Category Performing Arts

Love’s potential centre stage

photo in Jewish Independent - Matt Montgomery as Tony and Jennifer Gillis as Maria have a great chemistry and energy on stage

Matt Montgomery as Tony and Jennifer Gillis as Maria have a great chemistry and energy on stage. (photo by Tim Matheson) Love conquers all. Then again, sometimes, it just isn’t enough. Theatre Under the Stars explores the power – and…

Star-crossed & honky-tonk

photo in Jewish Independent - Bard on the Beach opened its 27th season with Romeo and Juliet

Bard on the Beach opened its 27th season with Romeo and Juliet. (photo by David Blue) William Shakespeare wrote a beautiful but tragic love story in 1595 and called it Romeo and Juliet. Its theme of forbidden love resonates with…

Moving musical

photo in Jewish Independent - Karen Kelm, left, and Judith Chertkow-Levy in Like a Fly in Amber, which premièred at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Karen Kelm, left, and Judith Chertkow-Levy in Like a Fly in Amber, which premièred at the Toronto Fringe Festival. (photo by Victor Dezso) After seeing Like a Fly in Amber, a musical at the Toronto Fringe Festival, I dreamt of…

Dancers explore our humanity

photo - Naomi Brand’s En Route will be performed by members of All Bodies Dance Project

Naomi Brand’s En Route will be performed by members of All Bodies Dance Project. (photo by Chris Randle) New works and the pushing of boundaries. Just what audiences expect from the Dancing on the Edge contemporary dance festival, and just…

A coming-of-age story

photo - Nolan Fahey plays the title character in Arts Club’s Billy Elliot

Nolan Fahey plays the title character in Arts Club’s Billy Elliot. (photo by David Cooper) There are no big surprises in Billy Elliot, no bizarre twists or jaw-dropping turns of events, no mistaken identities or star-crossed lovers. But what you…

An aerobic experience

photo - Daniel Brenner’s klezmer aerobics workout and performance was inspired by the Klezmorims

Daniel Brenner’s klezmer aerobics workout and performance was inspired by the Klezmorims. (photo from Daniel Brenner) Rabbi Daniel Brenner – who grew up in the small Jewish community of Charlotte, N.C. – has come up with an aerobic workout set…

Comic book radio show

photo - The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth comes to York Theatre April 30 and May 1

The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth comes to York Theatre April 30 and May 1. (photo from Jason Neulander) The story takes place in 1933. And, were it not the full-color cartoon panels being projected onto a large screen, you might…

Ballet BC dances Bill

photo - Ballet BC dancer Gilbert Small is among those who will perform Program 3

Ballet BC dancer Gilbert Small is among those who will perform Program 3. (photo by Michael Slobodian) Ballet BC finishes this season with Program 3, which features the remount of artistic director Emily Molnar’s 16+ a room and of Finnish-born…

Glimpse into The Valley

photo - Daniel Doheny and Kerry Sandomirsky in The Valley, which tackles the subject of depression

Daniel Doheny and Kerry Sandomirsky in The Valley, which tackles the subject of depression. (photo by Emily Cooper) As The Valley opens, a young man addresses the audience with the words, “Encounters with the police No. 1.” It’s a stark…

Jungle comes to the city

photo - Luc Roderique as Shere Khan and Camille Legg as Mowgli in Carousel Theatre for Young People’s The Jungle Book

Luc Roderique as Shere Khan and Camille Legg as Mowgli in Carousel Theatre for Young People’s The Jungle Book. (photo by Tim Matheson) This month, Carousel Theatre for Young People presents The Jungle Book, the musical adaptation of the classic…