Theatre Brouhaha http://www.theatromania.ca/taxonomy/term/110/all en Liver http://www.theatromania.ca/news/liver <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="2629" height="1753" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/LIVER_50.jpg?1430587709" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Kat Sandler takes a slice out of the medical world in her latest dark comedy</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by the Slab Collective<br />Supported by Theatre Brouhaha and Red One Theatre Collective<br />Written and directed by Kat Sandler&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>When you're given your life back, is it really yours? That is the overarching question posed by Toronto playwright Kat Sandler in her latest play <a href="http://thestorefronttheatre.com/liver/"><em><strong>LIVER</strong></em></a>, a morbidly funny meditation on life and death, now playing at The Storefront Theatre (955 Bloor Street West).</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 4 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Thu, 2015-04-30</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2015-05-10</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/storefront-theatre">The Storefront Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-related-news"> <div class="field-label">Related Posts:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/news/qa-liver">Q&amp;A: Liver</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/liver" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/liver#comments Canadian Plays Indie Red One Theatre Collective Reviews Theatre Brouhaha Sun, 03 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000 Lauren Gillett 964 at http://www.theatromania.ca Q&A: Liver http://www.theatromania.ca/news/qa-liver <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="729" height="576" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/Claire%20Armstrong%20photo%20.jpg?1430354519" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Claire Armstrong on her role in Kat Sandler's latest show at The Storefront Theatre</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Interview </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by The Slab Collective<br />Supported by Theatre Brouhaha &amp; Red One Theatre Collective<br />Written and directed by Kat Sandler</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Dora Award-winning actress Claire Armstrong returns to the stage this spring in <em><strong>LIVER</strong></em>, a new dark comedy by prolific Toronto playwright Kat Sandler. A dark exploration of life, death and how we run from both, <em><strong>LIVER</strong></em> centres around the alcoholic Andrew, who wakes up on a gurney missing his liver, and the lives of everyone around him are thrown into choas as they decide how far they'll go to protect their discovery.</p> <p>Here, we chat with Armstrong about her role in the show and her experience working with Sandler.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Thu, 2015-04-30</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2015-05-10</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/storefront-theatre">The Storefront Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/qa-liver" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/qa-liver#comments Canadian Plays Indie Interviews Red One Theatre Collective Theatre Brouhaha Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:07:37 +0000 Lauren Gillett 960 at http://www.theatromania.ca 2013 SummerWorks Performance Festival: Delicacy http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-summerworks-performance-festival-delicacy <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="1024" height="666" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/DELICACY_Tennille-Read-Andy-Trithardt-Kelly-McCormack-and-Kaleb-Alexander-left-clockwise.-Credit-ZAIDEN.jpg?1376271287" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Theatre Brouhaha serves up more savory satire at SummerWorks</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by Theatre Brouhaha<br />Written and directed by Kat Sandler<br /><br /><br /></p> </div> </div> </div> <p>A wealthy Yorkville couple invite a pair of young swingers to their condo after an exciting encounter at a sex club in Kat Sandler's <em><strong><a href="http://theatrebrouhaha.com/portfolio/delicacy/">Delicacy</a></strong></em>, an irresistibly funny four-hander now on stage at the Lower Ossington Theatre as part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival. <br /></p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 4 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Thu, 2013-08-08</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sat, 2013-08-17</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/lower-ossington-theatre">Lower Ossington Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-summerworks-performance-festival-delicacy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-summerworks-performance-festival-delicacy#comments Indie Reviews SummerWorks Performance Festival Theatre Brouhaha Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Lauren Gillett 550 at http://www.theatromania.ca 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival: We Are The Bomb http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-toronto-fringe-festival-we-are-bomb <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="2660" height="1773" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/theatrebrouhaha_-_thecrew%20copy.jpg?1372992641" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Another detonating dark comedy by Toronto theatre bombshell Kat Sandler</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by Theatre Brouhaha<br />Written and directed by Kat Sandler</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Leave it to Theatre Brouhaha to create consistently relevant, attention-getting theatre. Now playing at The Paddock Tavern (Queen and Bathurst) as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, Kat Sandler's latest play <a href="http://theatrebrouhaha.com/portfolio/we-are-the-bomb/"><em><strong>We Are The Bomb</strong></em></a> takes place on the eve of modern-day prohibition in Canada. A group of unlikely comrades find themselves bound to a common cause<span class="st">—a riot for their right to drink</span><span class="st">—and declare their favourite bar a soverign nation.</span></p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 5 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Wed, 2013-07-03</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2013-07-14</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-related-news"> <div class="field-label">Related Posts:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/news/2013-toronto-fringe-festival-threads">2013 Toronto Fringe Festival: Threads</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-poll"> <div class="field-label">Poll:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/how-many-toronto-fringe-shows-will-you-see-year">How many Toronto Fringe shows will you see this year?</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-toronto-fringe-festival-we-are-bomb" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/2013-toronto-fringe-festival-we-are-bomb#comments Indie Reviews Site-Specific Shows Theatre Brouhaha Toronto Fringe Festival Sat, 06 Jul 2013 02:51:48 +0000 Lauren Gillett 523 at http://www.theatromania.ca