Banana Shpeel
 Banana Shpeel is a new style of production from Cirque du Soleil that features a colourful combination of slapstick comedy, eclectic dance and unique acrobatic acts. The action follows a diverse spectrum of performances including tap, hip-hop and eccentric dance, physical comedy and distinctive acrobatic acts performed by elite international artists – plus madcap characters spreading chaos in all directions. Banana Shpeel features an international cast of 38 performers including the main character of Schmelky, played by Broadway veteran Danny Rutigliano, best known for his role as Timon in The Lion King. Assisting Schmelky are two slapstick sidekicks performed by Daniel Passer and Wayne Wilson and his wacky assistant Margaret played by Shereen Hickman. As Schmelky works to complete his latest show, he is disrupted by a comedic trio: Claudio Carneiro, Patrick de Valette and Gordon White. The show offers incredible acrobatic performances, including Russian hand balancer Dmitry Bulkin; Vietnamese hat juggler Tuan Le; Spanish foot juggler Vanessa Alvarez; Canadian Hand to Hand duo Preston Jamieson and Kesley Wiens; and Russian contortionists Tsybenova Ayagma, Tsydendambaeva Imin and Zhambalova Lilia. Banana Shpeel plays at the Canon Theatre from Sept. 14 to Oct. 10. 244 Victoria St., Toronto. Tickets can be purchased www.cirquedusoleil.com/bananashpeel or www.mirvish.com or by calling 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333.
Photo: by OSA Images.
Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy
 Returning from an acclaimed international tour, and now launching Factory Theatre's 41st season, Billy Twinkle : Requiem for a Golden Boy, created and performed by Ronnie Burkett, 2009 recipient of the prestigious Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, opens on September 28, 2010 for a limited run. Billy Twinkle is a middle-aged cruise ship puppeteer who dazzles audiences with his Stars in Miniature marionette niteclub act... until he is fired by the cruise line. As Billy contemplates a watery demise, his dead mentor Sid appears as a ghostly hand puppet forcing Billy to re-enact his life as a puppet show and rekindle the passion for a life that sparkles. Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy, which premiered at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre on October 23, 2008 before touring the United Kingdom and Australia, returned in March 2009 for shows in Calgary, Montréal and, now, Toronto. Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes was formed in 1986 and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2011/12. It has been credited with creating some of the world's most elaborate and provocative puppetry. Burkett has stimulated an unprecedented adult audience for puppet theatre and continuous to perform to great critical and public acclaim on Canada's major stages and as a guest company at international theatre festivals. Billy Twinkle plays at the Factory Theatre from Sept. 24 (opens Sept. 28) to Oct. 24. 125 Bathurst St., Toronto. 416-504-9971.
Photo: by Trudie Lee.
 Toronto is getting ready to host the largest free Brazilian Event in Canada showcasing music, dance and traditional foods. The 2nd Annual Brazilian Day Canada will take place on Monday September 6, 2010 from 2pm to 8pm at Yonge-Dundas Square. The festival that will culminate in a free concert featuring Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo and local musicians. Sangalo is one of the most popular and best selling Brazilian female singers to date. She has sold over 12 million albums worldwide, is the recipient of a Latin Grammy Award and many other international awards. Most recently Sangalo performed on Beyonce’s Brazilian tour. Ivete Sangalo is a charismatic, energetic performer; her high energy concerts are legendary and boast elaborate sets, 12 piece band, dancers, and beautiful costumes. Other performers during the 2-day festival include the Nativa Dance Company with The Samba Connection and Capoeira (Ca-po-era), a form of martial art that combines self-defense with music and acrobatics. It was developed in Brazil over 400 years ago. For more information visit www.braziliandaycanada.ca
 The Soulpepper Theatre Company presents Sharon Pollock's Doc. Winner of both the Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Governor General’s Award for drama, Doc is a powerful and very personal play by one Canada’s most celebrated playwrights, Sharon Pollock. With generosity and forgiveness, Pollock examines the scars and redemption of a daughter’s relationship with her parents and her younger self. Doc premiered in 1984 at Theatre Calgary to critical acclaim.Diana Leblanc directs Derek Boyes, Carmen Grant, Jane Spidell and RH Thomson as well as Hannah Gross in her Soulpepper and professional theatre debut. Doc previews August 19, 2010, opens August 26, and runs until September 18, 2010 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, located at 55 Mill Street, Building 49, in the Distillery Historic District. Tickets are available by calling the Young Centre box office at 416.866.8666 or by visiting soulpepper.ca.
Photo: RH Thomson and Jane Spidell in Doc.
