GET HAPPY is a lindy hop based theatrical production integrating poetry, swing-era dancing and live music by Public Gesture Productions. I was lucky enough to have collaborators Alisha Ruiss and Nick Power chime in on their process of creating their “Lindy Hop Dream Ballet” for the 2011 Fringe Festival.

See our conversation below.

Continue reading Alisha Ruiss and Nick Power of Get Happy: 2011 Fringe Dance Interviews →

From press release:

Toronto – Clownfire and Column 13 Actors Company, two feisty independent theatre companies, are to collaborate to perform the Canadian premiere of SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY by José Rivera at the 2011 Toronto International Fringe Festival.  The production will run for just 7 performances at the festival, which runs from July 6-17th, 2011.

This work by Obie-winning, Academy Award-nominated playwright and screenwriter José Rivera asks the question, “Where do we go when we die?”, and if you were offered the chance to comment on your life, at 80, What would you say about the life you’ve lived?”. In a waiting room for the afterlife, a crowd of ordinary souls are en route to their final resting place and are given one last chance to share with the universe their parting thoughts. Part poetry, part magical realism, this dreamscape play offers profound insights and revelations. Continue reading Sonnets For An Old Century – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →

From press release:

So I Married a Muslim

A cross-cultural comedy of reconciliation and love

Ask an Italian, Roman‐Catholic, Australian woman about her ideal mate and she probably won’t say a South Asian, Muslim, Canadian guy. Well, she might, but what will the families think? So I Married a Muslim is a story that balances the struggles of tradition, religion, and love.

Australian-Canadian writer/performer Sandra Pascuzzi developed the show through improvisation and material from her own experience. Pascuzzi’s background in theatre, clown, and bouffon, helped spawn some of the scenes and characters the audience meets throughout the show. Continue reading So I Married a Muslim – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →

From press release:

EOS Theatre in association with Bound to Create Theatre and Theatre Bassaris

Presents:

SAVED

By Edward Bond

Toronto based theatre companies, EOS Theatre , Bound to Create Theatre and Theatre Bassaris, are proud to present Edward Bond’s modern classic, SAVED, at the 2011 Toronto International Fringe Festival, from July 7th to the 17th, 2011.

SAVED is a disturbingly violent and shockingly funny look at lower class British youth desensitized to sex and violence. Set at the height of rave culture and the cusp of our current era, amidst our media influenced society, this retelling of Bond’s modern classic reveals the timelessness and universality of the play that abolished censorship in England. Continue reading SAVED – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →

from press release:

A SMALL PRICE TO PAY

FOR A GIANT MUSICAL

Tickets for The Giant’s Garden at the Toronto Fringe go on sale this Wednesday, and with acast of 13 led by some of the biggest names in the Toronto musical theatre scene, The Giant’s Garden is a steal of a deal with advance tickets costing only $11 and tickets at thedoor for only $10! The show features music by Dora and Canadian Comedy Award nomineeScott White (Top Gun! The Musical, Sleepless, Bosco And Jones) and a stellar cast led byDora Award winning performer Paula Wolfson (Beauty & The Beast, Les Mis, Shaking TheFoundations), stage veteran Mark Terene (Pumbaa in the Canadian cast of The Lion Kingand Beauty & The Beast) and Michael MacLennan as the Giant (Nine, Oklahoma, Man Of La Mancha). Continue reading The Giant’s Garden – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →