Site-Specific Shows

Q&A: TomorrowLove™

Lauren Gillett — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Amy Keating challenges herself in Rosamund Small's latest immersive show

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Presented by Outside The March
Written by Rosamund Small
Directed and developed by Mitchell Cushman

Following the success of Vitals (2014 Dora Awards for Outstanding Production and Outstanding New Play), Outside The March has a new show opening this November. TomorrowLove™ is an intimate immersive encounter that imagines the future of romantic connection. Written by Rosamund Small and directed by Mitchell Cushman, the experience promises to be a hot indie ticket this season.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Sat, 2016-11-19 - Sun, 2016-12-18

Theatre:

The Aorta

Q&A: Sheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project Presents Brantwood: 1920-2020

Lauren Gillett — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Mitchell Cushman and Julie Tepperman on creating the largest production of immersive, site-specific musical theatre in Canadian history

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Presented by Sheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project
Created and directed by Mitchell Cushman and Julie Tepperman
Music and lyrics by Bram Gielen, Anika Johnson and Britta Johnson
Produced by Michael Rubinoff

This season, Sheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project is presenting the world premiere of Brantwood: 1920-2020, a groundbreaking immersive musical theatre experience created and directed by Outside the March's Mitchell Cushman and Convergence Theatre's Julie Tepperman and produced by Michael Rubinoff, Sheridan's Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts. As the Toronto District School Board ponders closing several schools over the next decade, Brantwood is staged in a real-life GTA school slated for redevelopment.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Tue, 2015-04-14 - Sun, 2015-05-03

Theatre:

Sheridan College

Q&A: The Dog & the Angel

Lauren Gillett — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:32:34 +0000

Subtitle:

Up-and-coming performer Connie Wang on her role in Theatre Columbus' new winter show at Evergreen Brick Works

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Written by Martha Ross
Directed by Jennifer Brewin
Music direction by John Millard

Theatre Columbus' winter theatre at the Evergreen Brick Works has become an annual tradition for many in Toronto. This year, the company is presenting Martha Ross' The Dog & the Angel, directed by Jennifer Brewin and featuring a talented cast (including Leah Cherniak, Paul Rainville, Michael Rinaldi, Courtenay Stevens, Jennifer Villaverde and Connie Wang), six local choirs and George, the golden doodle. The play tells the story of one family’s annual holiday party run amok.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Thu, 2014-12-11 - Tue, 2014-12-30

Theatre:

Evergreen Brickworks

Q&A: In Case We Disappear

Lauren Gillett — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:21:29 +0000

Subtitle:

Vanessa Smythe on solo storytelling and staging her new work at the East End Performance Crawl

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Created and performed by Vanessa Smythe

Everyone loves a good bedtime story, but Vanessa Smythe takes this idea a step further in her latest show In Case We Disappear. Now playing as part of Crow's Theatre's East End Performance Crawl, the work explores storytelling as a means of connection and comfort.

We caught up with the actress/writer to find out more about her experience working on this personal piece.

Theatromania: What inspired In Case We Disappear?

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Sat, 2014-05-24 - Sun, 2014-06-01

Q&A: Who's Your Daddy?

Lauren Gillett — Sun, 25 May 2014 16:11:27 +0000

Subtitle:

International performer Johnny O'Callaghan on bringing his fatherly solo show to Toronto's East End Performance Crawl

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Written and performed by Johnny O'Callaghan
Directed for Toronto by Aaron Willis

Johnny O'Callaghan was not the type anyone expected to become a father: single, suicidal and out of work, the actor found himself on an adventure of adoption in Uganda and lived to tell the tale. The story of how he found his son is the focus of the hit show Who's Your Daddy? now playing in Toronto as as part of Crow's Theatre's East End Performance Crawl.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Fri, 2014-05-23 - Sun, 2014-06-01

Vitals

Lauren Gillett — Sun, 04 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Outside The March creates a theatrical state of emergency in Toronto

Headline:

Review

Credits:

Presented by Outside The March
Sponsored by Theatre Passe Muraille
Written by Rosamund Small
Directed by Mitchell Cushman
Performed by Katherine Cullen

Known for bringing audiences deep into the subject matter of the work they present, Outside The March is creating Toronto theatre buzz again this month with their new site-specific show Vitals by local playwright Rosamund Small. Based on real interviews conducted with Toronto EMS workers, the piece explores the high-pressure reality of paramedics through the eyes of Anna (Katherine Cullen), a matter-of-fact, level III paramedic who has seen her share of accidents and injuries.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Stars:

Show Dates:

Tue, 2014-04-29 - Sun, 2014-05-25

Weather The Weather

Annie Hodgins — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 04:42:54 +0000

Subtitle:

Theatre Columbus lights up the Evergreen Brickworks with Haley McGee's festive outdoor play

Headline:

Review

Credits:

Presented by Theatre Columbus
Written by Haley McGee
Directed by Jennifer Brewin

Theatre Columbus' latest outdoor production at Evergreen Brickworks, Weather the Weather or How We Make It Home Together is a delightful, family-friendly experience that will warm your heart, despite your freezing toes. The play follows the exploits of bickering, displaced siblings Daga (Amy Lee) and Diwrnod (Kawa Ada) as they negotiate their journey home in the wake of an apocalyptic storm.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Stars:

Show Dates:

Fri, 2013-12-06 - Mon, 2013-12-30

Theatre:

Evergreen Brickworks

Romeo & Juliet

Annie Hodgins — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:01:36 +0000

Subtitle:

Shakespeare BASH'd offers a terrifically different take on a classic tragedy

Headline:

Review

Credits:

Presented by Shakespeare BASH'd
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by James Wallis

This week, catch the 2012 Best of Fringe winner Shakespeare BASH'd's production of Romeo & Juliet at 3030 Dundas. As with the company’s hit festival shows at the Victory Café, audience members are encouraged to enjoy a drink or few throughout the performance, just as they did in Shakespeare’s day. (It should be mentioned that 3030’s outstanding $5 bar menu—a steal—should be taken full advantage of.)

