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This bold new production presented by the Twelfth Night Co-op in association with Direct Flight Theatre and GromKat Productions, directed by theatre veteran Hume Baugh, and featuring some of Toronto’s hottest actors presents us with a contemporary vision of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Come join us for Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before – fresh, fun, and edge of your seat exciting. More »

PrettyFeet Productions Presents:
2 One-Act Comedy Classics
Who Am I This Time? by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Lone Star by James McLure

Who Am I This Time? is an adaption of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s famous short story that has delighted audiences for five decades. More »

Whetstone Productions presents the world premiere of
Wingéd
Written & Performed by David Tomlinson
Directed by Diana Kolpak, Lighting Design by Sharon DiGenova
Video & Imaging by Jacob Niedzwiecki, Environment Design by Sharon DiGenova & Jacob Niedzwiecki
Exhibit Curation by Jessica Cim More »

Shakespeare in Action, Canada’s leading Shakespeare company for young audiences, prepares to dazzle theatre-goers with a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s tale of magic, mischief and mayhem, where young lovers meet feuding fairies in the woods one dreamy night, opening April 17 and running to May 1 in the early 20th century theatre at Central Commerce Collegiate Institute, the first time the space has been used as a professional theatre in over 40 years. More »

Michael Hollingsworth and VideoCabaret step once more into the breach to battle Canada’s most dangerous enemy – cultural amnesia. In The Great War, Hollingsworth focuses his hyper-theatrical eye on the death throes of British Canada, conjuring our national ghosts and demons to tell another unforgettable story of why this country is the way it is. More »

The forest has a personality. The forest searches. The forest dreams.
Theatre Rusticle  presents a poetic and darkly hopeful tale inspired by one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest plays. Birnam Wood weaves together the dreams and nightmares of a forest that witnessed acts of greed, power and the unimaginable with our own inimitable physical style. More »

Ryerson University’s The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is proud to present the third annual Silver Screens Arts Festival. Produced in partnership with LIFE Institute, this year’s Festival will centre on the theme of ‘Eyes of the World’. The Festival offers adults 50+ a chance to express and showcase their creativity and talents, through various art forms including film, photography, workshops, guest speakers, and theatre. Over the past two years, the Festival has worked towards confronting the image of aging through all aspects of society. This week-long event will take place between May 31, 2010 – June 6, 2010 and will be held at Ryerson University. More »

Substantially reworked since its 2008 Summerworks Spotlight Award and naming by NOW Magazine as Outstanding Ensemble in its “best of the fest” list, I’m So Close… explores the costs relationships suffer as technology keeps us ever-increasingly connected.

This newly-devised, physical, tragic comedy is conceived and created by Why Not Theatre, an award-winning international ensemble running March 23 to April 3 as part of The Theatre Centre’s Free Fall Festival. More »

Do not miss the opportunity to catch Jazz and Blues great, Almeta Speaks in an afternoon concert on March 21, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Followed by the final performance of Softown at 4:30 p.m., at the Artscape Wychwood Barns. More »

AfriCan Theatre Ensemble in association with Theatre Direct Canada proudly present the Canadian premiere of “Softown” March 17 to 21, 2010 at the Artscape Wychwood Barns Theatre. Set during South Africa’s Apartheid era, “Softown” is an adaptation for family audiences of the 1986 landmark play “Sophiatown” which was originally created by the Junction Avenue Theatre Company of Johannesburg.

