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Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann |
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THIS WEEK'S IMAGE: Misery Canstage's critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling novel about fan adulation gone awry opens
tonight at Bluma Appel Theatre. In this adaptation of King's unsettling thriller, award-winning romance novelist Paul Sheldon is at the top of his game when a car accident leaves him injured and stranded on a lonely
Colorado road during a blizzard. He awakens to find himself at the mercy of a delusional and obsessed fan, Annie Wilkes, a nurse with a suspect past, and so begins Paul's descent into a living hell. May 8 - May
31 Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. E. Tickets: $20 - $89 Phone: 416 368-3110 or order online by clicking here
LOOKING AHEAD:
Son Roberts Band / Steve Strongman Band Two Maple Blues Award Nominees, for New Artists of Year – 2007, are teaming up to bring their individual and distinctive brand of the music to Toronto's venerated live
blues venue, The Silver Dollar, for an evening of full-powered blues. The Son Roberts Band emerged on the Canadian blues scene just over a year ago with their critically acclaimed debut album You Don't Know Yet, Steve
Strongman has enjoyed his own glowing accolades as a powerhouse rockin blues guitarist. Sat. May 10 Silver Dollar Room, 486 Spadina Ave. ( at College) Admission: $10 |
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Small World's 6th Annual South Asian Music Series Small World Music has produced another stellar lineup for one of their annual signature
programs; the Sixth Annual South Asian Music Series. This year's program truly offers something for every kind of South Asian music aficionado, in a similarly varied range of performance environments. Home
base for the series is Toronto's foremost world-music destination, the Lula Lounge, with three diverse and spectacular evenings: a Toronto Indo-jazz celebration with Tasa and Monsoon that will kickoff
Lulaworld 2008 (May 8); groundbreaking Indian classical-chillout fusion sensation Abhijit Pohankar (May 15); and the infectious Juno-nominated Indian classical/jazz/funk/fusion of Autorickshaw will close the
series (May 29). For a complete listing of the series and artist's bios, please click here May 4 - May 29
Lula Lounge, Harbourfront's Enwave Theatre, Roy Thomson Hall |
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Distinguished former TSO Music Director Günther Herbig brings his seasoned authority to another welcome
guest appearance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. This time he leads the energetic, expansive "Great C Major" Symphony by Schubert. May 7 & 8 Photo: Douglas Brown |
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Acclaimed Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, singing the lead role of Melisande, and Pavlo Hunka (R) in the Canadian
Opera Company's production of Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande
opening at the Four Seasons Centre tomorrow night (June 6). Baritone Russell Braun also stars in this tale of a woman torn between love for her husband and a smoldering attraction to his brother. May 6 - 24 Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts Tickets: $60 – $275 Phone: 416 363-8231 or online by
clicking here
Box office open from 11 AM - 7 PM Photo: Douglas Brown |
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One of the highlights of the month-long CONTACT Photography Festival
is the exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) at 952 Queen St. W. Now in it's tenth year, CONTACT
has become the largest photography festival in the world with over 400 artists participating at more than 200 galleries, the festival runs throughout the month. See our Art/Design Section for further information Photo: Douglas Brown |
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