C A N S T A G E T H E A T R E
The Dream In High Park: Romeo And Juliet ::
Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's most popular plays and indisputably the world's best-known love story.
In this adaptation, the tragic tale of the young lovers
destroyed by their feuding families is re-told by a group of travelling performers delayed at the Verona train station. Weary and irritable, tempers flare and tension ignites a spirited confrontation. In an
attempt to restore calm, some members of the group challenge the others to a game.
Play titles are thrown into a hat and one is drawn: Romeo and Juliet. They all agree to perform the play making
do with the colourful palette of costumes they are carrying in their suitcases. Under the starry Italian sky, they transform the train station into the medieval city of Verona and the story of the Montagues
and Capulets comes to life.
Family Day Sundays, the popular, free, all-ages program for children, parents and families return featuring fun-filled activities including backstage tours, an
opportunity to meet the cast, Shakespearean games, workshops exploring the language of the Bard and more. Held at the High Park amphitheatre on Sundays, the program runs July 4 to September 5, from 5 - 6:30
p.m., weather permitting.
Registration is required. Registration requests will be accepted June through September. Contact 416-367-1652 or click here for more information.
On Now Until Sept. 5 High Park
Amphitheatre, Tuers. - Sun. gates open at 6:00 PM, play starts at 8:00 PM | Admission: PWYC at the gate. Suggested minimum $20 for adults. Children 14 + under free
For directions by bike, transit or car, please click here
_______________________ S O U L P E P P E R T H E A T R E A Month In the Country
:: Hungarian master director László Marton
returns to Soulpepper to direct one of the masterpieces of Russian literature which is newly adapted by Soulpepper Founding Member Susan Coyne (Kingfisher Days‚ Slings and Arrows)
A Month in the Country
is a richly textured‚ love-filled comedy where the magic of a summer holiday turns several hearts upside-down. Now considered a masterpiece‚ Turgenev's play was first produced in 1872 by the Maly Theatre and again in 1879 but it wasn't until 30 years later with the Moscow Art Theatre's production, directed by Constantin Stanivslasky, that the play was embraced by Russian audiences.
On Now until Aug. 7 Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Building 49, Distillery Historic District | Tickets: $32 - $75 Phone:
416 866-8666 or order online by clicking here $20 tickets are available for 21-30 year-olds by
clicking here What The Butler Saw ::
With his trademark blend of wit and irreverence, Joe Orton combines sexual indiscretion and bureaucratic incompetence to create a seditious farcical romp.
Joe Orton's witty
dialogue and societal views are reminiscent of Oscar Wilde. Both men were ahead of their time, criticizing social convention and challenging authority with great satire. What the Butler Saw
first opened in 1969 at the Queen's Theatre in London and is regarded as Orton's finest play.
Aug. 19 - Sept. 18 Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Building 49,
Distillery Historic District | Tickets: $32 - $75 Phone: 416 866-8666 or order online by clicking here $20 tickets are available for 21-30 year-olds by clicking here Doc
::
Winner of both the Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Governor General's Award for drama, Doc is a powerful and very personal play by one Canada's most celebrated playwrights, Sharon
Pollock.
With generosity and forgiveness, Pollock examines the scars and redemption of a daughter's relationship with her parents and her younger self.
Doc
premiered in 1984 at Theatre Calgary to critical acclaim.
Aug. 19 - Sept. 18 Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Building 49, Distillery Historic
District | Tickets: $32 - $75 Phone: 416 866-8666 or order online by
clicking here $20 tickets are available for 21-30 year-olds by clicking here ________________________________ P R I N C E S S O F W A L E S T H E A T R E Legally Blonde The Musical :: Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious", Elle puts down the
credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu sister has ever gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.
In its first year on Broadway, Legally Blonde The Musical earned seven 2007 Tony Award® nominations, ten 2007 Drama Desk Award nominations and a 2007 Outer Critics' Circle Award
On Now until Aug. 8 Princess of Wales
Theatre, 300 King St. W. | Tickets: $28 - $124 Phone: 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333 For online ticket ordering, please click here ____________________________
C A N O N T H E A T R E How Now Mrs. Brown Cow! ::
Brendan O'Carroll's hilarious and acclaimed comedy HOW NOW MRS. BROWN COW! will be making its North American premiere at Toronto's Canon Theatre on August 17, 2010. Performances haven't even begun begun yet, but demand is so strong for this smash hit comedy from Ireland, that David Mirvish has added one more week of performances.
O'Carroll created Mrs. Agnes Brown, a Dublin mother of six whose hobbies include drinking, tea, bingo and meddling, for an afternoon show on Irish radio in 1990.
