R O Y A L A L E X A N D R A T H E A T R E
The Blue Dragon
Robert Lepage, Canada's internationally acclaimed theatrical genius, brings Toronto a must-see event! The Blue Dragon
is the evocative tale of a Canadian in modern day China, told with eloquent dance, electrifying performance and spectacular, cinematic staging.
The life of an expat Canadian living in Shanghai is turned
upside down by two women — one from his Western past and one from his Asian present. Written by Robert Lepage and Marie Michaud, The Blue Dragon
is a sequel to their brilliant collaborative work, The Dragon's Trilogy. The Blue Dragon shimmers with all Lepage's hallmark hi-tech wizardry and storytelling magic.
On now until Feb. 19
Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W. | Tickets: $25 - $84 Phone: 416 872-1212 or 1 800 461-3333 To order online please click here __________________________
B U D D I E S I N B A D T I M E S T H E A T R E Rhubarb Festival Canada's premiere experimental performance festival offers
Toronto fresh, live encounters with contemporary theatre, performance art, dance and music. For two weeks, hundreds of local and international artists descend on Buddies to share new ideas in performance creation with
adventure-loving audiences.
Feb. 8 - Feb. 19 Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. | Tickets: PWYC - $46 Phone: 416 975-8555 or order online Free As Injuns
In a provocative retelling of the American classic Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill, free as injuns
tells the story of Even Cabot and his struggle to reclaim his late mother's land from the oppressive hands of his father. Questions of land ownership, identity and birthright are the battleground for a bitter family
war. Award-winning playwright and newly-appointed Native Earth Performing Arts Artistic Director, Tara Beagan, pens this provocative interrogation of Canadian racial hierarchy.
Feb. 28 - Mar. 18
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. | Tickets: $15 - $20 Phone: 416 975-8555 or order online _____________________________
P A N A S O N I C T H E A T R E Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan & Jeff
Direct from London's West End comes the Monty Python-esque show that sold out theatres across the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, and now makes its North American debut on Valentines' Day for a limited
three-week run. Extra matinee performances have been added for the Family Day long weekend.
Written and performed by Olivier Award-nominated actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, the play takes on the
ultimate challenge of condensing, or "potting", all seven Harry Potter books into seventy madcap minutes. The two former Children's BBC hosts are aided by multiple costume changes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props and
a generous helping of Hogwarts magic. The show also invites audiences to engage in Dan and Jeff's own special version of a game of Quidditch.
Feb. 11 - Mar. 4
Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge St.. | Tickets: $30 - $70 Phone 416 872-1212 or 1 800 461-3333 For online ticket ordering, please click here _________________________________
T H E E D M I R V I S H T H E A T R E
Formerly The Canon Theatre
Bring It On: The Musical The explosive new musical comedy that raises the stakes on over-the-top high school
rivalries. Set against the world of competitive cheerleading, this powerhouse new show hilariously proves that winning isn't everything when it means losing something - or someone - you really care about.
This
all new, original musical comedy combines an exciting new sound, gravity-defying choreography, and a thrilling story to create a show worth cheering for.
May 2 - June 3, 2012 Canon
Theatre, 244 Victoria St. ( just S. of Yonge & Dundas) | Tickets: $45 - $105 Phone: 416-872-1212 or 1 800 461-3333 or order online by clicking here
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D A N C A P P R O D U C T I O N S
In The Heights In the heights
takes the audience to a hip Latino neighbourhood in the Washington Heights section of New York City where the stories, hopes and dreams cut across race and ethnicity and are universally familiar.
The Washington Post said In The Heightsis "pure Broadway. An evening of old-style, innocent pleasure," and Ben Brantley of the New York Times enthused In The Heights
is "an exuberant, animated shrine to the importance of family ties and being faithful to where you come from."
Feb. 7 - Feb. 19 Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.
| Tickets: $51 - $165 Phone: 416 644-3665 or toll-free 1 866 950-7469 Or order online by clicking here Shrek The Musical Shrek the Musical, based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to life on stage.
In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre – not a handsome prince – shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a villain with a SHORT
temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand… and his name is Shrek.
