Openings & Closings – Week of June 12
OPENINGS
These are the shows that are opening the week of June 12, 2017.
TUESDAY, JUNE 13
JUDAS NOIR, BDB Productions
This story follows the court trial of Judas Iscariot, the disciple notoriously known for betraying Jesus Christ. While this case gets unravelled, parallels are drawn between the persecution of the Jewish People (during this archaic time), and Black citizens of today.
At Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, closes June 18
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
LUMINATO FESTIVAL, Luminato
Toronto’s international multi-arts, multi-platform festival dedicated to performance, visual art, music, theatre, dance, and programming that cuts across traditional art form boundaries.
At various locations around the city, closes June 25
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
THE CHANGELING, Stratford Festival
A woman hires a hit man to murder her fiancé, only to become trapped in a web of lust and deceit. All the suspense of a film noir thriller, in a drama by contemporaries of Shakespeare.
At the Stratford Festival, closes September 23
PRIVATE LIVES, Pure Carbon Theatre
A separated couple, while on vacation at a tropical resort with their new partners, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms. This play examines the crazy things we do for love and the necessary role that sex, and sexual compatibility, play in our relationships.
At Kensington Hall, closes June 18
FRIDAY, JUNE 16
BAKKHAI, Stratford Festival
Awakening savage frenzy in the women of Thebes, the god of wine, ecstasy and fertility lays bare the duality of our natures: that each of us, no matter how civilized, has a wild beast within.
At the Stratford Festival, closes September 23
MORRO & JASP IN STUPEFACTION, Kabin/U.N.I.T Productions
United in their awe, Morro and Jasp attempt to craft the rules of a new faith, but come up against each other’s ideas of what or who they are worshipping. This turns clown against clown and forces the sisters to ask—can anyone ever truly tell someone else what is worth believing in?
At Streetcar Crowsnest, closes June 24
SATURDAY, JUNE 19
CONFEDERATION – PART I: CONFEDERATION & RIEL, VideoCabaret
The era of Confederation in four tragicomic one-act plays, presented in two parts. Confederation – John A. Macdonald masterminds the deal-making that leads to the fireworks on July 1, 1867. In a Montreal hotbed of anti-confederationists, Wilfrid Laurier meets Louis Riel. Riel – Macdonald plans to turn the west into one big Ontario. Riel and Métis leaders collide with surveyors, and religious radicals plot terror; Laurier is spurred to act on his multi-cultural and secular ideals.
At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, closes August 19
SUNDAY, JUNE 18
LESSONS IN TEMPERAMENT, Outside the March
James Smith tunes pianos in various public and private spaces throughout Toronto while exploring the concept of equal temperament as well as his three older brothers’ mental illnesses: obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, and schizophrenia. Smith attempts to grant balance to the instrument that has both kept him grounded and kept him company throughout his life.
At various secret locations around the city, closes June 28
CLOSINGS
These are the shows that are closing the week of June 12, 2017.
SUNDAY, JUNE 18
THE JAZZ SINGER, Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company
The classic show business story of a son’s struggle between his passion for a Broadway career, and his father’s plans to have him follow in his footsteps as a cantor.
At the Greenwin Theatre
JUDAS NOIR, BDB Productions
This story follows the court trial of Judas Iscariot, the disciple notoriously known for betraying Jesus Christ. While this case gets unravelled, parallels are drawn between the persecution of the Jewish People (during this archaic time), and Black citizens of today.
At Tarragon Theatre Extraspace
LES MISÉRABLES, Theatre Smith-Gilmour
A call to arms against corruption. It’s a drama about love and change, celebrating the beauty of thinking and reflecting, the beauty of revolution, and sacrifice for a better world. A workshop presentation.
At Factory Studio Theatre
PRIVATE LIVES, Pure Carbon Theatre
A separated couple, while on vacation at a tropical resort with their new partners, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms. This play examines the crazy things we do for love and the necessary role that sex, and sexual compatibility, play in our relationships.
At Kensington Hall
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