theatre guide may/june 2014

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Legend: Play | Musical | Comedy | Young Audience THEATRE > A GOD IN NEED OF HELP Apr 23 – May 25 1606 and Europe is at war over God. Venice’s four strongest men are charged with transporting a holy painting across the Alps to Prague. On their way, they are set upon by Protestant zealots—their escape is attributed to a miracle. Through this mystery Sean Dixon chal- lenges the role of faith at the dawn of the Age of Reason. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416.531.1827; tarragontheatre.com A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM May 1 – May 17 Something familiar, something peculiar – some- thing for everyone: A comedy tonight! Crazy schemes and mistaken identities abound in this side-splitting musical farce. Scarborough Music Theatre, Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 416.267.9292; theatrescarborough.com A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY May 1 – May 10 Married to a rich landowner, the beautiful but headstrong Natalya Petrovna is bored with life. To amuse herself, she keeps a family friend, Mikhail, on a string. But the arrival of the handsome young student, Alexey, to tutor her son, gets her heart racing. Amicus Productions, Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery Rd. 416.860.6176; amic- usproductions.ca A NUMBER Apr 23 – May 4 A physiological thriller blending scientific speculation with a stunning portrait of the relation- ship between fathers and their sons. A tense dissection of nature versus nurture and a warning to be careful what you wish for. Cart/ Horse Theatre, The Downstage, 798 Danforth Ave. playwrightproject.com A SPIRIT’S FACE Jun 3 – Jun 13 A tortured Aboriginal social worker asks the love of his troubled life to breach her professional ethics. Neither of them can predict the cell-changing impacts of her decision and his equally unexpected words: mask’s off. Spider- bones Performing Arts, Aki Studio Theatre, 585 Dundas St. E.1.800.204.0855; aspiritsface.blogspot.ca ANGELS IN AMERICA – MILLENNIUM APPROACHES Jun 12 – Jul 12 Part I Encompassing the lives of seven individuals as they negotiate New York City during the AIDS crisis that wracked the world in the 1980s, Kushner looks to a deeply human series of reactions to a seemingly indiscriminate epidemic, and offers spiritual outlet for the redemption and reclamation of their souls. Mature content. Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Center for the Per- forming Arts, 50 Tank House Ln. 416.866.8666; soulpepper.ca ANGELS IN AMERICA – PERESTROIKA Jun 13 – Jul 12 Part II In this stunning finale Kushner brings an other-worldly, angelic presence to protagonist Prior Walter as he and his fellow suffer- ers negotiate how their lives will either progress or end. Palliative THEATRE GUIDE Toronto’s OFFICIAL GUIDE to Theatre, Dance and Opera MAY JUNE 2014 Vol. 9 No. 11 ALSO INSIDE: Show Listings | Venue Map | What’s Hot? TOTIX.CA 2014 SUMMER THEATRE SERIES Jul 4 - Aug 23 Sit back and relax this summer as we spin a few yarns filled with giggles, gasps and glee! The 2014 Summer Theatre Series at the Rose Theatre Brampton is all about variety, featuring performances of Billy Bishop Goes To War, Sleuth, Drinking Alone and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Subscribe to a whole summer of entertainment for only $115! Rose Theatre Brampton (1 Theatre Lane) 905.874.2800; www.rosetheatre.ca  LUMINATO FESTIVAL Jun 6 – Jun 15 Luminato Festival is Toronto’s interna- tional multi-arts festival for people open to having art change their outlook on the world. For 10 days each June, Luminato Festival transforms Toronto’s theatres, parks and public spaces with hundreds of events celebrating theatre, dance, music, literature, food, visual arts, magic, and more. Various venues; 416-368-4849; luminatofestival.com SIXTEEN SCANDALS Feb 4 - Jul 12 The Second City’s hilarious and daring new sketch comedy revue strips away all pretenses, and examines our collective fascination with political train wrecks, red-carpet meltdowns, and other pop-cultural obsessions. NOW Magazine calls it “Second City’s funniest revue in ages”. The Second City (51 Mercer St.) 416.343.0011; secondcity.com What’s HOT? The Theatre Guide is designed by CMANGO DESIGN and published by Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). Listings are sponsored by NOW Magazine.

