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From now until February 7, 2009, THEATRE AQUARIUS in Hamilton is offering a FANTASTIC TICKET DISCOUNT! With single ticket prices reaching as high as $50, Aquarius is offering an AMAZING 3 SHOWS FOR $99 deal! You can choose between 6 shows:
Toronto, Mississippi (Jan 21-Feb 7)
Laughton Common & Chaplin: About Face (Jan 24-31)
Having Hope at Home (Feb 25-Mar 14)
The Anna Russell Story (Feb 28-Mar 7)
Forever Plaid (April 1-18)
Defending the Caveman (May 7-16)
Call the Box Office TODAY at 905-522-7529 or 1-800-465-7529

Atrium Theatre wishes Toronto Audiences Farewell
We are moving on to International audiences
Thank you all for the support
Its been a journey

Come out and see work by Tatiana Chouljenko for the last time in Toronto More »

Theatre Passe Muraille proudly continues its tradition of nurturing new work by presenting the world premiere of Them & Us, the first full-length play by acclaimed Second City alumnus, Tracy Dawson. Directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones, this darkly comic work previews from January 6, opens on January 8 and runs through until January 31, 2009. In a series of portrait vignettes, Them & Us lays bare male-female relationships. With dark comedy and painful truths, it explores how and why we have such difficulty connecting with each other – how we try to get love, to control it, understand itÅ .Relationships are hard. More »

THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
Cow Over Moon has the scoop as Chicken Licken takes centre stage this holiday season at the Burnhamthorpe Library Theatre.

Friday Dec. 19 – 11am, Saturday Dec. 20 – 11am & 1pm, Sunday Dec. 21- 1pm
Saturday, Dec. 27 – 11am & 1pm, Sunday, Dec. 28 – 1pm. More »

The Paranormal Show has extended it’s run at the Campbell House till December 20th.

The Paranormal Show has just completed a successful two month run at the Diesel Playhouse, performing six amazing shows a week!  NOW you can witness The Paranormal Show in an intimate setting that puts you in the middle of all the action! Opening November 13th 2008, The Paranormal Show can be seen at Toronto’s oldest remaining home, The Campbell House! More »

Knowledge Transfer without Widgets: a lecture by Geoffrey Crossick
Tuesday, December 9, 9 to 11 a.m
Ontario College of Art & Design
Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca  |  416-977-6000
All are welcome; admission is free.
More than $84 billion. That’s how much creators — artists, designers and the traditionally recognized arts and cultural industries of new media, broadcasting, film, publishing and music — contribute to Canada’s economy every year. It’s a lot of wealth. With the right amount of nurturing and the support of public policy, our creators can engage new knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. More »

Canada’s Creative Economy: a lecture by Michael Bloom
Monday, December 8, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Ontario College of Art & Design Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca |  416-977-6000
All are welcome; admission is free.
More than $84 billion. That’s how much creators — artists, designers and the traditionally recognized arts and cultural industries of new media, broadcasting, film, publishing and music — contribute to Canada’s economy every year. It’s a lot of wealth. With the right amount of nurturing and the support of public policy, our creators can engage new knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. More »

24th Annual Book Arts Fair, Saturday, December 6, 10 am to 5 pm

Ontario College of Art & Design Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca |  416-977-6000

Every year, book artists, printmakers, papermakers, and private press printers gather at OCAD to show their work and demonstrate their skills in OCAD’s Great Hall. The university community and general public are welcome to come and watch artists at work making paper, printing from litho stones, screen printing, hand typesetting, book binding, wood engraving, etching and much more. Many items are available for sale, providing unique ideas for holiday gift giving. Admission is pay-what-you-can.

Mobile Experience Innovation Centre Forum, Friday, December 5, 3 to 7 p.m.