Originally scheduled to run daily for two weeks, Mrs. Brown's Boys ran for three years and 500-plus episodes. Dublin's prisoners even asked to be locked up early so they could hear the
afternoon show!
The radio series was adapted first into novels – The Mammy, The Chisslers, The Granny and The Young Wan, all of which became bestsellers and are now available in 23 countries
and in 11 languages.
This was followed by a movie adaptation of the first book, The Mammy, simply called Agnes Browne (the "e" was added to differentiate it from a Dame Judy Dench
movie Mrs. Brown, out at the same time), written by O'Carroll and directed by and starring Angelica Huston, Ray Winstone and Tom Jones.
Finally, the material was adapted into the stage
plays, this time starring O'Carroll himself as the indomitable Agnes Brown. The plays have toured Ireland dozens of times and made the voyage across the Irish Sea to conquer England with similar immense
success.
Aug. 17 - Sept. 4 Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria St. ( just S. of Yonge & Dundas) | Tickets: $25 - $75 Phone: 416-872-1212 or 1 800 461-3333
or order online by clicking here Banana Shpeel :: Banana Shpeel is a new style of production from Cirque du Soleil® that features a colourful combination of slapstick comedy, eclectic
dance and unique acrobatic acts.
The action follows a diverse spectrum of performances including tap, hip-hop and eccentric dance, physical comedy and distinctive acrobatic acts performed by elite
international artists – plus madcap characters spreading chaos in all directions.
For more details, please click here
Sept. 14 - Oct. 10 Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria St. (
just S. of Yonge & Dundas) | Tickets: $30 - $110 Phone: 416-872-1212 or 1 800 461-3333 or order online by clicking here _________________________
M Y S T E R I O U S L Y Y O U R S M Y S T E R Y B I S T R O T H E A T R E Dr. Jekyll, There's Nowhere To Hyde! :: While attending a conference of scientific criminologists, Dr. Henry Jekyll is about to make a presentation on his radical approach to investigating the 'Criminal Mind'
when the discovery of a dead body forces him to put his theories to the test.
The audience is invited to help him solve Whodunit? in this hilarious twist of the classic tale.
A portion of tickets sales from Dr. Jekyll, There's Nowhere To Hyde! will be donated to the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Indefinite run
Mysteriously Yours ... Mystery Bistro Theatre, 2026 Yonge St. (4 blocks S. of Eglinton) | Admission: Dinner and Show $53 - $ 80 (incl. tx. and gratuity) Phone: 416.486.7469 or 1-800-NOT-DEAD (668-3323) For upcoming shows please visit the Mysteriously Yours web site by
clicking here
__________________________ T A R R A G O N T H E A T R E 2010 - 2011 40th Anniversary Season
:: For 40 years, Tarragon Theatre
has been producing Canada's best new plays by established and emerging playwrights. This anniversary season, they continue that tradition with an exciting lineup of new Canadian plays — from writers who are
stimulating, experienced and emerging but all excellent — alongside a contemporary American classic.
For more information on Season Subscriptions, please click here
The upcoming season begins with: The Clockmaker :: A humble clockmaker is besotted by a married
woman who brings a shattered cuckoo clock into his shop. As he unravels the mystery of how the clock came to be destroyed, their relationship deepens and he vows to make her the most splendid clock the world
has ever seen.
Sept. 13, 2010 - Oct. 24, 2010 Tarragon MainSpace, 30 Bridgman Ave. (at the corner of Howland Ave. and Bridgman Ave. one block north of Dupont
St., two blocks east of Bathurst St.) | Tickets: $19 - $38 Phone 416 531-1827 __________________________
F A C T O R Y T H E A T R E Billy Twinkle - Requiem For A Golden Boy :: Billy Twinkle is a middle-aged cruise ship puppeteer who dazzles audiences with
his Stars in Miniature marionette niteclub act... until he is fired by the cruise line. Contemplating a watery demise, his dead mentor appears as a ghostly handpuppet, forcing Billy to re-enact his life as a
puppet show and rekindle the passion for a life that sparkles.
Ronnie Burkett, recent winner of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, is recognized world-wide as one of Canada's foremost theatre artists. Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes
has been credited with creating some of the world's most elaborate and provocative puppetry, and stimulating an unprecedented adult audience for puppet theatre.
Sept. 24 - Oct. 24 Factory Theatre Mainspace, 125 Bathurst St. | Tickets: $15 - $48 Phone: 416 504-9971 or order online by clicking here To subscribe
to the 2009-2010 Season, please click here _________________________ |
