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TLC Project Fundraising Gala
at the Pearl Company Art Centre ( 16 Steven Street )
on Saturday May 31st at 6:00 PM

An evening of dinner and music celebrating the expansion of the TLC (Theatre of Liberation) Project Sessions for young people in the Landsdale neighbourhood and beyond.  More »

MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE – May 29 to June 22, 2008
Tarragon Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto
For tickets call: 416-531-1827 or go to http://www.totix.ca/> www.totix.ca
BOOK NOW – SOME DATES ALREADY SOLD OUT!!!
For more information, please visit us at www.theatrepanik.ca More »

RADIOHEAD
KID DRACULA
See NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF FEAR, the acclaimed F. W. Murnau first film version of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA, set to the music of RADIOHEAD’S KID A and OK COMPUTER.
7pm Saturday, May 24, 31, June 7. $20. $10 under 24.
The Cineforum, 463 Bathurst Below Bloor. 416-603-6643.

The Toronto School of Puppetry And The Raucous Caucus’s Second Annual FRESH IDEAS IN PUPPETRY DAY
Is fast approaching. Put Saturday May 31st in your calendar and come participate! A day of demonstrations, show-and-tells, hands on activities, and a discussion panel, followed by an evening pizza party. All held at Puppetmongers’ Studio: 401 Logan Avenue (at Dundas Street East)

For details and the early registration discount please visit Fresh Ideas day on our website

Compelling and Canadian – our landscape and history explored through dance!

Featuring four new works choreographed by Marc Boivin (Montreal), Caroline Niklas-Gordon, Marie France Forcier and Matthew Waldie. These provocative and compelling new works will be presented May 29 to 31, 2008, at 8:08PM at the Winchester Street Theatre. More »

RBC desiFEST Toronto’s first and only Canadian South Asian music festival returns to Yonge Dundas Square on May 31

Following last year’s massively successful RBC desiFEST presented by TELUS, Toronto’s original all Canadian South Asian Music Festival, will once again celebrate South Asian Heritage Month at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square with a 12-hour music festival showcasing more than 20 outstanding Canadian and international artists, including the winning DJ of the Desi DJ Competition. More »

New Music Arts Projects (NMAP) – a not-for-profit arts organization representing a consortium of new music presenters in Toronto – is pleased to present soundaXis ’08, a multidisciplinary city-wide celebration of new music and its points of contact with other artistic disciplines. NAMP is pleased to announce the full calendar of events for this second biennial soundaXis ’08 that will transform Toronto into a celebration of sound and discovery from May 21 to June 15, 2008 in many venues throughout the city. Details and schedule: http://www.soundaxis.ca
Schedule in PDF format (To download, right-click and save) : Complete Events Listing
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dance Immersion’s annual Showcase presentation for 2008 will be the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble from Denver Colorado, known especially for its contagious fusion of energy and passion. The striking program that the Ensemble will perform brings the magic of legendary choreographers Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) and Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) to the stage with some of their most beloved works. Now in its 38th season, this internationally renowned and critically acclaimed company performs Thursday, May 29 through Saturday, May 31 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre. More »

SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations presents shunya & B2, two riveting world premieres that redefine the East/West dance matrix – bharatanatyam meets kathak in shunya and ballet in B2. More »

Necessary Angel Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that after an extensive workshop process, Artistic Director Daniel Brook’s critically lauded play The Eco Show is making its Toronto premiere. Hailed as a “near-perfect piece of contemporary theatre” by the Montreal Gazette, The Eco Show previews from May 13, opens May 15 and runs to June 1 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. More »

Burning Passions Theatre and Some Strange Reason Theatreworks present David Copelin’s 2005 Fringe Festival hit Bella Donna. The play runs at The Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs from May 16 to June 7, 2008. Set in Renaissance Italy, Copelin’s clever and darkly funny script about the sexual, political and religious intrigues surrounding history’s notorious Lucrezia Borgia gets a new and provocative production directed by Sue Miner. More »

One of the greatest musicals ever written is to grace the stage of C.A.T.S. MAINSTAGE COMPANY in May. West Side Story is a glorious tale of hope in the face of adversity, and combines excellent storytelling with sumptuous music to tell the story of two groups of adolescents in New York Slums. For a strictly limited run beginning Wednesday, May 28th to Saturday, May 31st, 2008, Bernstein’s classic musical, directed by Gina Anki, will open its doors at Equity Showcase Theatre.  More »