I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been affected by the financial crisis in the last couple of years. Heck, even with no assets to my name to lose I find myself scrounging for change in the couch for subway fare. Of course, any world crisis is always ripe for parody and countless plays and tv shows pop up to give their own commentary on the disaster. Spent, which opened last night at the Factory Theatre, is one of those many shows. It’s one of the only shows, though, that does it right. Continue reading Review: Spent (Theatre Smith-Gilmour)→
Do you like puppets? Do you like Charles Dickens and his commentary on social class structure? Then Puppetmongers‘ Hard Times, currently playing at Theatre Passe Muraille, is right up your alley. And if you’re one of the many who are thinking that a puppet show would be meant for children, this is the show that will teach you otherwise. Continue reading Review: Hard Times- Puppetmongers→
Many Torontonians are lining up to get their TIFF tickets this weekend, but tucked away in High Park and Dundas Street West is another festival. It’s the Junction Arts Festival which kicked off last night to an enthusiastic crowd and although it may be smaller than TIFF, it still certainly has a lot to offer. Continue reading Junction Arts Festival: Day 1→