Featuring a terrific score of 19 all-new songs, big laughs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery.
Mar. 20 - April 1 Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.
| Tickets: $51 - $165 Phone: 416 644-3665 or toll-free 1 866 950-7469 Or order online by clicking here
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A L U M N A E T H E A T R E
The Trojan Women Celebrated Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen's 1978 version breathes new life into Euripides' ancient Greek
classic, using modern vocabulary to explore stereotypical female roles, feminism and women's rights.
On Now Until Feb. 4 Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St. (on the SouthWest corner of
Berkeley and Adelaide Street East) | Tickets: $20, Wed. is Two Fro One Night Phone: 416 364-4170, Box 1 The New Ideas Festival The New Ideas Festival is an annual, three-week,
juried festival of new writing, works-in-progress, and experimental theatre, with a different program of plays each week and a staged reading on Saturdays at noon.
This year's festival presents 15 new works,
ranging in length from 12 to 70 minutes. There's something for everyone, including lovers' fantasies and regrets, secrets revealed, butterflies, puppets, trips to Newfoundland and to Bali, and an unusual night at the
laundromat.
Mar. 14 - April 1 Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St. (on the SouthWest corner of Berkeley and Adelaide Street East) | Tickets: $20, Wed. is Two Fro One
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H E R O N G A T E B A R N D I N N E R T H E A T R E
When The Cat Is Away Based on a
very popular British sit com, this riotously funny play is classic British sex farce ... When Mildred and Ethel go off on a trip to Paris, the "mice will play"
Egged on by Ethel's philandering husband Humphrey Pomfrey, George agrees to invite two charming little sex kittens over.
Well, you know already what happens next, don't you - the wives come home prematurely
"The audience screamed with laughter as the farcical comedy events unfolded. The plot is simple and slightly risque' with machine gun quick repartee. Unbridled laughter, by the theatre load" - Brisbane Telegraph
On Now Until Mar. 19 Herongate Barn Dinner Theatre, 2885 Altona Rd. Whitevale (Hwy 401 exit at Whites Rd. North to Taunton Rd, West 1.5 Km to Altona Rd. 1.5 Km North)
| Tickets: $56 - $62 (including meal) Phone: 905-472-3085 or toll free 1-866-902-9884 or online by clicking here _________________________________
B A T H U R S T S T R E E T T H E A T R E My Mother's Italian, My father's Jewish, And I'm In Therapy The international hit comedy by award-winning author Steve Solomon is based on Solomon's life growing up in a wacky family noted for its bi-ethnic diversity and
aptitude for dysfunctional behavior. Described as "One part lasagna, one part kreplach, and two parts Prozac," you don't have to be Jewish or Italian to love this show. All you need is to know what it feels
like to leave a family dinner with heartburn and a headache!
The Toronto production stars Tony Award-winner Paul Kreppel, best known to TV fans as lounge lizard Sonny Mann in the 80s sitcom "It's A
Living," as well as as Jackie's Dad on "That 70's Show!" and hundreds of other TV appearances and on and off-Broadway in such shows as
Godspell, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh and more. Kreppel performed in My Mother's ItalianŠ
for over a year in New York City, during which time the show won Broadway.com's "Favorite New Play" Award.
Held Over Until Feb. 26
Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst St. | Tickets: $51 - $56 Phone: Ticketmaster at 1 855
985-ARTS (2787) or order online by clicking here _________________________________
W O R L D S T A G E Everything Under the Moon -
Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows (Canada) World premiere
. Celebrated multimedia and visual artist Shary Boyle and renowned musician Christine Fellows have been collaborating since 2005 on works that
combine Boyle's live drawings and projections set to Fellows' original compositions. Everything Under the Moon
follows two small, winged creatures as they set out on an urgent quest to save themselves in a production equal parts musical theatre and visual spectacle. The show, created for all ages, was commissioned by Harbourfront Centre's Fresh Ground new works commissioning programme.
Feb. 18 - Feb. 23 Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $10 - $15 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by clicking here Entity - Wayne McGregor | Random Dance (England) Wayne McGregor is a multi award-winning British choreographer known for his physically testing choreography and ground-breaking collaborations across disciplines.
An imagining of post-human beauty through a soundscape created by Coldplay, Massive Attack collaborator Jon Hopkins and award-winning composer Joby Talbot (The Divine Comedy), Entity
is a staggering blend of bodies, technology and film that places McGregor at the cutting edge of contemporary culture.
Feb. 28 & Mar. 1 - Mar. 33 Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W.
(S. end of the Queens Quay Terminal Building, 3rd floor) | Tickets: $45 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by clicking here The Wooster Group's Version of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carré - The Wooster Group (USA)
Canadian premiere. Since 1975, New York's The Wooster Group has defined
experimental and challenging theatre, dance and media. Last featured at World Stage in the 80s with LSD (…Just the High Points), the company returns with their remaking of one of Williams' last plays. In the New
Orleans boarding house where he stayed as a young man during the Depression, the writer, as narrator, remembers his artistic and sexual awakening among the house's inhabitants – archetypal Williams characters, longing
for release and haunted by thwarted dreams.
Mar. 28 - Mar. 31 Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. (S. end of the Queens Quay Terminal Building, 3rd floor) |
Tickets: $45 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by
clicking here Ajax & Little Iliad -
Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O'Connell (Canada)
World premiere. Little Iliad is a multimedia work about an attempted adaptation of a Sophoclean war story by a writer and a friend that is
soon to be deployed to Afghanistan.
Ajax, which premiers here, expands on the theme, presenting a series of letters addressed to the doomed classical hero. Designed for a small audience, the work
questions not only the roles of observers and performers, but also the responsibilities of civilian and military actors and the surprising relationship between producers of art and producers of violence.
NOTE: Limited capacity of 28 people per performance.
April 4 - April 8
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $35 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by clicking here Paris 1994/Gallery - The Dietrich Group (Canada) Three-time Dora Award-nominees The Dietrich Group challenge perceptions of the interplay of mediums in live performance. Choreographer D.A. Hoskins creates visual art through the
medium of dance, and his 2011 production, The Land of Fuck, was named a runner-up in NOW magazine's roundup of the year's best dance shows. Paris 1994/Gallery
, which begins with a heightened moment between lovers, explores longing, desire, memory and our reconstructions of the past.
April; 25 - April 28
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $35 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by clicking here Agwa/Correria - Compagnie Käfig (France/Brazil) Artistic director Mourad Merzouki and Compagnie Käfig, last featured at World Stage 2004, create hip hop with a complete range of emotional expression. This double
bill, suitable for children ages six and up, is the meeting of Compagnie Käfig's hip hop with urban dance from Brazil. Agwa
explores the power of water: its supply, consumption and contamination – and its beauty, mystery, sensuality and unpredictability. Correria
is athletic and acrobatic – a stylized endurance piece about the rush of running and the pleasure of speed.
May 2 - May 5 Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. (S. end of the Queens
Quay Terminal Building, 3rd floor) | Tickets: $45 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by clicking here The Shipment - Young Jean Lee's Theater Company (U.S.) Canadian premiere. With its fearsome and fearless exploration of the African-American experience, The Shipment established the Korean-American playwright/director Young Jean Lee as a voice
to be heeded in contemporary theatre. "Ms. Lee sets you thinking about how we unconsciously process experience — at the theater, or in life — through the filter of racial perspective, and how hard it can be to see the
world truly in something other than black and white." — Charles Isherwood, New York Times
May 9 - May 12
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $45 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by clicking here Dance Marathon bluemouth inc. (Canada) Exclusive World Stage engagement. Toronto's Dora Award-winning theatre collective bluemouth inc. premiered
this interactive performance during World Stage's 08/09 season, and captivated audiences around the world thereafter. Audiences discover what level of experience they are committed to having in this immersive theatre
event inspired by the physically grueling Depression-era contests, with a nod to today's reality TV and cult of celebrity.
"Tremendous fun. Beg, borrow or steal a ticket for this original, life-affirming show." —
The Telegraph
May 18 & 19 Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $35 Phone: 416 973-4000, press 1 Order online by
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