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A Strange Loop is a Pulitzer winning musical about a Black, fat, gay man writing a musical about a Black, fat, gay man. It's absolutely worth seeing!

Strong themes of racism, homophobia, religion, HIV, self-hatred and depression.

On at SoulPepper in the Distillery until June 1. 15% off with the discount code here. https://tickets.youngcentre.ca/overview/14469?promo=LOOP15

#Toronto #TheaTO #TorontoTheatre

Saw this today. A play about a young Hakka person getting back in touch with his roots, and the Hakka diaspora's history in Canada.

Superbly well done. https://tarragontheatre.com/plays/current-season/benevolence/

#Toronto #theaTO #TorontoTheatre #diaspora

The internet tells me this is a really good play. Growing up Hakka and looking for answers as to what that means.
https://tarragontheatre.com/plays/current-season/benevolence/

#Toronto #TheaTO #torontotheatre #hakka

A lot of the Toronto theatre companies will also have masking mandatory shows at least once per run, especially the smaller venues.

We've got a fairly vibrant scene here. My fav smaller companies are:
- Nightwood Theatre* - https://www.nightwoodtheatre.net/
- Buddies in Bad Times 🌈- https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/
- Talk is Free Theatre - https://www.tift.ca/

* Nightwood ran into some controversy recently, but I think it's more bad PR decisions. They focus mostly on feminist theatre, which makes it really hard to hate them.

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Me: Gosh, live theatre is so expensive.
*looks at rent*
Me: Wow, theatre is affordable!

Toronto Theatres Crows and Soulpepper 2025/2026 season subscriptions are out.

I'm a big SoulPepper fan. I mostly stick to preview shows because I'm not fancy, and it's a lot cheaper. The subscription is an annual gift to myself.

Crow's has fancier productions, kind of like the Mirvish feeder company. They also take on some smaller successful shows from Fringe too. I prefer the small weird shows.

- https://www.soulpepper.ca/202526-season/202526season
- https://www.crowstheatre.com/venue/subscriptions

#toronto #TorontoTheatre #theaTO

Satire!

Finally, from Tue, Jan. 14 – Sun, Feb. 2, 2025

Necessary Angel Theatre Company, in association with Canadian Stage & BirdLand Theatre, presents the English-language Canadian premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s Winter Solstice. Family, betrayal & the inescapable presence of the past reverberate through this dark, razor-sharp comedy of manners. Beware the sincere stranger.

#Performance #Toronto #Theatre #theaTO

https://www.youngw.ca/event/necessary-angel-theatre-company-presents-winter-solstice/

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A man with a white beard and round wireframe glasses, dressed in a winter overcoat over a suit, raises his left hand to touch the underside of the brim of his fedora in a hat-tipping gesture.

Nature!

Then, from Sun, Jan. 12 – Sun, Jan. 26, 2025

Bad New Days & Common Boots Theatre present the world premiere of Last Landscape at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. In a sometime somewhere devoid of nature, clownish workers assemble a series of artificial landscapes out of found objects, striving to recreate the natural world from memory & offering hopeful possibilities for our planet.

#Toronto #Performance #ClimateChange #theaTO

https://www.youngw.ca/event/last-landscape-a-world-premiere/

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Photo collage image for Last Landscape, featuring abstract images of nature and a human being assembling something from various objects.

Event of the Week!

Thursday, December 19 to Sunday, December 22, 2024

Five performances only: Phil Rickaby, in association with Eldritch Theatre, presents the solo holiday horror play It Sees You When You’re Sleeping! Witness the terrors that lie just beneath the surface of the season, embodied by the festive tradition that so many parents both embrace and dread. All ages.

#Performance #horror #theaTO #Toronto #YWEotW

https://www.youngw.ca/event/it-sees-you-when-youre-sleeping/

Poster including text and image against a green background, with faint text repeated: It's only a doll. It Sees You When You're Sleeping! A horror play for the holiday season. It's only a doll. Written and performed by Phil Rickaby. Directed by joey o'dael. Eldritch Theatre (green) & Red Sandcastle Theatre (red) logos. At the right: A bald man with a moustache wearing a red and black plaid flannel shirt, his right hand up at his chin, mouth slightly open and eyes wide in a 1,000-yard stare of horror as an elf doll peeks out from behind his right shoulder.

Dreams!

Then, from Thu, Dec. 5 – Sun, Dec. 15, 2024

Twisted Dog Theatre presents the world premiere of Unbelievably Believable, a holiday family show filled with magic, humour, puppetry, special effects – and unforgettable characters, celebrating dreams, friendship and the spirit of Toronto. Written and directed by Catherine Maliekova, at Red Sandcastle Theatre. For all ages.

#Performance #puppets #theaTO

https://www.youngw.ca/event/twisted-dog-theatre-presents-unbelievably-believable/

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Poster image featuring illustration and text against a deep blue starry sky background. A swirling circle of animal characters, including a white bird, a pink dragon, two mice, a racoon and a baby bird. In the centre of that circle: Unbelievably Believable.

Dystopia!

Finally, from Thu, Oct. 31 – Sun, Nov. 10, 2024

Factory Theatre presents Tiny Bear Jaws’ I Don’t Even Miss You, created & performed by award-winning theatre maker Elena Belyea. A bold multidisciplinary exploration of grief, love, AI & legacy that asks how gender, identity & family can exist with no one to perceive them.

#Performance #theaTO #theatre #Toronto

https://www.youngw.ca/event/i-dont-even-miss-you/
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Close-up of a young person with a dark brown blunt hair cut, berettes at their temples, wearing a pink zippered top, the collar pulled up over their mouth, eyes wide in shock as they gaze to the left.

