DANCE OPENINGS. Nov. 18 to 24. Hi-Fi: Rumschpringe. Dancemakers. AD Michael Trent has turned the fall season over to his company members who have come up with their own creation. Rumschpringe is the Amish word for growing up and leaving the nest. [email protected]. (Opens Nov. 20). Speak, Love. Black and Blue Productions. Sasha Ivanochko has choreographed a […]
Of matters various. The Canadian Stage production of Venus in Furs is stupendous theatre. It is a run don’t walk. Heart-stopping performances, and utterly intriguing playwriting. Erotic without being graphic. You can cut the sexual tension with a knife. The Sandra Bullock/George Clooney film Gravity was one of the worst films I saw at TIFF. Bad acting […]
On Jan. 8, 2013, Paula Citron and Lynn Slotkin will unveil the second annual KETS Awards for theatre. These awards are a summation of Toronto/Stratford/Shaw theatre for the year 2012. After the successful launch of the 2011 KETS Awards, the theatre community saw just how thorough and diligent Citron and Slotkin were about attending theatre […]
After 13 years of teaching opera courses for Kaleidoscope, Toronto’s esteemed and long-running adult learning program, I’m veering off in an entirely different direction. My new Kaleidoscope course is called Conversations with…and here’s the description. This a chance to get up close and personal with some of Toronto’s (and Canada’s) leading cultural movers and shakers. […]
I’ve now introduced interviews into the mix on my website. The first interviewee is Harbourfront’s Tina Rasmussen, artistic director of World Stage. Please click on Interviews. Tina was most gracious in talking about this all important international theatre and dance series. I feel the interviews give the right tone of gravitas to the website. They […]