 David Mirvish is delighted to present Brendan O’Carroll’s hilarious and madcap world of Dublin’s most popular family in its North American premiere. O’Carroll created Mrs. Agnes Brown, a Dublin mother of six whose hobbies include drinking, tea, bingo and meddling, for a programme on Irish radio in 1990. Originally scheduled to run daily for two weeks, the programme ran for three years and 500-plus episodes. Dublin’s prisoners even asked to be locked up early so they could hear the afternoon show!The radio series was adapted into the stage plays, which have toured around Ireland dozens of times and made the voyage across the Irish Sea to conquer England with similar immense success. Four plays with sales of more than 25 million pounds at the UK box office later, plus three books, a top-grossing film and five number-one videos, How Now Mrs. Brown Cow!is the latest installment of the Mrs. Brown series, though it doesn't matter in which order they are seen. How Now Mrs. Brown Cow!has a traditional working-class Dublin family in the run-up to Christmas, an exciting time for Agnes Brown as she is looking forward to the return from the ‘Missions’ of her youngest son Trevor for a Christmas visit. So, for the first time in years she will have all her children and grand-children under the same roof. How Now Mrs. Brown Cow plays at the Canon Theatre from Aug. 17 to Sept. 4. 244 Victoria St., Toronto. Tickets: 416-872-1212 by Phone. And Online at www.mirvish.com
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 Paula Brancati, Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Andrea Martin, Louise Pitre, Margot Kidder, Sharron Matthews and Mary Walsh star in the Canadian premiere of the award-winning, New York smash hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a collection of stories based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephrons' friends. Like the popular book, it uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to. Producers Michael Rubinoff and Daryl Roth have announced that the Toronto production will be directed by Karen Carpenter, the director of the New York production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore that opened Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre on October 1, 2009 to rave reviews and continues to play to capacity. A portion of the production's proceeds will benefit the Toronto chapter of Dress for Success, a registered Canadian Charity that changes the lives of Canadians and New Canadians by providing low income women with the necessary professional attire and career development tools they need to achieve success. Love, Loss and What I Wore plays from July 16 (Opens July 21) to September 4, 2010 Opening July 21. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge Street. Phone 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333 or online at www.ticketking.com
Photo: L to R: Wendy Crewsin, Margo Kidder, Cynthia Dale, Lauren Collins, Linda Kash.
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Please note that the cast rotates every 5 weeks. Taking over on August 10 are Cynthia Dale, Margot, Kidder, Wendy Crewson, Linda Kash and Lauren Collins.
 The Civic Light-Opera Company kicks off its 2010-11 theatre season with the rarely-produced Broadway musical about the California Gold Rush, playing September 8-25 at Fairview Library Theatre. Paint Your Wagon features one of the most lush and musically rich scores of the Golden Age of Broadway. The Lerner and Loewe score includes “They Call the Wind Mariah,” “Wand’rin’ Star,” “I Talk to the Trees” and “I Still See Elisa” – all of which were major songs on the hit parade of their day. The show features an orchestra and full cast with Eric Botosan as Ben Rumson, the delightful gold prospector around whom the story evolves. Elizabeth Morriss plays his lovelorn daughter, Jennifer, and her love interest, Julio Valveras, is played by Damien Gulde. The strong supporting cast includes Civic Light-Opera Company favorites David Haines, Susan Sanders, Peter Loucas, Larry Gibbs, Andrea Barker and others in the dramatic and comical roles that make Paint Your Wagon the musical delight that it is! Directed by Joe Cascone with choreography by Lesley Ansell, costumes by Sheila Lacasse and lighting by Gareth Crew, the show is destined to be a feast for the eye as well as the ear! Paint Your Wagon plays from Sept. 8 to 25 at the Fairview Public Library. 35 Fairview Mall Drive, North York. Tickets:(416) 755-1717 or at:www.CivicLightOperaCompany.com
Photo: Heather Goodall and David Haines in The Civic Light-Opera Company's production of Paint Your Wagon.
 Hart House Theatre presents Shakespeare's brutal and dramatic history, Richard III running from September 15 to October 2, 2010. Hart House Theatre has a reputation of being a downtown destination for strong classical theatre showcasing emerging artists, and this fall is no different. The 2010/2011 Season opens with Shakespeare's delightfully bloody and brutal history of Richard III. Richard III follows the corrupt path of a twisted man with equally twisted ambitions. Richard manipulates, marries and murders his way to the top with unmatched charm and zeal. Suave, calculating and brutal, this September Hart House Theatre invites you to meet one of Shakespeare's greatest villains. Under the direction of Hart House Theatre's new Artistic Director, Jeremy Hutton (Director of last season's A Midsummer Night's Dream) the show promises to deliver audiences a twisted distortion of an Elizabethan setting as seen through the eyes of Richard's villainous and nightmarish mind. Andre Sills (the Stratford Festival, The Canadian Stage Company, St. Louis Black Repertory Company) plays Richard III in this Hutton's contorted, dream-like production. Plays at Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto Campus. UofTtix Box Office for more details 416.978.8849. www.harthousetheatre.ca/
 In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker and, in LA’s most famous rock club, they fall in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80s. It’s ROCK OF AGES, an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Foreigner, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.The songs include "Sister Christian," "We Built This City," "I Wanna Rock," "We're Not Gonna Take It," "Waiting For A Girl Like You," "Wanted Dead or Alive," "I Want To Know What Love Is," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Renegade," and, of course, "Don't Stop Believin'." It’s an awesomely good time, a musical joyride about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on. Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages took Broadway by storm when it opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in April 2009. The show is written by Chris D’Arienzo, directed by Tony nominee Kristin Hanggi, and choreographed by Kelly Devine. The Toronto cast features Yvan Pedneault, Elicia MacKenzie, Aaron Walpole, David W. Keely, Peter Deiwick and Victor A. Young. Rock of Ages begins on April 20 (Opening night is May 11) and plays until Oct. 31 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W. Call Ticketking at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333. Online sales at
www.mirvish.com.
Photo: by Joan Marcus. James Carpinello and the Broadway company of Rock of Ages.
 Canadian Stage TD Dream in High Park presents Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of ill-fated lovers and feuding families. Jeff Irving stars as Romeo and Christine Horne stars as Juliet. The production is directed by Dora Award-winner Vikki Anderson. In this present-day, play-within-a play adaptation, the tragic tale of the young lovers destroyed by their feuding families is re-told by a group of travelling performers delayed at the Verona train station. Weary and irritable, tempers flare and tension ignites a spirited confrontation. In an attempt to restore calm, the Station Master demands they perform their show for the other stranded passengers. Given the freedom to perform Romeo and Juliet in a new and simpler fashion, the actors interchange roles, comment on each other’s performances and get caught up in the story as if they are telling it for the first time. They add music from their iPods, pull a colourful palette of props and costumes from their suitcases and use all the elements of the station as their set. In the end, under the starry Italian sky, they transform the train station into the medieval city of Verona and the story of the Montagues and Capulets unfolds. Romeo and Juliet previews: June 25 -27; opening date is June 29; continuing to September 5, 2010 at the Amphitheatre in High Park at Bloor St. W. & High Park Ave. Directions from High Park subway station: Enter park from Bloor St. Follow the road to Grenadier Café. Continue east on the foot path opposite the parking lot marked by a sign. PWYC at the gate. Children 14 + under free. 416-367-1652 or canadianstage.com/dream. FAMILY DAYS: Free, all-ages, pre-show activities at the Dream site Sundays, July 4 to Sept. 5, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. Registration required. Registration accepted June through September. Contact 416-367-1652 or family@canadianstage.com.
Photo; by Chris Gallow. L to R: Jeff Irving as Romeo and Clinton Walker as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.
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 Shawn Hitchins is publicly declaring himself a douche-bag in his new show, Single White Douche. From climate change, to Mormon vampires, to the Laws of Attraction, Hitchins tackles urban survival with music and laughter. This production marks the comedic performer’s first full-run in Toronto, outside of a major theatre or comedy festival. For six shows, the fiery ginger rips up Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, to perform and record his material for an upcoming promotional cd. Hitchins departs from cabaret and stand-up to create a rocking, hilarious, and dangerously human experience. Musical lovers be forewarned: there will be no Sondheim. This show features new arrangements of songs by Marilyn Manson, The Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue, Heart, and Madonna - infused with jazz and filtered through a theatrical lens. Single White Douche continues a long-time partnership with co-creator and musical director Mim Adams. Joining the team for the first time is pianist, and fellow redhead, Anne Barnshaw. Single White Douche plays at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre from Sept. 9 to 11 and 16 to 18. 12 Alexander St, Toronto ON Box Office: 416.975.8555.
South Pacific
 Dancap Productions Inc.presents the 2008 Tony Award®‐winning Lincoln Center Theater productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, directed by Barlett Sher.
