By Dana Lacey
Jerry Springer-the Opera is tacky, cheesy and bound to offend you. In other words–go see this show. The premise: a man hosts a talk show that caters to the voyeur in us all. His lineup includes cheated lovers, secret fetishes and a women who just wants to follow her dream of dancing on a pole.
by Dana Lacey
I’m glad I choose to see rAiz’n the sun ensemble’s SummerWorks performance of The Centre at the peak of one of the hottest days of this otherwise rain-drenched summer. As the lights dimmed at The Factory Theatre, the air was filled with the soothing, almost-breezy humming of worship. I forgot my discomfort and instantly slipped into the play. Two groups of women were introduced: five from the past (which is actually our present) and four from a thousand years in the future who are tasked with stopping a worker’s rebellion. They decide to travel back and examine a group of women who’ve agreed to exchange their opinions for money in The Centre: what we 21st-century people call a focus group. Continue reading Summerworks 2009 – The Centre – Factory Theatre
By Dana Lacey
I’ve never been to an opera. I have, however, seen plenty in movies and Bugs Bunny cartoons, so I figured I knew what I was in for when I went to check out La Señorita Mundo – an operatic allegory.
That was my first mistake. The second was sitting in the front row. Continue reading Summerworks 2009 – La Señorita Mundo – an operatic allegory
By Dana Lacey
Wanderlust is a true story about a New Yorker who travels to West Africa in search of epiphany. He doesn’t know what epiphany looks like, but he’s pretty sure he’ll find it in Africa. Continue reading Toronto Fringe Review- Wanderlust – Glen Morris Studio
By Dana Lacey
Picture two beds, split into separate cells by masking tape and imagination. In one, Timothy Leary, the self-proclaimed philosopher and LSD messiah, is spending his first day in jail. In the other: Charles Manson, the notorious jailbird that conspired several LSD-inspired murders. They talk, they laugh, they scream obscenities. This is (based on a) true story. Continue reading Toronto Fringe Review: Charles Manson and Timothy Leary at Folsom Prison – Tarragon