From Press Release
It’s country music the way you wish you remembered it. Think “Spinal Tap” meets “Coalminer’s Daughter” meets “Thelma and Louise.” If you love country music you’ll love this satirical comeback concert. If you hate country music, you’ll ESPECIALLY love this satirical comeback concert!
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From Press Release:
Join your Uncle Tommy under the stars and by the light of the “fire” (‘cuz you sure don’t wanna be near him in the dark). All the nostalgic thrills of sitting round the campfire with friends, telling scary stories & eating burnt things on sticks. Except told by some sketchy dude in a backyard in Kensington Market.
Uncle Tommy’s Campfire Ghost Stories (for Grown-Ups) is an after-dark, NSFW twist on the tradition of getting around the fire and getting scared. An outdoor, site-specific one-man Fringe show, taking place in the backyard of FIKA Café in Kensington Market.
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Hey guys, April 30th was our 7th birthday here at Mooney on Theatre!
To celebrate we went out and got a new outfit. A sleeker look more befitting of our mature ‘seven-candles on the cake’ status.
We’ll take a couple spins on this make-shift catwalk here so you can check our outfit out properly.
Don’t worry though, we’re good at multitasking, so we’ll keep delivering reviews while we do our little turn on the catwalk.
Photo of the adorable dog by Hubert Figuière – licensed under Creative Commons
On the third Thursday of every month, Toronto is treated to the delightful combination of burlesque and boardgames with Tassels and Tabletop, presented by Nerd Girl Burlesque.
The night begins with a lively burlesque show, which is followed by a giant mountain of board games being brought out for the board game social. It takes place at The Handlebar in Kensington Market, where my show-partner Robin and I enjoyed some delicious food and cocktails while watching the show—if you’re going the cocktail route, I highly recommend the Paloma, as it was delicious.
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All I knew about A Woman is a Secret before going in was that it was a world premiere and that it was written by John Patrick Shanley — who, despite an impressive body of work, is still probably best known for writing Moonstruck. It’s how I prefer to go into something if possible: no expectations.
I was first struck by the beautiful set as I walked into the space at the Theatre Centre. Once the piece started I was enveloped by the wonderful live music: musician Matthew Barber is on stage the whole time and provides an interlude between each vignette. Which brings me to my next bit of information: instead of being one long play, this is a series of mini-plays. Little snippets of life — or fantasy — played out for us in bite-sized pieces.