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Page 1: Theatre Guide May/June 2014

Legend: Play | Musical | Comedy | Young Audience

THEATRE >

A GOD IN NEED OF HELP Apr 23 – May 25 1606 and Europe is at war over God. Venice’s four strongest men are charged with transporting a holy painting across the Alps to Prague. On their way, they are set upon by Protestant zealots—their escape is attributed to a miracle. Through this mystery Sean Dixon chal-lenges the role of faith at the dawn of the Age of Reason. Tarragon

Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416.531.1827; tarragontheatre.com

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM May 1 – May 17 Something familiar, something peculiar – some-thing for everyone: A comedy tonight! Crazy schemes and mistaken identities abound in this side-splitting musical farce. Scarborough Music Theatre, Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston

Rd. 416.267.9292; theatrescarborough.com

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY May 1 – May 10 Married to a rich landowner, the beautiful but headstrong Natalya Petrovna is bored with life. To amuse herself, she keeps a family friend, Mikhail, on a string. But the arrival of the handsome young student, Alexey, to tutor her son, gets her heart racing. Amicus Productions, Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery Rd. 416.860.6176; amic-

usproductions.ca

A NUMBER Apr 23 – May 4 A physiological thriller blending scientific speculation with a stunning portrait of the relation-ship between fathers and their sons. A tense dissection of nature versus nurture and a warning to be careful what you wish for. Cart/

Horse Theatre, The Downstage, 798 Danforth Ave. playwrightproject.com

A SPIRIT’S FACE Jun 3 – Jun 13 A tortured Aboriginal social worker asks the love of his troubled life to breach her professional ethics. Neither of them can predict the cell-changing impacts of her decision and his equally unexpected words: mask’s off. Spider-

bones Performing Arts, Aki Studio Theatre, 585 Dundas St. E.1.800.204.0855;

aspiritsface.blogspot.ca

ANGELS IN AMERICA – MILLENNIUM APPROACHES Jun

12 – Jul 12 Part I Encompassing the lives of seven individuals as they negotiate New York City during the AIDS crisis that wracked the world in the 1980s, Kushner looks to a deeply human series of reactions to a seemingly indiscriminate epidemic, and offers spiritual outlet for the redemption and reclamation of their souls. Mature content. Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Center for the Per-

forming Arts, 50 Tank House Ln. 416.866.8666; soulpepper.ca

ANGELS IN AMERICA – PERESTROIKA Jun 13 – Jul 12 Part II In this stunning finale Kushner brings an other-worldly, angelic presence to protagonist Prior Walter as he and his fellow suffer-ers negotiate how their lives will either progress or end. Palliative

THEATRE GUIDEToronto’s OffICIAl GuIDE to Theatre, Dance and Opera

MAYJuNE2014

Vol. 9 No. 11

ALSO INSIDE:

Show listings | Venue Map | What’s Hot?

totix.ca

2014 Summer TheaTre SerieS Jul 4 - Aug 23

Sit back and relax this summer as we spin a few yarns filled with giggles, gasps and glee! The 2014 Summer Theatre Series at the Rose Theatre Brampton is all about

variety, featuring performances of Billy Bishop Goes To War, Sleuth, Drinking Alone and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Subscribe to a whole summer of entertainment for only $115!

Rose Theatre Brampton (1 Theatre Lane) 905.874.2800; www.rosetheatre.ca

 

LuminaTo FeSTivaLJun 6 – Jun 15

luminato festival is Toronto’s interna-tional multi-arts festival for people open to having art change their outlook on the world. for 10 days each June, luminato festival transforms Toronto’s

theatres, parks and public spaces with hundreds of events celebrating theatre, dance, music, literature, food, visual arts, magic, and more.

Various venues; 416-368-4849; luminatofestival.com

SiXTeen SCanDaLS Feb 4 - Jul 12

The Second City’s hilarious and daring new sketch comedy revue strips away all pretenses, and examines our collective fascination with political train wrecks,

red-carpet meltdowns, and other pop-cultural obsessions. NOW Magazine calls it “Second City’s funniest revue in ages”.

The Second City (51 Mercer St.) 416.343.0011; secondcity.com

What’s HOT?

The Theatre Guide is designed by CMANGO DESIGN and published by Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). listings are sponsored by NOW Magazine.

