Performing Arts

Four solos and a duet

photo - Livona Ellis, left, and Rebecca Margolick, right, perform together Dec. 17 and 18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre

Livona Ellis, left, and Rebecca Margolick, right, perform together Dec. 17 and 18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre. (photo by Faviola Perez) Next weekend, choreographers and dancers Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick will première their first collaboration, a duet called Fortress.…

Vitaly Beckman at the Anvil

photo - Vitaly Beckman will bring some of his best illusions yet to his Dec. 22 performance

Vitaly Beckman will bring some of his best illusions yet to his Dec. 22 performance. (photo from eveningofwonders.com) “I have been working very hard on some new illusions that I consider to be some of my best work yet,” Vitaly…

Head to Metro for Panto

photo - Lucas Gregory, left, and Daniel Cardoso, in Metro Theatre’s Snow White: The Panto, which runs until Jan. 3

Lucas Gregory, left, and Daniel Cardoso, in Metro Theatre’s Snow White: The Panto, which runs until Jan. 3. (photo by Nicol Spinola) “A lot of musical theatre is inherently silly and fun but it still doesn’t reach the level of…

Walking through our history

Left to right: Drew Carnwath, Measha Brueggergosman and Sam Rosenthal are the main creatives behind the podcast The Christie Pits Riot

Left to right: Drew Carnwath, Measha Brueggergosman and Sam Rosenthal are the main creatives behind the podcast The Christie Pits Riot. (photo by John Ebata) On Aug. 16, 1933, Toronto experienced what is viewed as one of the worst race…

The quirky stories of Israel

image - The images posted at facebook.com/sipurisraeli highlight the diverse stories and people covered on the Israel Story podcast, which is in its sixth season

The images posted at facebook.com/sipurisraeli highlight the diverse stories and people covered on the Israel Story podcast, which is in its sixth season. The podcast Israel Story started its sixth season in September. The show, which offers a long-form journalism…

Odd Couple now on

photo - Left to right: Rob Stover, Kimball Finigan, Adam Abrams, Michael S. Weir and Adrian Maxwell in Metro Theatre Vancouver’s The Odd Couple

Left to right: Rob Stover, Kimball Finigan, Adam Abrams, Michael S. Weir and Adrian Maxwell in Metro Theatre Vancouver’s The Odd Couple. (photo by Tracy-Lynn Chernaske) Neil Simon’s famous comedy The Odd Couple opened Oct. 30 on the Metro Theatre…

Reviving history in theatre, song

photo - Surplus Production Unit’s Briony Merritt

Surplus Production Unit’s Briony Merritt. (photo by Alex McLean) No matter how well we document history, it matters little unless people are aware of it. Two very different productions at this year’s Chutzpah! Festival, which began this week, were born…

Exploring our humanity

photo - Body Line of Thought (BLOT) examines “our microbiome as a collection of organisms in perpetual transformation”

Body Line of Thought (BLOT) examines “our microbiome as a collection of organisms in perpetual transformation.” (photo by Ionut Rusu) Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance) and Simona Deaconescu (Tangja Collective) explore aspects of our humanity in their dance and…

Gritty, moving, funny stories

photos - Stephen Aberle, Nicola Lipman and Geoff Berner will perform stories from Vilna My Vilna: Stories by Abraham Karpinowitz, as translated by Helen Mintz, as part of Western Gold Theatre’s Virtual Gold series

Stephen Aberle, Nicola Lipman and Geoff Berner will perform stories from Vilna My Vilna: Stories by Abraham Karpinowitz, as translated by Helen Mintz, as part of Western Gold Theatre’s Virtual Gold series. Vilna My Vilna: Stories by Abraham Karpinowitz (Syracuse…

Chutzpah! back on the stage

photo - Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira Eisenberg (photo by Mike Katzif) Live performances – that you can see in person – are, thankfully, a thing again. At least, for now. And this year’s Chutzpah! Festival, Nov. 4-24, features many shows that people will be able…