Monthly Archives: June 2010

All The Wall’s A Stage

Behind the curtains at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Drama & Desire Gaetano Previati, Paolo and Francesca, oil on canvas, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo. [Sitting on the steps of the AGO after the preview of Drama & Desire: Artists and the … Continue reading

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Q&A with Michael Orlando and Omar Hady of The Theatre Lab

Omar Hady Michael Orlando and Omar Hady are both Toronto-based graduates of the Humber Theatre conservatory program. They founded The Theatre Lab, an artist-driven, not-for-profit theatre company three years ago and have produced four works in that time (The Son … Continue reading

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Battle of the Blurbs

The Theatre Lab’s Warriors takes aim at Mad Men culture The intimate Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace was brimming with creative intensity on Tuesday night at the opening of The Theatre Lab‘s production of Michel Garneau‘s Warriors. Directed by Colin Edwards, … Continue reading

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Q&A With Urban Bard’s Lindsay Alston

Photo by Chloe Whitehorn We loved her performance as Viola in Urban Bard’s production of Twelfth Night. Her diverse list of talents includes acting, singing, dancing and directing. Lindsey Alston shares a bit about herself and her affection for Shakespeare. … Continue reading

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Shakespeare and the City

Urban Bard’s Twelfth Night brings culture to the concrete in Toronto’s College Park Set painting by Greg Puzniak Set painting by Greg Puzniak [College Park courtyard. Kitty and Lulu admire the chalk drawings that make up part of the production’s … Continue reading

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Mamma Mia! In Dundas Square

Kitty: I popped over to Dundas Square on my lunch hour today to see a free show by the cast of Mamma Mia! They put on a sensational performance, singing some of the show’s most famous songs, including “Dancing Queen,” … Continue reading

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