Shows That Caught Our Eye in Toronto the Week of February 5th, 2018
It’s another week of shiny new shows opening, including a few festivals. There is much to choose from, so here to help you chose is our editor Lin, with a few of her top picks in red. Check them out below the cut:
Toronto’s Factory Theatre stages Kat Sandler’s explosive and scintillating new play Bang Bang
Bang Bang, a new play written and directed by Kat Sandler, commissioned and presented by Toronto’s Factory Theatre, is every bit as explosive and scintillating as its provocative title suggests. It’s also a wildly entertaining night of theatre that alternately had me cringing, gripping my armrest in suspense, and howling with laughter. Continue reading Review: Bang Bang (Factory Theatre)→
MDLSX, produced by Motus and featuring the intensely charismatic Silvia Calderoni, is presented by The Theatre Centre as part of the Progress Festival. It is deeply, forcefully compelling and extremely hard to define. Any attempt to label it and slot it neatly into a category seems both false and disrespectful. Calderoni’s performance is, in essence, an act of defiance—a valiant and passionate reaction to repressive conventions of labelling and categorization. Continue reading 2018 Progress Review: MDLSX (Motus)→
dance Immersion presented an evening of contemporary African and Caribbean dance in Toronto
The Watah Theatre stages a double bill of work in Toronto
Toronto’s Factory Theatre stages Kat Sandler’s explosive and scintillating new play Bang Bang