Dates and Time of Softown: March 17: Preview 4 p.m.; Opening Night Premiere at 8 p.m.; March 18 and 19 evenings 8 p.m.; March 20, 4:30 p.m. matinee; Evening performance at 8 p.m.; March 21 4:30 p.m. More »

Theatre @ York’s 2009-10 season culminates with Marat/Sade, a landmark classic of the modern repertoire. Lecoq-trained director Leah Cherniak brings her trademark physicality to Peter Weiss’ bold and bloody investigation of a post-revolutionary world, on stage at York University March 21 to 27. More »

I am glad to announce that tickets for my play  “Man 2 Man” – Damien and Emmanuel’s love story are now available. The play will be staged at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto on June 18th and 19th. and is directed by Canute Lawrence. “Man 2 Man” stars Frederick O’Neal and Tawiah M’carthy along with Neville Stephenson. The link below will take you directly to the “Totix” where you can purchase tickets on-line. You can also purchase tickets in person at the Totix Booth at Yonge Dundas Square.

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Nightwood Theatre, Canada’s national women’s theatre, is thrilled to announce Maude Barlow as this year’s Keynote Speaker. National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and recipient of eight honourary doctorates as well as many awards including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Award, and the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award. Ms. Barlow is also the best-selling author of 16 books including international best seller Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle for the Right to Water. More »

Rebecca Northan in Blind Date (Canada)

Held over by popular demand, Blind Date has been extended for a third week, Mar. 9 through Mar. 12. After a sold-out run in 2009, audiences will have four additional opportunities in 2010 to see Northan’s brilliant improvisational mastery. More »

Actors Repertory Company is thrilled to announce the Canadian première of Martin Crimp’s celebrated work The City, a deliciously wicked yet profound piece of theatre. Joining the two time Dora Award winning company is Award winning Romanian Director Cristian Popescu, who will lead the audience through Crimp’s fierce and penetrating vision of modern life. Opening March 19, 2010 at The Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, the show runs until April 3, 2010. More »

Driftwood Theatre – Ontario’s most exciting and accessible theatre company – is thrilled to be embarking on their 16th season with Trafalgar 24, the annual play-creation festival and fundraising gala. In only 24 hours, 40 Artists will write, produce, rehearse and perform ten original new works in various locations of the 19th century Trafalgar Castle (Whitby). The 24 hour event will culminate in a public performance of each of the works and gala that starts at 6pm on Friday, March 12th, 2010. More »

Creative Arts Workshop
Theme: Fire in Winter
In the darkness and cold of winter, fire brings heat and life. Working with the theme of fire, we will explore how our own creative energy can illuminate and energize us.

Workshop:  This workshop offers artists and non-artists a chance to engage with a variety of art forms, including movement, dance, drawing, and poetry, both individually and as a group.   The aim is to stimulate creativity and enjoy the process of art making with a sense of play in a supportive atmosphere.   No experience with the arts is necessary.  Opportunities for breaks, meditation, journaling, and personal reflection are provided throughout the workshop. More »

Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage 20091-10
In partnership with The Theatre Centre’s Free Fall ’10 Festival (Mar. 18 – 28)

On the Side of the Road
Theatre Junction (Calgary, AB)

Part live pop-art, part Canadian gothic, On the Side of the Road takes inspiration from the Franco-Albertan town Lac la Biche, a place of cultural crossroads. A young novelist returns to his family cottage with his Parisian girlfriend to confront the murky details of his father’s death. More »

Blu Lagoon Productions is thrilled to announce the Canadian première of the sensational Off-Broadway play Single Black Female, a comedy about the pleasures and the perils of being a single middle class black woman who’s got everything she wants and needs except that someone special to share life with! Written by renowned playwright Lisa B. Thompson, the critically acclaimed play opens Saturday, March 13 at the George Weston Recital Hall in the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Single Black Female will run for 5 performances until Sunday, March 21. More »

World Stage at Harbourfront Centre
Dance/Theatre
Loin… (Far…)
Rachid Ouramdane/L’A (France)

On the very cutting edge of performance art, Ouramdane is an acclaimed choreographer who incorporates dance, video, a pedal-controlled sound score and beat-inspired poetry into Loin… (Far…) In this piece, Ouramdane follows his father’s journey as an Algerian soldier in the French Army during colonial occupation of Indochina. An investigation of violence, war and ultimately identity. More »