Ghosts!

Then, from Wed, Oct. 30 – Sun, Nov. 10, 2024

Using a never before imagined process known as Live 3D, Eldritch Theatre brings the uncanny Phantasmagoria shows of the past onto the 21st century stage! Ghosts will rise, demons will cavort - you will not believe your eyes! Suitable for those who love gothic horror with a side of cosmic terror.

#Performance #magic #puppets #theaTO #Toronto

https://www.youngw.ca/event/eldritch-theatre-presents-phantasmagoria-3d/

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Poster for Phantasmagoria 3D! The title in red retro font against an illustration of a person standing inside the entrance of a spooky cave, the shadows of two giant tentacles stretching out towards them on the floor and a pair of yellow eyes glowing in the pitch black of depths of the cave. A banner in the upper left reads: Gasp as subterranean creatures enslave the innocent! Banners in the bottom right read: Scream as the Old Ones awake... in Live 3D!

3 #YWEvents: Rebel + Ghosts + Dystopia!

Until Sat, Nov. 2, 2024

Theatre Passe Muraille & The Flin Flon Cowboy Collective, in association with Why Not Theatre, present the world premiere of The Flin Flon Cowboy, a new musical that brings the remarkable life of gay disabled artist & singer Ken Harrower to the stage.

#Performance #musical #DIsabledArtists #theaTO #Toronto
https://www.youngw.ca/event/the-flin-flon-cowboy/
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A man with long silver grey hair wearing a black western shirt with white fringe and a black leather belt with a big silver buckle, gazes at us as he sits in a wheelchair, a dark red curtain in the background.

Event of the Week!

Thu, Oct. 24 – Sun, Oct. 27, 2024:

Art of Time Ensemble presents their final production, the world premiere of Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold at the Harbourfront Centre. A reimagining of Igor Stravinsky’s 1918 theatrical work L'Histoire du Soldat, we revisit this story from today’s perspective, with Stravinsky’s music accompanied by a new libretto by poet Titilope Sonuga.

#Performance #theaTO #ClassicalMusic #Stravinsky #Concert #Toronto #YWEotW

https://www.youngw.ca/event/sankofa-the-soldiers-tale-retold/

Event of the Week!

Thu, Oct. 3 – Sun, Oct. 27, 2024

Tarragon Theatre presents Spontaneous Theatre’s Goblin:Macbeth.

When three goblins come across a copy of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, they’re eager to take over a theatre & take a stab at Macbeth. Combining the script with improv & audience participation, you’ve never seen it like this!

#Performance #theaTO #GoblinMacbeth #Shakespeare #Improv #Toronto #YWEotW

https://www.youngw.ca/event/goblinmacbeth/

Poster for Goblin:Macbeth, featuring the tile in yellow against a red polka dot on olive green background. Below the title are three goblins, dressed in black, striking various malevolent and haunting poses.

Performance!

Finally, from Sep 24-29
CORPUS presents the North American premiere of Mukashi, Mukashi (Once upon a time). Speaking to children & adults alike, the story blends the poetic & intriguing world of Japanese folk tales with the dark and comedic undertones of Western fairy tales – where Wolf meets Crane with a playful twist & cross-cultural sensibility.
Presented in English & Japanese with English surtitles. For ages 6+.
#Performance #theaTO #Dance #Toronto
https://www.youngw.ca/event/corpus-presents-mukashi-mukashi/
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Photo and text on a black background, with the title Mukashi, Mukashi (Once upon a time) in white and black font within a red circle. To the bottom right is a photo of a woman, costumed as a white crane, in a white flowing dress with wing-like sleeves and a white origami crane atop her head.

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... ride around the world on a bicycle in 1895, taking the audience on a journey across time & history.

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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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... improvisation, storytelling, children’s theatre, dance & more.

◆ Finally, we hope you can catch a one-night only performance on Sat, July 6:

#theaTO #MusicalBicycle #CyclingHistory
https://www.youngw.ca/event/guild-festival-theatre-presents-evalyn-parrys-spin/

Guild Festival Theatre presents Evalyn Parry’s SPIN, inspired in part by Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ...

A woman in a white ruffled shirt and black tails gazes at us as she holds up a vintage bicycle wheel in her right hand.

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to a true story of survival in the Canadian wilderness, plus some family fun.

◆ The second event goes from Wed, July 3 to Sun, July 14:

#Performance #theaTO #Toronto
https://www.youngw.ca/event/toronto-fringe-festival-2024/

The Toronto Fringe Festival presents its 2024 Festival lineup of unjuried performance works, featuring 77 companies at 16 venues, including comedy, drama, musicals, ...

Photo of a person browsing the Toronto Fringe show posters attached to a portable wall.

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→ a show where a vintage bicycle becomes a percussion instrument.

◆ The first event runs from Wed, July 10 to Sun, August 25:

#Performance #theaTO #Scarborough #Toronto
https://www.youngw.ca/event/guild-festival-theatre-2024-season/

Guild Festival Theatre presents a 2024 season of adventure in an outdoor Greek theatre, from a hilariously ill-fated cycling trip through Germany ...

Until Sunday, February 4, 2024:

Shakespeare BASH’d continues its 2023/24 season with a production of one of #Shakespeare’s last plays, written in collaboration with John Fletcher:

The Two Noble Kinsmen

A mythic tragicomedy of two honourable cousins that challenges expected ideas of gender, sexuality, romance & ceremony.

https://www.youngw.ca/event/the-two-noble-kinsmen/

#Performance #Theatre #Toronto #theaTO #YWEventListings

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