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Stars:

Show Dates:

Tue, 2013-11-19 - Sat, 2013-11-23

A Room of One's Own

Annie Hodgins — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Naomi Wright inflames and inspires as the daring Virginia Woolf in Bloomsbury Collective's unique production at the Campbell House Museum

Headline:

Review

Credits:

Presented by Bloomsbury Collective
Written by Virginia Woolf
Stage adaptation by Patrick Garland
Directed by Sarah Rodgers
Featuring Naomi Wright

Patrick Garland’s 1990 adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic lecture A Room of One’s Own is beautifully recreated in an immersive theatre experience presented by Bloomsbury Collective at the Campbell House until November 24th. Guests are invited to arrive an hour before the lecture to look around—the main floor of the historic Toronto landmark has been transformed into Girton Women’s College, Cambridge, where Woolf delivered the lecture to a group of female students in 1928.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Stars:

Show Dates:

Wed, 2013-11-13 - Sun, 2013-11-24

Theatre:

Campbell House Museum

Q&A: Romeo & Juliet

Lauren Gillett — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:09:26 +0000

Subtitle:

James Wallis of Shakespeare BASH'd talks about directing The Bard's timeless love story at 3030 Dundas

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Presented by Shakespeare BASH'd
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by James Wallis

Led by actor and director James Wallis, Shakespeare BASH'd is known for creating immersive, site-specfic productions of Shakespeare's work with a talented group of up-and-coming young artists in Toronto. The company's fun and daring shows have included Toronto Fringe productions of The Taming of the Shrew (Best of Fringe 2012) and Much Ado About Nothing (Fringe 2013), both staged at the The Victory Café on Markham Street.

Images:

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Tue, 2013-11-19 - Sat, 2013-11-23

Q&A: A Room of One's Own

Lauren Gillett — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:08:12 +0000

Subtitle:

Naomi Wright on becoming Virginia Woolf

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Presented by Bloomsbury Collective
Written by Virginia Woolf
Adapted for the stage by Patrick Garland
Directed by Sarah Rodgers

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to step inside the pages of your favourite book? This month, Bloomsbury Collective is giving Toronto audiences the chance to meet one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, Virginia Woolf, as part of an immersive theatre experience at the historic Campbell House Museum.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Wed, 2013-11-13 - Sun, 2013-11-24

Theatre:

Campbell House Museum

Q&A: You Can Sleep When You're Dead

Lauren Gillett — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Theatre Lab's Omar Hady and Michael Orlando stage a collaborative Halloween horrorshow in Toronto's historic Campbell House Museum

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Directed by Tom Arthur Davis, Omar Hady, Michael Orlando
With original writing by Glyn Bowerman, David Brock, Omar Hady, Graham Isador and Kat Sandler
Musical direction by Emilyn Stam

Theatre Lab co-artistic directors Omar Hady and Michael Orlando are fatigued but alert as they prepare to unveil You Can Sleep When You're Dead, a collaborative theatre experience taking over the historic Campbell House Museum this Halloween.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Thu, 2013-10-24 - Thu, 2013-10-31

Theatre:

Campbell House Museum

2013 Toronto Fringe Festival: Much Ado About Nothing

Lauren Gillett — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:47:11 +0000

Subtitle:

Shakespeare BASH'd makes merry at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Headline:

Review

Credits:

Presented by Shakespeare BASH'd
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Eric Double

After a sold-out run at the 2012 Toronto Fringe (their production of The Taming of the Shrew was selected for Best of Fringe), Shakespeare BASH'd is back at this year's festival with a fun-loving production of Much Ado About Nothing, on stage now at the Victory Café.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Stars:

Show Dates:

Thu, 2013-07-04 - Sun, 2013-07-14

Poll:

How many Toronto Fringe shows will you see this year?

2013 Toronto Fringe Festival: We Are The Bomb

Lauren Gillett — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 02:51:48 +0000

Subtitle:

Another detonating dark comedy by Toronto theatre bombshell Kat Sandler

Headline:

Review

Credits:

Presented by Theatre Brouhaha
Written and directed by Kat Sandler

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 We Are The Bomb takes place on the eve of modern-day prohibition in Canada. A group of unlikely comrades find themselves bound to a common cause—a riot for their right to drink—and declare their favourite bar a soverign nation.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Stars:

Show Dates:

Wed, 2013-07-03 - Sun, 2013-07-14

Poll:

How many Toronto Fringe shows will you see this year?

Toronto Fringe Q&A: Genesis & Other Stories

Lauren Gillett — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Playwright Rosamund Small on religion, theatre and her site-specific play at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Headline:

Interview

Rosamund Small has a lot to be excited about these days. The 22-year-old Toronto playwright is presenting her work Genesis & Other Stories at Trinity St. Paul’s Church (427 Bloor Street West) as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival this month, and she is teaming up with Outside The March for the premiere of another site-specific production—Vitals—opening next spring as part of Theatre Passe Muraille’s 2014 season.

Exclusive:

Not Exclusive

Show Dates:

Wed, 2013-07-03 - Sun, 2013-07-14

Poll:

How many Toronto Fringe shows will you see this year?