Based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories bloom amidst the trappings of war, but then are threatened by the dangers of prejudice. The show's score includes such classic songs as Some Enchanted Evening, I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair, There is Nothin’ Like A Dame, and A Wonderful Guy. The National Tour cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific will be led by Jason Howard as Emile de Becque and Carmen Cusack as Nellie Forbush. The lavish new production features a cast of 34 with musical staging by Christopher Gattelli. A full orchestra of 26 members – the largest orchestra of any touring Broadway production, of which the majority will be local Toronto musicians, will perform the original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. South Pacific plays at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto from August 12 to September 5, 2010 as part of Dancap Productions’ inaugural Summer Broadway Series. 145 Queen Street West (at University Avenue –Osgoode subway).Order online at www.DancapTickets.com or call 416.644.3665 or toll‐free 1.866.950.7469.
Photo Above: by Peter Coombs. Rod Gilfry as Emile de Becque and Carmen Cusack as Ensign Nellie Forbush with CJ Palma as Jerome and Christina Carrera as Ngana.
Photo: Cover Page. Jason Howard and Carmen Cusack in South Pacific.
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 With his trademark blend of wit and irreverence, Joe Orton combines sexual indiscretion and bureaucratic incompetence to create a seditious farcical romp. Joe Orton’s witty dialogue and societal views are reminiscent of Oscar Wilde. Both men were ahead of their time, criticizing social convention and challenging authority with great satire. What the Butler Saw first opened in 1969 at the Queen’s Theatre in London and is regarded as Orton’s finest play. Like Orton's earlier plays, What the Butler Saw appalled and enraged audiences with its blatant sexuality and attacks on authority and conventional morality. The first audiences were so outraged that they disturbed the performance, yelling at the actors and destroying their programs. In the ensuing years, society's standards have become less restrictive, though there are many who would still be shocked and angered by Orton's work. Orton, however, has gained international respect and recognition as an important playwright.Jim Warren directs Oliver Dennis, Brandon McGibbon, Brenda Robins and Nicole Underhay as well as Graham Harley and Blair Williams in their Soulpepper debuts. What the Butler Saw will be Oliver Dennis’ fortieth production with Soulpepper. What the Butler Saw previews August 19, 2010, opens August 25, and runs until September 18, 2010 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, located at 55 Mill Street, Building 49, in the Distillery Historic District. Tickets: 416.866.8666 or soulpepper.ca.
Rehearsal Photo by Sian Richards. Brenda Robins and Brandon McGibbon in What the Butler Saw.
SPECIAL EVENT
The 15th Anniversary Ashkenaz Festival
August 31 to Sept. 6
 The 15th Anniversary ASHKENAZ Festival returns August 31 to September 6, and features the best in global Jewish culture across several artistic disciplines including music, theatre, film, dance and there is even a parade!
Artistic Director Eric Stein is proud to host some of the most exciting contemporary Jewish music at this year’s festival. Highlights include Balkan Beat Box featuring Ori Kaplan of Gogol Bordello, the Whiskey Rabbi himself Geoff Berner, a commissioned harmonica quartet Les Batards de Bouche (Mongrels of the Mouth!), and The Sway Machinery with music composed by Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Colin Stetson of Arcade Fire.
Photo left: Rafael Goldvaser in I.L Peretz's Metamorphosis of a Melody.
ASHKENAZ offers much more than just stellar music programming. This year’s festival will launch the new novel by Yiddish raconteur Michael Wex as part of the literary festivities. Wex will read from this new novel, The Frumkiss Family Business, which is a hilarious family saga of middle-class life in the Toronto neighbourhood of Bathurst Manor.
There is also a very strong film component in this year's  ASHKENAZ including the world premiere of David Kauffman's Song of the Lodz Ghetto featuring the music of Klezmer supergroup Brave Old World, as well as a screening of the film featuring Ashkenaz perennial fave, the groundbreaking Yiddish hip-hop madman Socalled, in The Socalled Movie.
Photo right: The Spirit of Sepharad: From Casbah to Caliphate”
ASHKENAZ spotlights the legendary author and playwright I.L Peretz, recognized by many as the father of modern Yiddish literature, with two musical theatre productions based on his timeless work, Frank London’s A Night in the Old Marketplace” and Rafael Goldwaser’s “A Gilgul Fun a Nign (Metamorphosis of a Melody).
 Beginning at the Redpath Stage at 4pm, on the final day of the Festival, is the ASHKENAZ PARADE. Propelled by the music of festival performers, Shadowland Theatre will transform the Harbourfront Centre grounds with music, puppetry, stilt walking and dance to celebrate the interaction of Jewish and Roma people over centuries in Eastern Europe. With over 40 acts that include daily music programming, the film festival, dance workshops, panel discussions, an art exhibit, and theatre pieces, with most of them FREE, ASHKENAZ is the perfect way to spend the last holiday weekend of the summer! Photo left: Balkan Beat Box.
