After a long and arduous winter, Torontonians could really use a good laugh. Launched last week on March the 6th, The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOSketchfest for short) features 11 days of hilarious performances, as well as various workshops and panels with some of comedy’s funniest names.
Continue reading On Now: 2014 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
Making its triumphant Canadian debut at the Young People’s Theatre, Emotional Creature is a poignant look at the various struggles endured by young women all over the world. This V-Day Toronto production (presented in conjunction with Nightwood Theatre) employs song, dance and dialogue to explore a wide range of issues – from trying to fit in to escaping a horrible life of sexual slavery.
It has often been said that a single voice can’t change the world. But it is only the brave and unrelenting who dare to try that will have their voices heard.
Written by award-winning playwright Eve Ensler, Emotional Creature (presented by V-Day Toronto in conjunction with Nightwood Theatre and Young People’s Theatre) chronicles the coming-of-age experiences of 13 girls – all in order to raise awareness surrounding the injustices that many young women must endure.
“Emotional Creature is about girls around the world and asks all young people and particularly girls to contemplate the circumstances of others, connect to those circumstances, and be a voice for those whose circumstances keep their voices silent,” wrote Tanisha Taitt, the show’s director, in an email to Mooney on Theatre.
Touted as a success by various press outlets like The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly, Emotional Creature makes its Canadian debut this Saturday at the Young People’s Theatre.
Continue reading Preview: Emotional Creature (V-Day Toronto)
Now, you’ve probably heard that there’s nothing ‘real’ about the world of professional wrestling. But have you ever stopped to think about the lives of those behind the illusion?
The Heel vs Screwjob is a candid two-part Code White production that chronicles the life of one family during the notorious event in the WWE’s history known by fans as the “Screwjob” – where a famous pro-wrestler was supposedly double-crossed by the franchise’s ownership.
What do a money-grubbing international burger conglomerate, a cyborg lawyer and two insomniac stoners have in common? Although these items sound like the basis for a great limerick, they’re actually the ingredients for Fast Food Follies – a show which chronicles one burger chain’s attempt to win back the hearts of their declining 30-something demographic.
Presented by Unit 102, Fast Food Follies is a collection of off-the-wall vignettes created by writers/ show performers Luis Fernandes and Jesse Ryder Hughes. Continue reading Review: Fast Food Follies (Unit 102)