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confessions, realizations, and declarations of faith give way to hope for the future and a lesson in humanity. Mature content. Soul-

pepper Theatre Company, Young Center for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank

House Ln. 416.866.8666; soulpepper.ca

BEATRICE & VIRGIL Apr 12 – May 11 Horrific truths, buried in layers of history are unearthed through fact, art and imagination when Henry visits a taxidermist. An innovative stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s controversial but critically acclaimed novel. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St. 416.504.9971; factorytheatre.ca

BELLEVILLE Apr 7 - May 4 The Company Theatre in association with Canadian Stage presents Belleville by Amy Herzog, directed by Jason Byrne. A darkly truthful parable of a generation struggling under the pressures of success and entitlement, this production stars Allan Hawco, Christine Horne, Dalmar Abuzeid & Marsha Regis. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St. The Company Theatre,

416.368.3110; companytheatre.ca

BINGO May 3 – Jun 1 five 40-something friends reconnect at their 30th high school reunion and all hell breaks loose in this rockin’ and rollin’ romantic comedy. A play about wasted days and wasted nights. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St. 416 504.9971; factorytheatre.ca

BUSINESS AS USUAL Apr 17 - May 18 A once-successful corpora-tion is flying off the rails: the employees are running wild and the execs are drowning in the turbulent waves of their own excess. To the outside world, all is as it should be, but behind closed doors, a noose is tightening, tensions are rising, and the coffee pot is overflowing. ZOU Theatre Company, Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. W.

416.538.0988; 3shows.ca

COLD COMFORT Apr 24 – May 4 Kevin Toner returns to Belfast after a 15-year absence, determined to have a conversation with his father that will leave no stone unturned. There’s only one problem. His father is dead. And lying in a coffin in the front room. Fly on the Wall Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave., 416.531.1827;

flyonthewalltheatre.ca

COMPANY Jun 26 – Jul 13 Company centres on Robert, a single man unable to commit to a steady relationship, the married couples who are his best friends, and his three on-again, off-again girlfriends. Set in upper-middle class Manhattan and told through a series of vignettes, each character and scene is linked to the cel-ebration of Bobby’s 35th birthday. Theatre 20, Berkeley Street Theatre,

26 Berkeley St. 416.847.6327; theatre20.com

CONTRACTIONS May 8 – May 25 A ruthless office manager grills an employee about a policy breach in this dark comedy. Red One Theatre Collective, The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor St. W.

redonetheatre.com

DEATH MARRIED MY DAUGHTER Apr 17 – May 18 Shakespeare’s Desdemona and Ophelia come back from the swamps of death.

Resurrected by their desire to expose the “abusers” and “murder-ers”, they revel in denouncing “Man”; they destroy, with delight, the established values of a Man’s society. Play It Again Productions, The

Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street W. 416.538.0988; 3shows.ca

HACKERLOVE Apr 30 – May 11 A theatrical fantasy inspired by Bradley Manning and Adrian lamo that imagines a queer love affaire between two fictional characters in the midst of the 2010 Wikileaks scandal. This poetic experiment in fictional history asks what happens when gay love and national security collide. Cabaret

Company, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. 416.975.8555;

buddiesinbadtimes.com

LES PRECIEUSES RIDICULES Apr 23 - May 10 In Théâtre français de Toronto’s production, this Molière classic is given a modern and musical setting that reverberates in today’s world, where a book is often judged by its cover. Le Théâtre français de Toronto, Berkeley Street

Theatre, 26 Berkeley St. 416.534.6604; theatrefrancais.com

LUMINATO FESTIVAL Jun 6 – Jun 15 luminato festival is Toronto’s international multi-arts festival for people open to hav-ing art change their outlook on the world. for 10 days each June, luminato festival transforms Toronto’s theatres, parks and public spaces with hundreds of events celebrating theatre, dance, music, literature, food, visual arts, magic, and more. Luminato Festival, Various Venues, 416.368.4849; luminatofestival.com

MIES JULIE May 6 – May 10 Eighteen years after the end of apart-heid, the white daughter of a landowner and the black son of her father’s servant wage love and war in the kitchen of a desolated South African farmstead. Yael Farber/Baxter Theatre Centre, Harbourfront

