10 or more
Tickets can be purchased online at online at www.totix.ca.
For more information please visit www.driftwwoodtheatre.com or call 905-576-2396.
[Theatre]
Single Black Female
Blu Lagoon Productions is thrilled to announce the Canadian première of the sensational Off-Broadway play Single Black Female, a comedy about the pleasures and the perils of being a single middle class black woman who’s got everything she wants and needs except that someone special to share life with! Written by renowned playwright Lisa B. Thompson, the critically acclaimed play opens Saturday, March 13 at the George Weston Recital Hall in the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Single Black Female will run for 5 performances until Sunday, March 21.
Single Black Female follows two thirty-something African-American middle class women as they search for love, clothes and dignity. The hip show is filled with rapid-fire comic vignettes that explores the world that these educated career women live in. These ladies explain what it really means to be single in modern day America; from the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, and everything in between. Told from a strong point of view, at the heart and core of this fresh theatrical piece are the identifiable and universal themes of acceptance and love.
Show information for Single Black Female:
Venue: The Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street
George Weston Recital Hall
Opens: March 13, 2010
Closes: March 21, 2010
Performances: Saturday, March 13 8 PM
Sunday, March 14 5 PM
Friday, March 19 8 PM
Saturday, March 20 5 PM
Sunday, March 21 5 PM
Tickets: $30 advance; $40 at the door; S/S $5 discount
Tickets are available online at www.ticketmaster.ca or by dialing 416-872-1111, in person at the Toronto Centre for the Arts box office, or online at www.totix.ca.
For more information, please visit www.SingleBlackFemaleThePlay.ca.
[Theatre]
I’ve Heard That song Before
Shaer Productions and the King Street Players will be presenting the world premier of a new musical “I’ve Heard That song Before.” The dates of the show are March 26 - 27 at the Belleville Marantha Church, April 1-3 at Peterborough Showplace and April 9 - 10 in Port Hope at Capitol Theatre. To register go to www.shaerproductions.com or for more information, call 705-932-7469.
[Theatre]
The City
Actors Repertory Company is thrilled to announce the Canadian première of Martin Crimp’s celebrated work The City, a deliciously wicked yet profound piece of theatre. Joining the two time Dora Award winning company is Award winning Romanian Director Cristian Popescu, who will lead the audience through Crimp’s fierce and penetrating vision of modern life. Opening March 19, 2010 at The Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, the show runs until April 3, 2010.
“And I know what you’re thinking: you’re thinking it must be pretty easy to kill people who are simply clinging on to life. But the people clinging on to life are the most dangerous people of all.”
Clair wants to be kissed - but not now - and certainly not by her husband. Chris wants to celebrate
his new job by driving into the oncoming traffic. Jenny arrives to complain about the screaming children - but the garden's empty, and the key to the playroom's disappeared. Just what strange game is being played here? Three characters fight to make sense of a surreal and collapsing world in this darkly comic mystery.
Show Information for The City:
Venue: The Berkeley Street Theatre, Upstairs
26 Berkeley Street
Opens: Friday, March 19, 2010
Closes: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Performances: Monday – Saturday at 8 PM; Saturday at 2 PM
Tickets: $25 General Admission; $15 S/S/Artists; PWYC Monday
Tickets are available by phone at 416-368-3110, online at www.canstage.com, in person at the Berkeley Street Box Office, or at the door.
For more information please visit www.arcstage.com.
[Theatre]
BURN THE FLOOR
Direct from Broadway:
The International Ballroom Dance Sensation BURN THE FLOOR ignites the Canon Theatre for a Limited Engagement on April 22 – May 1, 2010. Featuring ANYA GARNIS & PASHA KOVALEV and KAREN HAUER & ARTEM CHIGYVINTSEV From the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance.
Years before Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance turned ballroom dancing into must-see TV, one sizzling show was setting stages ablaze around the globe. BURN THE FLOOR, the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled audiences in over 30 countries, brings the fire and passion of their live performance to Toronto’s Canon Theatre for a strictly limited engagement, April 22 through May 1. Tickets are now on sale.
The new Broadway production of BURN THE FLOOR comes to Toronto following an engagement at the Longacre Theatre, where it broke the box office record and enjoyed two extensions.
Performance Schedule:
Tuesday to Saturday at 8 PM (Thursday April 22 is at 7PM), Sunday at 7 PM; Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2 PM. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria St., Toronto. Tickets: $25 to $89 - Available at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333 and www.mirvish.com.
[Theatre]
Shen Yun
The New AM 740 and The New Classical 96.3 FM are "Official Radio Sponsors" of the world famous "Shen Yun" at The Canon Theatre on May 7th
8th and 9th. Shen Yun the premier Chinese classical dance show, bringing to life the beauty and magnificence of traditional Chinese classical dance accompanied by the Shen Yun Orchestra. After touring over 100 cities on five continents while gracing some of the world's greatest stages, including New York's Radio City Music Hall, Shen Yun will return to Toronto with the all new 2010 program.
For tickets or more info visit www.TorShow.com or call TicketKing at (416)872-1212.
[Theatre]
Etobicoke Centennial Choir Concert: Sacred Traditions
The Etobicoke Centennial Choir, under the direction of conductor Henry Renglich, opens its 43rd season on Saturday, November 28 with Sacred Traditions, a joyous celebration of the cultural diversity of our community. Along with a selection of Christmas carols from around the world, the choir will perform sacred music of the Jewish and Hindu traditions, revealing common expressions of faith through unique language and musical styles. One highlight of the concert will be a performance of Kedusha, by renowned Toronto composer Srul Irving Glick, featuring baritone soloist David Yung. The choir will be joined by guest artists Orchestra of Krishna Sangeet Mandir, and The Etobicoke Youth Choir will add the sweet sound of young voices to this celebratory and unique musical experience.
The concert takes place at 7:30 pm on Saturday, November 28 at Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Boulevard in Etobicoke. The venue is handicapped accessible. Tickets are $20 and may be pre-ordered by calling (416) 769-9271. Further information can also be found on the choir’s website, www.etobicokecentennialchoir.ca.
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