Openings & Closings – Week of March 13
OPENINGS
These are the shows that are opening in Toronto the week of March 13, 2017.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, Mirvish
It’s London, 1937, and recently widowed eccentric is looking for a way of spending her time and money when her attention falls on a rundown former cinema in Great Windmill Street.
At the Royal Alexandra Theatre, closes April 23
THREE SISTERS, Wolf Manor Theatre Collective
A re-imagining of the classic—a sweeping exploration of vanquished desire, family, death—in a gender-fluid dreamscape.
At Kensington Hall, closes March 26
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
ASYLUM, Theatre TOnight
In a world that rejects vulnerability, how can we learn to embrace our shame and empathize with other people? Twenty performers create the emotional landscape of a person who was sexually abused as a child and illustrate a lonely/shared journey of healing.
At Berkeley Street Rehearsal Hall, closes March 19
TRIGONOMETRY, timeshare productions
Gabriella wants action. Jackson wants a scholarship. Susan wants a family. Three disparate people find themselves bound together by desire, destiny, and a few scandalous photos.
At Factory Theatre Studio, closes March 25
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
THE ORANGE DOT, Theatrefront
Two city workers are called to take down a large tree blighted with termites. The vehicle they’re meant to use is stuck in traffic, so they are left waiting… armed with their cellphones, a stethoscope, an ancient arrowhead, a soupçon of boredom, and a large dose of existential dread about what the world is coming to.
At Streetcar Crowsnest, closes April 1
CLOSINGS
These are the shows that are closing in Toronto the week of March 13, 2017.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
CIRKOPOLIS, Sony Centre/Canadian Stage
Eleven multi-talented performers rebel against the monotony of a dark mechanical city in this production by world circus phenomenon Cirque Éloize.
At Bluma Appel Theatre
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, Young People’s Theatre
The rollicking musical version of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s classic.
At Young People’s Theatre
SUNDAY, MARCH 19
ASYLUM, Theatre TOnight
In a world that rejects vulnerability, how can we learn to embrace our shame and empathize with other people? Twenty performers create the emotional landscape of a person who was sexually abused as a child and illustrate a lonely/shared journey of healing.
At Berkeley Street Rehearsal Hall
PEACE RIVER COUNTRY, Tarragon Theatre
How does a traditional Christian family living off the land in rural Alberta gain a national reputation as violent eco-terrorists?
At Tarragon Theatre
PROOF, Theatre Unblocked
A young woman put her academic career on hold to look after her father, a once-famous mathematician. Now that he no longer needs her care, she considers returning to mathematics herself, but is haunted by the question: how much of her father’s madness—or genius—has she inherited?
At Red Sandcastle Theatre
iPhoto caption: Vancouver’s Third Beach. Photos courtesy of Sarah Afful
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