Centre, Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416.973.4342;

harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage/miesjulie/

OF HUMAN BONDAGE Apr 15 – May 17 A broken man. A damaged woman. An impossible love. Considered one of the greatest novels ever written, Of Human Bondage is an epic tale of loss, lust, obses-sion, and the pursuit of beauty in a world dominated by war, greed, and poverty. Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Center for the Perform-

ing Arts, 50 Tank House Ln. 416.866.8666; soulpepper.ca

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OF SHAPES TRANSFORMED BY LOVE May 7 – May 18 Inspired in part by the stories of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Of Shapes Trans-formed by love explores how the human heart can grow wild through the lens of the magical. Aim for the Tangent Theatre, Majlis Art

Garden, 63 Walnut Ave. aimforthetangent.com

OLD MAN AND THE RIVER May 15 – May 18 A grumpy old man lives in his little house in the woods. Every day is the same and he likes it this way. One day, something very special occurs, a magical creature leaps into his world and everything changes! Theatre Direct

Canada, Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Ave. weefestival.ca

PAPER SONG Apr 29 – May 11 Paper Song is a whimsical new play for children and families, combining a traditional Japanese folktale with an original story of a young mouse and her grandfather as they struggle against an oppressive goblin that has enslaved the inhabitants of their village. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front St. E.

416.862.2222; youngpeoplestheatre.ca

RALPH + LINA Apr 17 – May 18 A rough and tumble romance fol-lowing the struggles of two Italian lovers in the face of war, immi-gration and old age. Drawing on family history, an award winning team of artists create an acrobatic comedy that radically reinvents the modern melodrama. Ahuri Theatre, Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St

W. 416.538.0988; 3shows.ca

SIxTEEN SCANDALS Feb 4 - Jul 12 The Second City invites you to take break from obsessively updating your news-feed, and join us for an evening of laughter with a room full of real live humans. Together, we’ll as strip away all pretenses, and unmask the true motivations behind our unhealthy fascination with political train wrecks, media fiascoes, and red-carpet meltdowns. The Second City,

51 Mercer St. 416.343.0011; secondcity.com

SOLICITING TEMPTATION Apr 1 – May 4 In a sweaty and sticky hotel room, a Western man and a young woman meet for sex. Somewhere between the reality and the fantasy, the sex becomes talk and the talk becomes dangerous. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman

Ave. 416.531.1827; tarragontheatre.com

STARS OF DAVID May 10 – Jun 1 A musical adaptation of Abigail Pogrebin’s best-selling book, Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish. This Canadian Premiere musical, conceived by Aaron Harnick, is a snapshot of Jewish identity told through interviews with some of America’s most recognizable public figures, including: Gloria Steinem, leonard Nimoy etc. Harold Green

Jewish Theatre Company and Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto Centre for The

Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 1.855.985.2787; hgjewishtheatre.com

SULTANS OF THE STREET Apr 28 – May 15 four children from dif-ferent social classes – two with the desire to purchase better kites, two with the simple wish to attend school – are trapped in a world of begging on the streets of Kolkata, India. Young People’s Theatre,

165 Front St. E. 416.862.2222; youngpeoplestheatre.ca

THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY Monday nights The Second City Touring Company comes home to Toronto for an unforget-table night of classic and original sketch comedy and trademark improvisation. featuring the next generation of talent, The Best of The Second City delivers some of our funniest material from the past fifty years, as well as wild unpredictable laughs inspired by the audience’s suggestions. The Second City, 51 Mercer St. 416.343.0011;

secondcity.com

THE GIGLI CONCERT Mar 28 – May 16 The services of self-titled “Dynamatologist” JPW King, an Englishman living in Dublin, are retained by a mysterious Irish building contractor who wants to sing like the famed operatic tenor Beniamino Gigli. Soulpepper

Theatre Company, Young Center for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Ln.

416.866.8666; soulpepper.ca

THE GOD THAT COMES Jun 3 – Jun 29 Created and performed by Canadian sensation Hawksley Workman, The God That Comes is wine-soaked rock and roll theatre at its most Bacchanal. Created and performed by Canadian sensation Hawksley Workman, The God That Comes is wine-soaked rock and roll theatre at its most Bacchanal. 2b theatre company, Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave.

