Cabaret

Q&A - Brief Lives: Stories and Songs of Old London

Lauren Gillett — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Derek Boyes talks about his experience directing a multimedia production of Patrick Garland's classic one-man show at the Global Cabaret Festival

Headline:

Interview

Credits:

Presented by Toronto Masque Theatre in association with Soulpepper
Written by Patrick Garland
Directed by Derek Boyes
Starring William Webster

Based on the writings of John Aubrey (known for his biographies of famous Londoners such as William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh and Thomas Hobbes), Patrick Garland’s play Brief Lives paints a portrait of the 17th century author and of the stories he tells.

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Show Dates:

Fri, 2013-10-25 - Sun, 2013-10-27

Theatre:

Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Next Stage Theatre Festival: Liza Live!

Victoria Bégin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:16:21 +0000

Subtitle:

Jennifer Walls razzle-dazzles Fringe audiences in Liza Live!

Headline:

Next Stage

Credits:

Conceived, produced and performed by Jennifer Walls
Directed by Byron Laviolette

In a bar on the second floor of Toronto's Factory Theatre, two well-dressed men are providing music for an intimate audience—one playing a keyboard and the other keeping time on a chunk of wood. All of a sudden, the music comes to a standstill and the keyboard player, a fedora atop his head, exclaims loudly, “Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Liza Minnelli!," as a glittering Jennifer Walls runs in, the star of Total Betty Productions' Liza Live!, now playing at the Next Stage Theatre Festival.

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Show Dates:

Wed, 2013-01-02 - Sun, 2013-01-13

Theatre:

Factory Theatre

Poll:

Which 2013 Next Stage Theatre Festival show did you like best?

Q&A: 2012 Global Cabaret Festival

Lauren Gillett — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Subtitle:

Gregory Prest and Mike Ross talk about performing in the 2012 Global Cabaret Festival at the Yonge Centre

Headline:

Interview

This weekend the Young Centre for the Performing Arts will be transformed into a Cabaret venue, where over 150 of Canada’s leading performance artists will work together to create 20 original one-hour shows for the fifth annual Global Cabaret Festival. Featured artists include Brent Carver, Patricia O’Callaghan and Michael Hughes. Here, we chat with actor Gregory Prest and Young Centre resident artist Mike Ross about the Spoon River Cabaret, an original musical interpretation of Edgar Lee Masters’ 1915 collection of haunting poems, and more.

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Theatre:

Young Centre for the Performing Arts