Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice comes to life in the rooms of the historic Campbell House Museum
If there was one story that could satiate my teenage angst and desire from about the age of 15 to 19, it would be Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. On Thursday night I had the pleasure of heading down to the historic Campbell House Museum to see Kate Werneberg and Hallie Burt deliver an impressive performance of the characters of this deeply sensual story in their production Elizabeth-Darcy.
Two actors couldn’t have been given a better script. The screenplay adaptation of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice does glorious justice to the book, with edits and tweaks that enhance the pace and the wit of all the memorable characters. As with the book, I eagerly sat through the entire A& E series and became engrossed in the interplay, jesting, and revelations of Elizabeth Bennet and William D’arcy — two intellectually well matched individuals from clashing social circles. Again, the sexual tension between these two characters was enough to satiate me through those raging hormones of my youth.
Toronto’s Casa Loma provides a festive backdrop for A Christmas Carol
On a snowy Tuesday evening I made my way to catch a performance of Humber River Shakespeare‘s A Christmas Carol. Having never actually been to Casa Loma in all my years living in Toronto, I was pretty excited to finally see it.
For all lovers of show tunes, The Musical of Musicals the Musical is playing at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre
Take everything you love about musicals and blend that with everything you hate about musicals. Then add in everything you love to hate and hate to love and you get The Musical of Musicals the Musical playing this holiday season at the Panasonic Theatre. It’s a hilarious romp of all things song and dance complete with jazz hands and diva moments.
The concept evolved from the question of why have one musical when you could have five? The same story — girl can’t pay her rent, landlord is happy to take her as payment instead, snarky neighbor offers girl snarky advice, boy-in-love comes in for the rescue — is retold multiple times in the style of musical theatre’s most beloved names: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Kander & Ebb.
This action-packed story, perfect for any Toronto commuter, is playing at the Storefront Theatre
I spend at least two hours of every day on the TTC; it is a fundamental part of my Toronto life. Now, you don’t have to be so intimately familiar with local transit to enjoy Special Constables, but if you have grown up with the Red Rocket and know its quirks as well as those of an annoying roommate, then Circlesnake Productions‘ latest show will be a transcendent experience.
Exquisite choreography pair with exceptional voices in this adaptation of Messiah at Toronto’s Opera House
I am pretty sure that as soon as Handel premiered his Messiah it became a Christmas tradition. Every year there are at least a handful of companies who put it on, and this year is no exception. As I shuffled in to The Opera House, Christmas cheer was in the air for Against the Grain Theatre‘s unique adaptation the Messiah.
Against the Grain took a slightly different approach to the Messiah. Spicing it up a bit, AtG worked with choreographer Jennifer Nichols, making the singers work twice as hard. Nichols devised simple, but effective gestures for each of the movements. Even though these performers are not known for their exceptional dance skills they all embodied the choreography, bringing the story of the Messiah to life. Continue reading Review: AtG’s Messiah (Against The Grain Theatre)→
If there was one story that could satiate my teenage angst and desire from about the age of 15 to 19, it would be Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. On Thursday night I had the pleasure of heading down to the historic Campbell House Museum to see Kate Werneberg and Hallie Burt deliver an impressive performance of the characters of this deeply sensual story in their production Elizabeth-Darcy.