416.531.1827; tarragontheatre.com

THE MEMO Apr 27 – May 10 A satire about bureaucratic bumbling in business, THE MEMO is an absurdist parody that proves just how inefficient efficiency can be. A smart comedy for anyone who has ever worked in an office or battled bureaucracy. The Cana-dian premiere of a new translation of Havel’s classic play. Thought

For Food Productions, Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin St. 1.800.838.3006;

thought4food.ca

THE ROAD TO MECCA Apr 30 – May 28 In an archly conservative village in Apartheid - Era South Africa, an elderly white woman has turned her house and yard into a highly personal and unorthodox work of art with contentious results. Soulpepper Theatre Company, 50

Tank House Ln. Distillery Historic District; 416.866.8666; soulpepper.ca

THE SPEEDY May 15 – May 18 In this world premiere, unSpun Theatre constructs a performance installation to tell the story

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of The HMS Speedy, a schooner that sank in our very own lake Ontario some 200 years ago, and the lives, secrets and injustices that went down with it. In this strange, yet true, story of shipwreck, murder and magic, you’ll be immersed in a surprising emblem of contemporary Toronto, and a history you didn’t even know it had. UnSpun Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay

W. 416.973.4342; harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage/thespeedy/

TRUDEAU AND THE FLQ Mar 27 – May 3 As the centenary of Canada’s Confederation approaches, Quebec separatists crank up the violence. On a stage lit by terrorist bombings, Profes-sor Trudeau pirouettes to power. VideoCabaret, Young Centre for the

Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Ln. Distillery Historic District. 416.866.8666;

soulpepper.ca

TWELEVE ANGERY MEN Jun 11 – Jul 19 The fate of a young man accused of murdering his own father lies in the hands of twelve strangers crowded into an oppressively hot, claustrophobic delib-eration room. A single dissenting voice rings out “not guilty” planting the seed of reasonable doubt and unraveling what was seemingly an open-and-shut case. Tempers flare and human nature is tested in this classic jury-room drama. Soulpepper Theatre, Young Centre for the

Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Ln. Distillery Historic District. 416.866.8666;

soulpepper.ca

VINEGAR TOM Apr 23 – May 4 Originally created for the femin-ist collective Monstrous Regiment, Vinegar Tom is a look at how witch hunts affect communities, and the way they target the poor-est, weakest members. Juxtaposed with contemporary music, the play invites us into the lives of those most often targeted in witch hunts: old women, poor women, women who are not wives...evil women. Neoteny Theatre, The Downstage, 798 Danforth Ave. playwright-

project.com

VITALS Apr 29 – May 25 Vitals weaves together a canvas of affect-ing, poignant and disturbing emergency stories and explores their impact on the responder to these calls. Outside the March, Site

Specific, 416.504.7529; outsidethemarch.ca

OPERA

DON QUICHOTTE May 9 - May 24 Based on the same classic novel that inspired the Broadway hit Man of la Mancha, Don Quichotte is Massenet’s affectionate portrayal of literature’s ultimate dreamer, Don Quixote. Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen

Street W. 416.363.8231; coc.ca

PELLEAS ET MELISANDE Jun 19 – Jun 25 Sung in french with English titles, the production features an outstanding Canadian cast comprising baritone Etienne Dupuis as Pelléas, soprano Miriam Khalil as Mélisande, baritone Gregory Dahl as Golaud and bass Alain Coulombe as Arkel. Against the Grain Theatre, Joey and

Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front St. E. 416.522.6515; against-

thegraintheatre.com

PERSÉE Apr 26 – May 3 The moving story of a man’s ascension from his questionable beginnings to his rightful place as a god, Persée is a retelling of the classical Greek Perseus myth. Opera

Atelier, Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St. operaatelier.com

ROBERTO DEVEREUx Apr 25 – May 21 Elisabetta has sent her beloved Roberto Devereux, the Earl of Essex, to lead a military expedition to Ireland. Against the Queen’s orders, Roberto has signed a peace treaty with the Irish rebels. Canadian Opera Company,

Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen Street W. 416.363.8231; coc.ca

THE TEN TENORS May 1 – May 2 The Ten Tenors’ unique approach to opera keeps them in high demand, performing an average of 250 shows per year across seven continents to 3.5 million fans! By bringing rock and classical music together. Rose Theatre Brampton, 1

