World Stage, “Of All the People in All the World”: May 13 – 24
World Stage at Harbourfront Centre
Of All The People In All The World presented by Siemens
Stan’s Cafe
Since 2003, Stan’s Cafe has brought this show to over 40 cities around the world, including Europe, Australia, and North America – this marks the first visit to Toronto. The show adapts to its setting: the country, city and building in which it is performed. From 15-tonnes of rice, the team of performers carefully weighs out quantities of rice, each grain representing a single person, to elucidate various human populations and statistics. More »
MacKenzieRo, “bedbound”: April 30 to May 17
MacKenzieRo presents The Canadian Premiere of
bedbound
by Enda Walsh
Starring Richard Greenblatt & Cathy Murphy, Directed by Autumn Smith
For the father and daughter who are the sole inhabitants of their suffocating and filthy quarters, language is nothing short of a basic biological function. An account of a life spent flogging three-piece suites and Swedish pine furniture becomes both feverish and blackly comic offering a beautifully judged glimpse of redemption. More »