What: HIGHWAY 63, THE FORT MAC SHOW
Where: Passe Muraille Backspace.
When: Opens Tuesday, February 8 at 7:30 pm
Why: A show described as examining society’s relationship with the earth from the northern point of Highway 63 at the Athabasca Oil Sands. Produced by the provocative Theatre Passe Muraille and co-created by Father-Daughter duo Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, Layne Coleman. Hot button subject.
What: DIVISADERO- A PERFORMANCE
Where: Passe Muraille Mainspace.
When: Opens Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 8:00 pm
Why: Based on the book by Michael Ondaatje. About a family and a secret they hide. Produced by Necessary Angel alway intriguin. How they will actually translate Ondaatje’s book into a theatre performance. Strong cast. Justin Rutledge has composed and performs the music as well as portrays one of the characters.
What: ST. CARMEN OF THE MAIN
Where: at the Bluma Appel Theatre.
When: Opens Thursday, Feb. 10, at 8:00 pm
Why: Witten by Michel Tremblay about Carmen, a country and western singer who comes back to Montreal from Nashville to reacquaint herself with her seedy old haunts. This country is full of premiers of Canadian plays. Getting a second production is the challenge. This is only the second production in Toronto since 1977. It’s directed by Peter Hinton, a smart director.
What: THE SECRET GARDEN
Where: Royal Alexandra Theatre.
When: Opens Sunday, Feb. 13 at 2:00 pm
Why: A musical based on the beloved book by Florence Hodgson Burnett. A lonely orphan girl discovers a secret garden on the grounds of her uncle’s manor and all its surprises. Source material is a great yarn. It’s adapted for the stage by Marsha Norman who won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. This is a musical for kids as well s adults. I think that’s rare.
HIGHWAY 63: The Fort Mac Show plays at Passe Muraille Extra Space
DIVISADERO plays at Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
ST CARMEN OF THE MAIN plays at the Bluma Appel Theatre
THE SECRET GARDEN plays at the Royal Alexandra Theatre