Heads up for the week of Oct. 9-15, 2023.
INFLUENCED
Oct. 12, 13, 14.
At Sweet Action Theatre, 180 Shaw St. Toronto, Ont.
Written and performed by Sam Chaulk
Buffon clown show about our addiction to the internet, social media etc.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/influenced-sweet-action-theatre-tickets-710228531657?aff=oddtdtcreator
Jonas and Barry in the Home
Plays until Oct. 14
Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ont.
Written by Norm Foster
Directed by Mary Francis Moore
Two men of a certain age, meet in a seniors home and become friends.
Sweet and funny.
ONCE
Plays until Oct. 22
Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, Ont.
Book by Enda Walsh; Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.
Directed and choreographed by Julie Tomaino
Guy and Girl meet when he is busking on the street. She needs her vacuum cleaner fixed. It doesn’t suck. He fixes it. They fall in love. It’s not that simple. Wonderful production.
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Plays until Oct. 29
Streetcar Crowsnest, Studio
Written by Will Arbery
Directed by Philip Akin
A group of right-wing Christian Americans, talk about issues, politics, religion, one upping each other. They vary from confused to self-righteous and frightening. A bristling, unsettling play. Should be seen.
Wildwoman
Oct. 5-Oct. 29. OPENS OCT. 12
Soulpepper, Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
Written and directed by Kat Sandler
Wild Women through history.
(Everyone I Love Has) A Terrible Fate (Befall Them)
Oct. 10- Nov. 4. OPENS Oct. 12.
VideoCabaret’s Deanne Taylor Theatre, 10 Busy St.
Written and performed by Cliff Cardinal
Directed by Karin Randoja
About life, death and what’s in between.
It’s by Cliff Cardinal. You show up.
Goblin: Macbeth
Oct. 12- Oct. 28
At the Studio Theatre, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ont.
Written by Rebecca Northan and Bruce Horak
Directed by Rebecca Northan
Three goblins stumble onto the works of William Shakespeare and mayhem and brilliance ensues.
www.stratfordfestival.ca
Bittergirl (The Musical)
Playing until Dec. 24
St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre, St. Jacobs, Ont.
By Annabel Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence, Mary Francis Moore
Directed by Mary Francis Moore
Three women lament and sing about the men who dumped them and left them bitter, the trials and tribulations and recovery.
Everybody will relate.