Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of May 13th, 2013. ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
Our cheap theatre picks for this week feature some solo shows, some fledgling dramas eager to stretch their wings, and some celebratory play readings. All of the events are either free or pay what you can, so there’s no need to worry about splurging on trying out something new.
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of May 6th, 2013. ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
World Stage in Toronto scores with a tribute to European football
I had some trouble not leaping from my seat and yelling “GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!” as the dancers came out for their bows at the opening of A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football. I hate to revert to puns – actually, I love them – but I think that reaction would’ve been appropriate considering how much World Stage has scored bringing Norway’s Jo Strømgren Kompani to Toronto.
The production, already in its 15th year of existence, takes everything about the game of football –the European kind we call soccer- and throws it together in a powerful, dynamic dance piece both impressive in stamina and theatrical in delivery. There’s also a fair share of humour and it all wraps up in a breezy 55 minutes.