Theatre Ln. 905.874.2800; rosetheatre.ca

DANCE

FOLLOW YOUR HEART May 8 – May 11 A courageous and inspir-ing tale of a modern Middle Eastern woman Almaza, who is in love with a traditional man. Evolution Dance Theatre, Fleck Dance Theatre,

235 Queens Quay W. 416.973.4000: evolutiondt.ca

NEOINDIGENA May 1 – 3 A performance of the soul exploring our relationship to all living entities and elements – it promises to be both transcendent and primordial. Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Enwave

Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416.973.4000; kahawidance.org

ON DISPLAY May 22 - May 31 A series of ten solos created for the TDT dancers by some of the most dynamic theatre professionals and visual artists in Toronto. Toronto Dance Theatre, Winchester Street

Theatre, 80 Winchester St. 416.967.1365; tdt.org

SOLODUET May 6 – May 10 Two heart-stopping new works choreographed by award-winner Yvonne Ng explore identity and its fluidity, depending on the roles and relationships that surround

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and involve us. Attraction and repulsion, magnetism and resistance both shape us and shape how we are perceived. tiger princess dance projects, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. W. 416.538.0988;

princessproductions.ca

THE MAN IN BLACK AND LOOKING FOR ELVIS May 21 – May

31 Looking for Elvis is both a tribute to and a study of the life of Elvis Presley. It is also based on laurence lemieux’s experience of travelling to Graceland in 2012. The Man in Black was part of last year’s season at the National Ballet of Canada. A celebration of American working-class grit and of the man whose voice embod-ied it so movingly, the work features six Cash songs. The Citadel, 304

Parliament St. Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, 416.364.8011; colemanle-

mieux.com

THE TEMPEST REPLICA May 7 – May 11 In her new dance piece inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, award-winning Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite stages a game of revenge and forgive-ness, where reality dances with imagination. Canadian Stage, Bluma

Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. 416.368.3110; canadianstage.com

MuSIC

A CELEBRATION A JEANNE LAMON May 9 - May 14 In celebra-tion of her remarkable tenure, Jeanne is selecting her favourite repertoire from 33 seasons at Tafelmusik, weaving together a tapestry of her fondest musical memories. To honour Jeanne, musicians from the orchestra will write “goodbye gifts” of newly-composed pieces based on variations on Purcell movements (including a Hornpipe from Abdelazar, fairest Isle from King Arthur & Chaconny in g). And there will be an audience-choice portion of the concert, pre-selected by you! Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra,

Trinity-St. Paul’s Center, 427 Bloor St. W. 416.964.6337; tafelmusik.org

TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE SUMMER FESTIVAL May 29 - June 8 A series of free concerts as part of The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Various venues, tafelmusik.org

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2 Alumnae Theatre

3 Annex Theatre

4 Bathurst Street Theatre

5 Berkeley Street Theatre

6 Betty Oliphant Theatre

7 Bread and Circus

8 Brigantine Room (Habourfront

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9 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

10 Cahoots Theatre

11 Canadian Opera Company

12 Citadel Theatre

13 Comedy Bar

14 Daniels Spectrum

15 Dancemakers Studio

16 The Danforth Music Hall

17 Ed Mirvish Theatre

18 The Elgin Winter Garden

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19 Enwave Theatre (Harbourfront

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20 factory Theatre

21 fleck Dance Theatre (Queens

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22 four Seasons Centre for the

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23 George Ignatieff Theatre

24 Glen Morris Studio

25 Glenn Gould Studio

26 Hart House Theatre

27 Helen Gardiner Phelan

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28 Isabel Bader Theatre

29 John. H. Bassett Theatre

30 lower Ossington Theatre

31 MacMillan Hall/Walter Hall

32 Massey Hall

33 Medieval Times

34 Mysteriously Yours

35 Palmerston Theatre

36 Panasonic Theatre

37 Pia Bouman Theatre

38 Princess of Wales Theatre

39 Queen Elizabeth Theatre

40 Red Sandcastle Theatre

41 Robert Gill Theatre

42 Roy Thomson Hall

43 Royal Alexandra Theatre

44 Royal Ontario Museum Theatre

45 Ryerson Theatre

46 The Second City

47 Solar Stage

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52 Studio Theatre (Harbourfront

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