Heads up for the week of Oct. 11-17, 2021.

by Lynn on October 11, 2021

in The Passionate Playgoer

Tuesday, Oct. 12- 24,  2021.

TransAmerican Multi-arts Festival ‘Caminos’

This is a wonderful festival.

ALUNA THEATRE ANNOUNCES 4TH ITERATION OF TRANSAMERICAN MULTI-ARTS FESTIVAL ‘CAMINOS’  – In partnership with Native Earth Performing Arts and Factory Theatre, CAMINOS 2021 will present a combination of digital and live performance/installations featuring 32 projects involving the work of over 100 artists, as well as a series of in-depth conversations about performance from across the Americas from October 12-24, 2021.

Since its first iteration in 2015, CAMINOS has become an important platform for diversity and inclusion in Toronto’s theatre community. This year the festival looks to broaden its reach across the country and continue to provide opportunities for artists of diverse backgrounds to showcase and develop their works alongside a supportive community.

Aluna’s TransAmerican vision is a tapestry of cultures, backgrounds, and the identities of the many diasporic communities that all live, breathe, work and create on this land. The works-in-process that will be featured as part of this year’s line-up expand across a variety of mediums, languages and communities, and each provides a uniquely immersive experience for its audience.

“CAMINOS was envisioned as a platform that would allow artists to explore and experiment; dismantle eurocentric performance traditions; devise their own way of telling stories; develop new creation processes that speak to who they are; create presenting opportunities for artists; and create bridges between artists and their communities.

The artists this year challenge our perceptions of what, how, for whom, and with whom we create through theatre, dance, performance, photography, installations, and digital explorations. From stories that begin here in our neighborhoods all the way to the south of the continent, artists explore the many languages of love, gender and identities.” – Beatriz Pizano, Artistic Director

Full programming available at caminos.ca

Tuesday, Oct. 12-17,  2021

Finding Home

From Theatre Direct

For school runs and for public runs.

CLOWN, LIVE MUSIC AND PUPPETS AT FINDING HOME!
A hilarious and heartfelt new “salmon-y” site-specific show staged overlooking the Humber River–home to the annual salmon run–from Animacy Theatre Collective!

Theatre Direct is so excited to present Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River created by Alex Simpson and Morgan Johnson and directed by Rebecca Northan (Blind Date, Canadian Comedy Award and Dora Award winner).

School Run:
Tuesday October 12 to Friday October 15, 2021 
10am | 2pm 

Public Run:

Saturday October 16 and Sunday October 17, 2021
10am | 2pm

All shows including school bookings are FREE!
RESERVE A SPOT FOR YOUR FAMILY
BOOK A SCHOOL SHOW

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. 6:00 pm EDT.

Playwrights Canada Press

Press Play Reading Series

Join Playwrights Canada Press in a showcase of readings from newly published playwrights and translators! Featuring Olivier Sylvestre and Bobby Theodore (The Law of Gravity), Marie-Claude Verdier and Alexis Diamond (Andy’s Gone), Andrea Mapili & Byron Abalos (Through the Bamboo), and Cat Walsh (Do This In Memory of Me).

Register to attend here.

Saturday Oct. 16 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 matinee

FOLLIES IN CONCERT

Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music.

SEASON GALA: Follies in Concert

October 16, 2021 | 8:00 PM

BUY TICKETS

  • Starting at: $99.00
  • Venue: Koerner Hall
  • Series: Special Performances
  • Genre: Jazz, Pop
  • Presenter: The Royal Conservatory

Season Gala: Follies in Concert

Starring Cynthia Dale, Ma-Anne Dionisio, Eric McCormack, and Marcus Nance
with Jenni Burke, Mary Lou Fallis, Denise Fergusson, Lorraine Foreman, Ben Heppner, Roger Honeywell, Charlotte Moore, Jackie Richardson, and Avery Saltzman and featuring Gabriel Antonacci, Tess Benger, Katelyn Bird, Andrew Broderick, and Kimberly-Ann Truong


Marcus Nance, Ben
Cynthia Dale, Phyllis
Eric McCormack, Buddy
Ma-Anne Dionisio, Sally
Charlotte Moore, Carlotta
Jackie Richardson, Stella
Lorraine Foreman, Hattie
Denise Fergusson, Solange
Jenni Burke, Emily
Avery Saltzman, Theodore
Roger Honeywell, Roscoe
Ben Heppner, Dmitri
Mary Lou Fallis, Heidi
Andrew Broderick, Young Ben
Tess Benger, Young Phyllis
Gabriel Antonacci, Young Buddy
Kimberly-Ann Truong, Young Sally
Katelyn Bird, Young Heidi
 
Book by James Goldman
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Richard Ouzounian
Music Director Paul Sportelli
Designer Nick Blais
Choreography by Genny Sermonia
Produced originally on Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
By special arrangements with Cameron Mackintosh and Music Theatre International

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