Crossing into Lullaby is a work in development, and part of the SummerWorks 2019 Lab programming. The best way I can describe the way it’s presented is that it’s like a staged reading, but with actors moving around the stage rather than sitting in place.
I love stage readings. They set my imagination free. Often, when I think back to them, I’m not sure if it’s a reading I saw or a play with a set and costumes that I’m remembering.
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The Breath Between, part of Summerworks 2019, is the result of this year’s AMY Project (Artists Mentoring Youth) Summer Performance Program, the Spring Theatre Creation Program and the Design Mentorship Program. The Theatre Creation program is offered to young women and non-binary youth between 14 and 22 years of age. The Summer Performance Program is offered to youth who have completed the spring program.
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Encumbrance, created and produced by Johannes Zits with the assistance of Holly Timpener, is listed on the SummerWorks 2019 website as a live art performance. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. The listing goes on to say “…contemplating the relationship between the body, identity and clothing.” which, in retrospect, is quite funny because the four performers just wore hand-made thongs most of the time.
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Every summer the finale of the eight-week SOLT Opera Workshop is the presentation of the operas. On Friday my friend Patricia and I saw La Traviata which, along with Ernest, The Importance of Being, and Riders to the Sea & Gianni Schicchi, is one of this year’s offerings.
I’ve always found the idea of opera intimidating. I don’t know enough about music to provide a critique of it. I really am ‘I know what I like’ when it comes to voices. Patricia knows more about music, but not opera, so we went with open minds and no experience. We both really enjoyed it.
A Little Black Lie opened Wednesday for an encore Toronto presentation at Tarragon Theatre. My friend Marg and I saw it last year, and we were both curious to see what had changed.
The story’s the same: Michael (Troy Crossfield) and Stacey (Sheronna Osbourne) are about to get married, and Michael has past and current issues he needs to deal with if the wedding is going to go ahead. He wants the wedding to go ahead.
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