Openings & Closings – Week of June 5

/ Jun 5, 2017

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OPENINGS

These are the shows that are opening the week of June 5, 2017.

MONDAY, JUNE 5

INDIE 6IX PLAYWRIGHT’S FESTIVAL, The Storefront Theatre

Six playwrights have spent the past year developing and workshopping new plays, and their residency culminates in a full week of staged readings.

At the Storefront Studio Theatre, closes June 10

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7

QUEER PRIDE 2017, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

A festival of queer theatre, comedy, cabaret, art, music, and parties that showcases our community’s unstoppable spirit.

At Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, closes June 25

SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, Mirvish Productions

A new musical is born at every performance, each created on the spot by the acclaimed musical comedians the Showstoppers. Audience suggestions are transformed instantly into all-singing, all-dancing shows with unpredictable and hilarious results.

At the Panasonic Theatre, closes June 25

FRIDAY, JUNE 9

LES MISÉRABLES, Theatre Smith-Gilmour

A call to arms against corruption. It’s a drama about love and change, celebrating the beauty of thinking and reflecting, the beauty of revolution, and sacrifice for a better world. A workshop presentation.

At Factory Studio Theatre, closes June 18

SAFE WORDS FESTIVAL, safeword theatre

Four plays. Two days. One winner. A festival committed to the development and production of new Canadian plays that embrace controversial subject matter and provoke social and philosophical discussion.

At Tarragon Theatre Workspace, ends June 10

CLOSINGS

These are the shows that are closing the week of June 5, 2017.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

INDIE 6IX PLAYWRIGHT’S FESTIVAL, The Storefront Theatre

Six playwrights have spent the past year developing and workshopping new plays, and their residency culminates in a full week of staged readings.

At the Storefront Studio Theatre

INSPIRATO FESTIVAL, Theatre inspiraTO

A festival showcasing the ten-minute plays of twenty-four playwrights from around the globe whose works address what it means to “grow up.” The plays are grouped into four shows—six plays per show, sixty minutes per show, and each show has a sub-theme.

At Alumnae Theatre

NO BOMBS ON MONDAYS (OR, THE DANDELION QUEEN), commonplacetheatre

In a war-torn city, a girl named Lucy is desperate to uncover the secret tactics of a violent rebel group. Her childhood friend Marcel grapples with the decision to turn her in. Amidst a backdrop of daily explosions and endless dread, two youths turn on each other, hungry for the innocence that was stolen from them.

At the Collective Space (221 Sterling Road)

ROPE RUNNING OUT, lemonTree creations

The ties of Nacio and Félix’s love have begun to fray. Evolution is necessary for their non-physical sexual partnership – but something holds Nacio back. When a footloose drifter from his past appears, Nacio must make a decision: stay bound to the world he knows or let go completely.

At lemonTree {studio}