Till Eulenspiegel - Humber

My school, Humber College's Birmingham Conservatory, has a fabulous production starting Saturday!
It's the 3rd Year performance student's production. They've been working so hard on this semester and I can't wait to see the preview tonight!

If you want to check it out, follow the information bellow.

Don't miss out on a fantastic performance!

Till Eulenspiegel (In the afterlife of Jerzy Kosinski) opens ON FRIDAY!

Reserve your tickets at humber.theatre@humber.ca

February 23,26,27,28, March 1 and 2 @ 7pm 
Matinees: February 24th and March 2nd at 2pm

Adults $15
Students/Seniors $10
Alumni $5

DON'T MISS IT!

With love,

Lisa Alves

Spent

A 2010 Dora Award-winner and a hit at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was originally produced by Theatre Smith-Gilmour, TheatreRUN and Why Not Theatre.

Well this play certainly has a great reputation already! Spent was created by four artists who are really impacting Canadian theatre; Dean Gilmour, Michele Smith, Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza. I might have a bias due to the fact that Gilmour was my Neutral Mask instructor last semester, but in all honesty this play was full of life and energy. 

The entirety of the play was intelligent and poetic while focusing on the greed that resulted in the recent financial crisis. Jain and Paolozza perform about 20 characters from around the world, all by themselves. The use of physical theatre was such a pleasure to watch and probably the best I've seen so far this year. 

This production was so well-paced and explored a great deal surrounding the economy within 70 minutes. 

I also want to highlight the music and the sound that this production used. The selection of songs added to the texture of the piece as well as the changing tones and pace. It was very satisfying. 

I highly recommend everyone to go see the show. The run ends on Friday February 22nd at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, so try an get your tickets at http://tickets.youngcentre.ca/single/psDetail.aspx?psn=6554

Theatre Smith-Gilmour
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Website http://www.theatresmithgilmour.com

TheatreRUN
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Why Not Theatre
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Website http://www.theatrewhynot.org

Ravi Jain
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Adam Paolozza
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With love,

Lisa Alves

The Penelopiad

I shimmied my way down, with my best friend Aline Madian, to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre to see Nightwood Theatre's production of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad last month. And let me tell you, if you didn't see this piece of theatre YOU MISSED OUT BIG TIME.

The entire performance had me enthralled! I don't know whether if it was the performances by the amazing ensemble, which included Meagan Follows and Kelli Fox, or if it was Atwood's beautiful words, or if it was the design, or if it was something completely separate. I'm sure it was a combination of all the above, but whatever it was I was thoroughly amazed. 

I love the Greeks and this story of Penelope allowed me to fall in love with the ancient civilization a bit more. Atwood truly got the Greeks sense of story telling down pat and she didn't let down.

The ensemble was brilliant. Through song, movement and acting the 13 women were on their game from beginning to end. It was such a pleasure to see the physical theatre intertwined with song. The performances that blew me away specifically were Follows' and Fox's. I can't see anyone else more suitable to play the role as Penelope after seeing Follows do such a knock out job (did I mention this was the second time she played the role?). Fox's performance as Odysseus and as the maid was mind blowing. She was a man one minute full of testosterone, and the next she was a suffering maid! Pfffft! She was perfection. 

The whole ensemble was supported each other and even though it was Penelope's story, it was the maid's story as well.

I wish I could have seen it more than the one time I saw it, but I'm a student so alas my pockets couldn't handle that. But if I could have, I would have. 

Nightwood Theatre 
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Website http://www.nightwoodtheatre.net

Buddies in Bad Times
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Margaret Atwood
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With love,

Lisa Alves

The Body of Body 13

I recently saw a production by MT Space, a theatre company devoted to developing inter-cultural forms and practices in performance & to producing and presenting theatre that reflects our diversity. They are based in Kitchener, Ontario and travel to Toronto occasionally to show the big city what's going on. The production was called Body 13 and was performed at the Passe Muraille. 

The piece was created through devised theatre and explored the theme of human sexuality. The story was interesting to follow intertwining three couples' relationships. The stories were enhanced by the physical theatre aspect they incorporated. The movement base of the performance was well structured and wonderful to witness because it gave a different angle views to the stories being told by the individual characters. 

The piece's technical and design side was impeccable and really drew me in to the story because it add such a clear tone and texture to the story. It really helped the piece of theatre come to life and support the journey the story was taking.

The run has unfortunately ended, but if you are ever in the Kitchener area and want to check them out here's their website http://www.mtspace.ca and their twitter https://twitter.com/theMTspace

With love,
Lisa Alves

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