Ontario College of Art & Design Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca |  416-977-6000 Ext. 447

OCAD’s Mobile Experience Innovation Centre hosts a half-day forum to discuss recent research findings into the current state of Ontario’s wireless and mobile industry. There will also be sessions discussing future strategies for the new and exciting changes in the Canadian Wireless Context. Join us for an afternoon of engaging discussion with industry leaders as we look towards creating a new wireless future. More »

You are invited to AN EVENING OF JAZZ MUSIC with
KYE MARSHALL (on cello) and ANDY SCOTT (on guitar)

MEZZETTA, Wed Dec 3
681 St Clair Ave W (at Christie)
Sets at 9:00 and 10:00 pm
Cover charge $7
Reservations recommended (especially for the first set) 416-658-5687

The Rowers Pub Reading Series celebrates the recent release of The Best Canadian Poetry in English [Tightrope Books], and has, as its December features, four poets from the anthology: Ken Babstock (Airstream Land Yacht – House of Anansi, 2006); Heather Cadsby (Could be – Brick Books, forthcoming in 2009); Jeremy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds – Coach House Press, 2008); and Bill Howell (Ghost Test Flights – Rubicon Press, 2008). We acknowledge financial assistance from The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers’ Union of Canada; The League of Canadian Poets; Tightrope Books, and donations from Scott Griffin and Alexander McCall Smith. For more information please visit rowerspubreadingseries.com More »

The Art of Time Ensemble, under the Artistic Direction of Andrew Burashko, continues its 10th Anniversary Season, sponsored by BMO, with Vive la DiF’RANCE, a sparkling mixed program of dance, French music and song running for two nights only, Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre.

The delightfully eclectic evening features a work by Romantic composer Cesar Franck (1822-1890), a piece by Impressionist composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and the monumental Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). More »

In the world première of Montreal choreographer Lucie Carmen Grégoire’s latest work, Ôs, a quintet of dancers awake and discover the music of their inner bodies. The performers play each other like instruments: an arm is a harmonica, hands tap chests, and boots become drums. The dancers’ syncopated breathing and expressive vocalization bond into a joyous communal micro-society. They move in compelling waves of sculptural connection, in mutual support of each other. More »

Consider this – your beloved, old and extremely wealthy aunt has just passed away leaving you a substantial fortune. In the midst of her funeral a stranger appears at the front door claiming to be Saint Antony of Padua and is eager to revive your dear old aunt from the dead. What would you do?

Atrium Theatre Presents A MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTONY
by Maurice Maeterlinck

Dec 5 2008 to Dec 13 2008 (Previews: Dec 3 & 4) More »

Puppetmongers’ Bed & Breakfast runs Dec. 20, 2008-Jan. 1, 2009 at Tarragon Theatre’s Extra Space.

With wildly inventive puppetry, innovative sets and props and live actors, Puppetmongers’ holiday shows are always a sensory feast and a perfect holiday treat for the whole family, created and performed by the talented sister and brother team of Ann Powell and David Powell. Directed by Sue Miner. More »

Theatre Passe Muraille concludes its Fall Festival of Four Plays with its final offering: Legoland, a wickedly funny play from Atomic Vaudeville written by Jacob Richmond and co-directed by both Richmond and Britt Small, co-founders of this company from Victoria, B.C.
Featuring Celine Stubel and Amitai Marmorstein
Previews from November 14, Opens November 20 and runs to December 6, 2008 at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue More »

Theatre Passe Muraille continues its Fall Festival of Four Plays with its third offering: Trudeau Stories, a one-woman play written and performed by the talented award-winning stage and screen actor Brooke Johnson and directed by Allyson McMackon.

Trudeau Stories is an evocative, funny and affectionate account of Brooke Johnson’s friendship with former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau over a fifteen-year period. This acclaimed work previews from November 14, opens November 19 and runs to December 6 at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Mainspace. More »

THE SHOW WILL GO ON! Please disregard all contradicting information.
December 5th – 6th at 8pm, Dec 7th at 3pm at the Fleck Dance Theatre

Handel’s Messiah lives on in a refreshingly different show! A dance rendition of the musical holiday favourite, infused with captivating soul. The music runs the gamut of Black music; there is the Caribbean, the Highlife, the Jazz, the Soul. It runs parallel with The Nutcracker; and is something in which all cultures can find joy, aspirations and hope. More »

15th annual Beaches Blues Festival,
The Legion Hall, 1083 Pape Avenue
1 p.m. till midnight, $20 admission

Michal Hasek playing 10:00p.m. till 11

MOonhORsE Dance Theatre presents
Older & Reckless
December 4th, 5th & 6th at 8pm at Dancemakers Studio in the Distillery Historic District
55 Mill Street, Case Goods Warehouse, Building #58, Studio 313
Reservations and information call 416-504-6429 ext. 30
Buy Tickets Online: www.danceumbrella.eventbrite.com

This 15th edition of Older and Reckless features choreographers
Deborah Dunn, Maxine Heppner with Miguel Frasconi, Michelle Silagy, Claudia Moore. More »