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Announcement: 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominees (With Links to MOT Reviews)

2019 TAPA Dora Awards logoSoulpepper, The Musical Stage Company & Young People’s Theatre lead noms for the 40th Dora Awards

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) revealed the nominations for the 40th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The Dora Awards seek to recognize excellence in the Toronto performing arts community. This year’s ceremony will take place on Tuesday, June 25 at the Sony Centre for the Performing arts, and will be hosted by Dora and Gemini award-winning writer/director/actor/musician/educator, Rick Miller.

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Write for us! Coverage of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival

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Cover Toronto Fringe with Mooney on Theatre!

Mooney on Theatre is looking for folks to review shows at the Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs from July 3 – 14, 2019.

In many ways, Fringe Festivals embody what Mooney on Theatre holds dear: making theatre more accessible. The Fringe features inexpensive shows attended by a wide range of people, many of whom are not theatregoers the rest of the year.

With this in mind, we put an intense amount of effort into providing as much coverage of the Toronto Fringe Festival as we can. To get an idea of what that coverage looks like, check out the Fringe Festival category on this site.

Among other things, this coverage includes reviewing each show in a relatively substantive way by the end of the first weekend. This task takes a lot of writers. Each year, to make it happen, we bring on additional contributors. Maybe this year that will be you.

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Write for us! Coverage of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival

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Cover Toronto Fringe for Mooney on Theatre

Mooney on Theatre is looking for folks to review shows at the Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs from July 4 – 15, 2018.

In many ways, Fringe Festivals embody what Mooney on Theatre holds dear: making theatre more accessible. The Fringe features inexpensive shows attended by a wide range of people, many of whom are not theatregoers the rest of the year.

With this in mind, we put an intense amount of effort into providing as much coverage of the Toronto Fringe Festival as we can. To get an idea of what that coverage looks like, check out the Fringe Festival category on this site.

Among other things, this coverage includes reviewing each show in a relatively substantive way by the end of the first weekend. This task takes a lot of writers. Each year, to make it happen, we bring on additional contributors. Maybe this year that will be you.

Continue reading Write for us! Coverage of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival →

Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe Ticket Giveaways for Shows on Saturday, July 8th

fringe-for-free-graphicWe’re heading into the first weekend of the Toronto Fringe Festival and surely all you savvy theatre-goers are getting the jump on the crowds and checking out shows this weekend and not waiting until all the most popular shows are sold out next weekend, right?

Well as an incentive to get out there and see some theatre we’re running a draw for free tickets to five Fringe shows playing this Saturday so click “Read More” for the contest rules and a little something about the 5 shows we’ve got lined up for Saturday, July 8.

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe Ticket Giveaways for Shows on Wednesday, July 5th

fringe-for-free-graphicIt’s the most wonderful time of the year: the Toronto Fringe Festival starts in two days and surely all you savvy theatre-goers are getting the jump on the crowds and checking out the 160 shows on offer, right?

Well as an incentive to get out there and see some theatre we’re running a draw for free tickets to five Fringe shows playing on Wednesday so click “Read More” for the contest rules and a little something about the 5 shows we’ve got lined up for the first day: Wednesday, July 5.

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