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West Arts Festival 2010
Dream in High Park Romeo and Juliet is
one of William Shakespeare's most popular plays and indisputably the world's
best-known love story. In this adaptation, the tragic tale of the young lovers destroyed by their feuding
families is re-told by a group of travelling performers delayed at the Verona
train station. Weary and irritable, tempers flare and tension ignites a spirited
confrontation. In an attempt to restore calm, some members of the group challenge
the others to a game. Play titles are thrown into a hat and one is drawn: Romeo
and Juliet. They all agree to perform the play making do with the colourful
palette of costumes they are carrying in their suitcases. Under the starry Italian
sky, they transform the train station into the medieval city of Verona and the
story of the Montagues and Capulets comes to life.
Family Day Sundays, the popular, free, all-ages program for children, parents
and families return featuring fun-filled activities including backstage tours,
an opportunity to meet the cast, Shakespearean games, workshops exploring the
language of the Bard and more. Held at the High Park amphitheatre on Sundays,
the program runs July 4 to September 5, from 5 - 6:30 p.m., weather permitting.
Family Day Sundays feature free activities for children, parents and families,
like meeting the cast, crafting, playing games and backstage tours (July 4 to
September 5 at 8 pm .). www.canadianstage.com/dream
Friday Night Magic @ Revival Bar (Indefinite run)
- Canadian magicians and conjuring artists perform in a weekly show. Indefinite
run, Fri 8 pm (doors 6 pm). $20, three-show pass $39. 783 College. 416-535-7888.
| Queer West, Toronto Ontario.
Hard Times. @ Theatre Passe Muraille,
This is the play that wonders how far we've come. "Now, what I want is
facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts." Two of Toronto's
most acclaimed independent theatre companies - Puppetmongers (Tea at the Palace,
Cinderella in Muddy York) and the night kitchen (Radio: 30, Big Head Goes to
Bed) join forces to bring you a savagely funny new adaptation of Dickens' satire
of laissez-faire capitalism and Utilitarian political philosophy. Using mask
and puppetry, three performers create a world in which the laws of supply and
demand are the sole basis of all human interaction. "Puppetry just doesn't
get any better than Ann and David's work"- Puppetry Journal USA
The Details: 416-504-7529 Tickets are $15-$35 www.artsboxoffice.caTheatre
Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave, Preview September 30, Opens October 5, Closes
October 16 www.passemuraille.on.ca
Medieval Times @ CNE. Indefinite run
Open Year Round Enjoy a feast while knights on horseback compete to win
the hand of the princess... $62.95, children 12 and under $39.95. Call 1-888-WE-JOUST.
Exhibition Place. www.medievaltimes.com
Queer West, Toronto Ontario.
Miss Saigon Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts Jul 09 Aug 01 2010 From the creators of Les Misérables, the
popular musical Miss Saigon returns to Toronto. It's a Vietnam War-era retelling
of Madame Butterfly. www.coc.ca
The Clockmaker - A humble clockmaker
is besotted by a married woman who brings a shattered cuckoo clock into his shop.
As he unravels the mystery of how the clock came to be destroyed, their relationship
deepens and he vows to make her the most splendid clock the world has ever seen.
Sept. 13, 2010 - Oct. 24, 2010 Tarragon MainSpace, 30 Bridgman
Ave. (at the corner of Howland Ave. and Bridgman Ave. one block north of Dupont
St., two blocks east of Bathurst St.) | Tickets: $19 - $38 Phone 416 531-1827
Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival Jun 30 - Jul 11 2010
The 2010 Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival takes over the city for 12 days of
action. The yearly festival is a feast of small and large-scale theatre productions
from artists of all levels of acclaim. Many plays and shows go on to great success
on a grander scale www.fringetoronto.com
The Plank is a 45-minute high
energy, sexy, and acrobatic wild ride through the southern seas told through
aerial dance. The Plank will be presented in the London (it went great!), Toronto
and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals, 2010. The Plank explores life on a tall ship
of 2 female pirates who find themselves in the middle of a wild storm, being
charmed by the woman in the moon and seduced by sea creatures such as sirens...
and maybe each other! Femmes du Feu, one of the only Aerial Dance companies
in Canada, is thrilled to present their second full-length production The Plank
at the London, Toronto, and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals this summer. Femmes du
Feu are an edgy and vibrant new aerial dance company that blurs the edge between
circus and contemporary dance. As a branch of contemporary circus pioneered
by Cirque du Soliel, aerial dance has become a distinctly Canadian art form,
but is still new to Ontario audiences. Now small companies such as Femmes du
Feu are carving out an identity in the global arts scene.
The Plank, presented by Femmes du Feu Created & performed by Holly Treddenick
& Sabrina Pringle Directed by Marc Richard, lighting & sound design
by Ian Goodtimes, costumes by Sabrina Pringle & by Toronto fashion designer
Lucian Matis www.femmesdufeu.com
The Details: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave: Wednesday
June 30h at 8:45pm, Saturday July 3rd at 7:30pm, Sunday July 4th at noon,Tuesday
July 6th at 9pm, Thursday July 8th at 11pm, Friday July 9th at 2:15pm, Saturday
July 10th at 5:15pm. www.passemuraille.on.ca
The Wedding Singer, based on the hit movie
with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, runs Apr. 22 to Jul. 4 (dinner/show
tickets at 905-238-0042). Stage West Theatre, 5400 Dixie Rd. Mississauga. www.stagewest.com
Twelfth Night and Two Noble Kinsmen from William
Shakespeare are presented outdoors by Urban Bard Productions.
Runs to Jun. 20 at the College Park Courtyard, behind the mall
at Yonge St. & College St. Full info at urbanbard.ca
Sunday on the Rocks @ Bread and Circus,
is a “rye” comedy from Theresa Rebeck that tackles a variety of “Big City” themes.
The Robinson Street Co-op 2 production runs to Jun. 12 ($10-$15
at 416-336-3399). Bread and Circus, 299 Augusta Ave.
Shaw Festival 2010, 10 Queen's
Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake | Box Office: Open until 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM Toll
free in North America 1-800-511-7429, Local (905) 468-2172, Fax (905) 468-3804,
or order online www.shawfest.com
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2010
Tickets and info at 1-800-567-1600 or www.stratfordshakespearefestival.com
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