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2 singers an a pianist delve into the weird wonderful world of Cabaret from a distinctly Canadian perspective. Part of the Canwest Cabaret Festival. October 3 at 7 pm, October 4 at 2 and 9 pm. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Distillery District, 55 Mill Street. www.youngcentre.ca. 416-866-8666

Also presented as part of the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, October 8 at 12 noon. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West, www.coc.ca

Canwest Cabaret Festival: Intimate. Unforgettable. Under One Roof.
October 2 – 5

Canada’s most dynamic and exciting performers come together for a weekend-long cabaret festival bursting with song, story and ideas. Rediscover the 20th century songbook in playful and passionate interpretations from some of the country’s most beloved artists. Get up close and personal with these extraordinary artists in the sublime and elegant setting of the Young Centre – an event not to be missed.

Note: Featured artist concert run approximately 60 minutes. Songbooks and salons run approximately 90 minutes. More »

BALLET JÖRGEN CANADA’S ANASTASIA RETURNS TO TORONTO FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
Ballet Jörgen Canada’s Anastasia made its 2007 Toronto World Premiere at the Toronto Centre for the
Arts to critical acclaim and went on to a successful 2007-2008 National Tour: “The production is as
elegant and finely-wrought as a Fabergé egg.” Kitchener-Waterloo Record. More »

As the first production of their 2008|09 season, LKTYP is pleased to present Ghosts and Ladders (L’Envol de l’ange) by Montreal’s DynamO Théâtre, in co-production with LKTYP. This dynamic new work will be presented on the Mainstage from September 29 to October 11, 2008. More »

Theatre Gargantua presents
FIBBER
….because the truth is seldom what we truly desire

From the award-winning company that created e-DENTITY and Raging Dreams – into the visceral, FIBBER is Theatre Gargantua’s newest multidisciplinary adventure; exploring the slippery relationship between the truth we instinctively seek and the untruth our happiness depends on. More »

Theatre Passe Muraille presents the Toronto Premiere of
An Evening With Uncle Val
Written and performed by Andy Jones
Directed by Lois Brown

“Andy Jones is so brilliant and heartwarming, you wish you could hold his words in your fingers like a string of worry beadsÅ . Jones’s show is a wonderful comic meditation on Newfoundland, daily life and everyone’s fear of mortality”
- Elissa Barnard, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) More »