C A N A D I A N S T A G E T H E A T R E
2013 - 2014 Season Opener: Venus In Fur A young actress is determined to land the lead in a new play based on
the classic erotic novel Venus in Furs. During her audition, she gets caught up in an electrifying game of cat and mouse with the director, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. The hottest ticket on Broadway
last year, this brilliant and unexpected showdown of the sexes was nominated for the Best Play Tony Award.
Sept. 29 - Oct. 27
Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre, 27 Front St. E. | Tickets: $24 - $69 Phone: 416 368-3110 or order online by clicking here
The Flood Thereafter A haunting reimagining of the story of Odysseus and his encounter with the sirens,
The Flood Thereafter
is set in a small fishing town in the Lower Saint-Lawrence region of Quebec. Every evening, 20-year old June (Ch'ng Lancaster) does an abrupt strip show in the gritty local bar as all the men of the town watch - and weep. Twenty years earlier, Homére (Matheson), a local fisherman, rescued a woman from the river, and soon after the entire male population fell in love with her. Now they are equally transfixed by her daughter, who could be the child of any one of them. The tide begins to turn when a young truck driver (MacDonald), temporarily blinded by an impossibly bright sun, pulls over and enters the bar.
In a revised translation by Nadine Desrochers, the play's naturalism is laced with a mythic, magical quality that is reflected on stage by set designer Yannik Larivee. Elements of the design are natural
and fantastical, invoking the feeling of a flood that has washed set pieces ashore or set them adrift. Larivee takes advantage of the height of the Berkeley Street Theatre stage with a 16 foot boat suspended from the
ceiling. The actors, who never leave the stage, bring the play to life with live sound effects created by sound designer and Foley artist John Gzowski that become more extreme as the plots evolves.
Sept. 22 - Oct. 6 Berkeley Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley St. | Admission: $22 Phone: 416 368-3110 or order online by clicking here
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The Norman Conquests - Table Manners
As seen from the dining room, a secretive dirty weekend away for the affable librarian Norman turns into a series of misunderstandings, trysts, and hilarious revelations when his wife unexpectedly arrives, asking
questions. A comic feast where chairs and food are scarce, but laughs are served aplenty.
Sept. 27 - Nov. 16
The Young Centre For The Performing Arts, Distillery District | Tickets: $32 - $51 Phone: 416 866-8666 or order online by clicking here The Norman Conquests - The Living Room Shifting the action to the living room, infidelity, changing stories, and confusion mean no one is relaxing with their feet up! As the fallout from Norman's opportunism spreads to
everyone in the house, the living room sparks with life, controversy, and love, all wrapped up in a bearskin rug. .
Sept. 28 - Nov. 16
The Young Centre For The Performing Arts, Distillery District | Tickets: $32 - $51 Phone: 416 866-8666 or order online by clicking here The Norman Conquests - Round And Round The Garden Hilarity makes its way outside! As the chaos associated with Norman's philandering rages inside the house, the garden provides a less than
ideal place for reflection and calm. In this brilliant third instalment, Norman gormlessly contemplates the moon, the stars, and his pyjamas, hoping for a joyous roll in the grass!
Sept. 28 - Nov. 16
The Young Centre For The Performing Arts, Distillery District | Tickets: $32 - $51 Phone: 416 866-8666 or order online by clicking here Farther West "You better move on, girl, better start moving, farther west!" With her father's advice ringing in her ears, prostitute May Buchanan moves steadily west
across gold-rush era Canada, pursued by two men obsessed with possessing her again. John Murrell (Waiting for the Parade, Soulpepper 2010) tells a sweeping tale of romance, independence, and fate, inspired by a true
story.
Mature content.
Oct. 11 - Nov. 9
The Young Centre For The Performing Arts, Distillery District | Tickets: $32 - $51 Phone: 416 866-8666 or order online by clicking here ________________________________ T A R R A G O N T H E A T R E 2013 - 2014 Season Opener: The Best Brothers The Best brothers' mother
dies in a freak accident at Toronto's Gay Pride Parade, crushed by a drunk drag queen. As they look to celebrate their mother, they wrestle with the most fundamental questions of love and family: who did Mom love more
and who gets the dog?
Sept. 17 - Oct. 27, 2013 Tarragon Theatre's Mainspace, 30 Bridgman Ave. | Tickets: $27 - $53 Phone: 416 531-1827 or order online
by clicking here
The Double Tarragon Theatre proudly presents TheatreRUN's The Double, an hilarious and innovative adaptation of
the Fyodor Dostoevsky novella of the same name.
When are you no longer yourself? The anxious government clerk Golyadkin is plagued by a stranger who looks just like him, but is more daring, romantic and brash.
This uncanny triangle between a neurotic, his doppelganger and a stand-up bass transports us to 19th century Russian high society and Golyadkin's labyrinthine search for his identity as he desperately attempts to fit in.
The Double
combines Dostoevsky's brilliant prose with physical theatre and original music to create a theatrical Molotov-cocktail filled with laughter and pathos. An exploration of alienation and paranoia, The Double
speaks to our own fragile hold on reality in a time when our identity is as fluid as our facebook and twitter profiles allow.
Oct. 23 - Nov. 24
Tarragon Theatre's Extraspace, 30 Bridgman Ave. | Tickets: $21 - $53 Phone: 416 531-1827 or order online 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 Anything Goes Winner of three 2011 Tony
Awards, including Best Musical Revival and Choreography, one of the greatest musicals in theatre history, Cole Porter's musical comedy is sailing to Toronto.
Starring critically-acclaimed actress Rachel York
as Reno Sweeney and directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. The New York Times calls it "MUSICAL-COMEDY JOY" and USA TODAY hails it as "GLORIOUS and EXHUBERANT!"
When the S.S.
American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love…proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing
sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Peppering this timeless classic are some of musical theatre's most memorable standards, including "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "You're the Top," and of
course, "Anything Goes."
July 17 - Aug. 18 Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W. | Tickets: $45 - $107 Click to order online
___________________________ F A C T O R Y T H E A T R E 2013 - 2014 Season Opener: The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble While making her mother's Everything-That-Is-Bad-For-You casserole, Iris struggles with life, family and the unwieldy laws of the universe. Beth Graham (co-creator of
the acclaimed Drowning Girls) has painted a heartbreaking but funny portrait of family in crisis..
Nov. 2 - Dec. 1, 2013
Factory Theatre Mainspace, 125 Bathurst St. | Tickets: $22 - $46 Phone: 416 504-9971 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 Once Upon A Murder Enjoy a fabulous meal from the new menu as
intrigue heightens around dessert time, where you meet some colourful characters. The plot thickens when somebody dies! A detective leads the investigation. The suspects are spread throughout the room, sitting right at
the tables with the guests. So, you get to participate and see if you can solve the mystery.
Guests celebrating Birthdays or Anniversaries can be included in the mystery. Be sure to mention the celebration when booking.
Indefinite run
Mysteriously Yours ... Mystery Bistro Theatre, 2026 Yonge St. (4 blocks S. of Eglinton) | Admission: Dinner and Show $40 - $71 (incl. tx. and gratuity) Phone: 416 486-7469 or 1-800-NOT-DEAD (668-3323) For upcoming shows and menu details please visit the Mysteriously Yours web site by
clicking here _______________________________ |
