A mother and her 10-year-old son move from the farm to Montreal to start a new life, only to find the rift in their relationship filled by a parent’s worst fears, a child’s dangerous curiosity, and a thing that threatens to either push them over the edge—or bring them back together. Now playing at the […]
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Looks Are Not Everything at Centaur’s Extra/Beautiful/U
Extra/Beautiful/U is an insightful story about appearances, how we are perceived, and how we think we are judged by others. It is sharp, witty, and thought-provoking. It asks if we are projecting our needs and wants onto others. Or are we being willfully blind. Lara (Madeleine Scovil, giving a full portrait behind a mask) is […]
Segal’s Boy Falls From The Sky lands with joy
Boy Falls From The Sky is a sweet, hilarious, and entertaining musical about the real-life roller coaster journey into show business by its star, Canadian actor/singer Jake Epstein. This is not a cautionary tale about the pit falls of the entertainment industry, a story we have seen many times before. Mr. Epstein’s story is much […]
Writer, actor, and Broadway star Jake Epstein talks to Curtains Up about his tell-all tale, Boy Falls From the Sky
Writer, actor, and Broadway star Jake Epstein talks to Curtains Up about his tell-all tale, Boy Falls From the Sky Showbiz tell-all Boy Falls From the Sky is a tale about how dreams don’t always go as planned, told through the eyes of Jake Epstein—Degrassi alumnus and star of Broadway favourites Spider-Man: Turn Off the […]
Finding Yourself is Otherworldly in Imago Theatre’s The Retreat
It isn’t often you get to watch a performance while sitting at the bottom of a pool. But the Bain Mathieu venue’s repurposed stage is the perfect metaphor for Imago Theatre’s latest production: The Retreat. Part dystopia, part self-reflection, and completely otherworldly, The Retreat is an open space away from time and place where people […]
A Dinner to Remember at Centaur’s alterNatives
When we interact or become intimate with people from another culture, do we seek to connect with the person or the culture? Do we project our perceptions onto that culture? Do we fail to make a true relationship because of our fears, ignorance, or arrogance? alterNatives is a show with big ideas and yet remains […]
Geordie Theatre puts neurodiversity centre stage with Other Worlds
On a small island overrun by land developers, two radically different strangers’ lives collide after an unexpected ecological disaster. Seeking safety in a bunker, they clash and connect over their shared dislike of the developers and their conflicting dreams of a utopia where they can do more than just survive. – via Geordie Theatre’s press […]
Eleanor’s Story: A grandmother’s unique tale retold on stage by her granddaughter
Take one family story, one world war, a book published by your grandmother about her ordeal, and what do you have? For Fringe artist Ingrid Garner, you have a one-hour, one-woman show called “Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany.” In 1999, Garner’s grandmother Eleanor published a memoir of her time spent growing up […]
Remembering a Legend at Segal’s Josephine: A Musical Cabaret
Josephine: A Musical Cabaret is a highly entertaining show based on the extraordinary life of the African-American singer / dancer Josephine Baker. The burlesque style show is filled with songs from the 1920’s through the 1960’s, cheeky humour, and a powerful story about fighting oppression. Fantastic! In a one-woman performance, the vivacious Tymisha Harris portrays […]
Big Love and Big Laughs at Centaur’s Little Willy
Little Willy is a hysterical, raunchy, and endearing adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with a wonderful twist. The cast are the marionettes by Ronnie Burkett of The Daisy Theatre. The show is filled with risqué performances, laugh-out loud improvisations, and a nice dose of love. This show (for adults only) is a fun […]