The 15th Anniversary Ashkenaz Festival takes place at Harbourfront Centre and other locations including the Al Green Theatre at the JCC, Caplansky's Deli, Lula Lounge, Free Times Café and Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. For more info: 416.979.9901 • www.ashkenazfestival.com/
Please note parking at Harbourfront Centre will be limited due to construction.
SPECIAL EVENT
The Canadian National Exhibition Events and Attractions
August 20 to Sept. 6
 Just follow the lights. Any Torontonian can't point you in the right direction to the 2010 Canadian National Exhibition, but just in case, it's that large mass of buildings, rides, and colored lights along the Lakeshore just west of Strachan Avenue where the Princes Gates meet the oncoming crowd of people of all ages that visit Canada's largest community event. The 132-year-old "Ex" which this year runs from Aug. 20 to Sept. 6, has something for everyone with a wide variety of entertainment and events, midway rides and games, a working farm, parades and sports, international food and shopping, Kids’ World, and a three-day air show. But besides all that, it's the first class attractions that distinguish this giant fair from others. Here's a list of entertainment events and attractions that you can take in at the the 2010 CNE. www.theex.com.
 The Rock on Ice Aerial Acrobatics & Ice-Skating Show. Aerial acrobatics and ice skating return to the CNE this year in a spectacular new show devoted to Rock 'n' Roll. Rock the day and night away to popular tunes including Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven and Rush's Tom Sawyer. This year's show will feature Canadian Olympian Vaughn Chipeur who along with skaters, aerial/acrobatic performers, singers and a live band will bring rock 'n' roll to life on the rink and in the air. Daily at 2 & 7:30pm. As well, the star figure skating pair and Olympic Gold medalists, Salé and Pelletier will make a special appearance during the first two weekends of the CNE.
 The MANA: Cirque Fantasiste. An original concept from Jean Sebastian Lepage the creator of MysterAct, comes to life at the CNE this summer in MANA: Cirque Fantaisiste. MANA evokes unforgettable worlds where exotic creatures, fire eaters, acrobats, illusionists, jugglers, BMX bikers, contortionists and pyrotechnics converge to create a spellbinding experience within the dark of night! Nightly at 10pm the Princes' Boulevard.
Globe of Death. Bikers beware, the Globe of Death is here. Watch as three motorcyclists perform daring stunts gyrating within a circular globe daily at the CNE outside just west of Heritage Court.Daikly at 1pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm.
Vertigo Vituosos: Acrobats on Thrill Poles. Joseph D Bauer returns to the CNE this summer with an exciting new daredevil aerial performance on 80' Thrill Poles. This year he throws caution to the wind with two other performers as they mesmerize crowds with stunning acrobatics performed on 80' tall thrill poles positioned on Princes' Boulevard. At the Princes' Boulevard daily at 1130a.m., 2:30 & 5:30pm, additional show at 8:30pm Fri thru Sat.
 ARTrageous. Watch as a flamboyant visual artist, inspired by some of the world's most powerful music, transforms a blank canvas into a large scale work of art before your very eyes. This sensational sensory feast of colour and music is performed with lightening speed twice daily just west of the CNE Food Building on the Vareity Stage daily at noon and 3pm with an additional 7pm show on Sept. 4 & 5.
 Comedian Hypnotist Fernandez. Fernandez, who has dazzled audiences worldwide wih his spectacular brand of hypnosis, makes his debut at the CNE this summer. His fast-paced, hilarious show transforms members of his audience into instant celebrities as they embark on an incredible ride of non-stop laughter. Fernandez's unique brand of hypnosis lights up television screens, theatres, Casinos and is seen annually by thousands of Canadians travelling around the world on Princess Cruise's luxury liners. On the Variety Stage daily at 1 & 4pm with an additional 7pm show on Sept. 6.
 Musical entertainers on the Bandshell include the Canadian Forces Musical Salute, The National Band of the Naval Ressearve, BluesFest, The Funk Brothers, King Michael, Bobby Vinton, Classified with Keys N Krates, Down With Webster with We Are The Take, the East Coast Musical Festival with Ashley MacIsaac, The Barra MacNeils and Jimmy Rankin, Kim Mitchell, Debbie Reynolds, Beouin Sounclash with Charlie Winston, Gloria Gaynor with The Drifters Featuring Rick Sheppard, the International Stage Performances held at the Direct Energy Centre from 1:30pm to 8pm daily, the Budweiser Midway Stage Performances held at the Direct Energy Centre, S.W. corner daily from 3 to 6pm & 7:30 to 11pm and The Harmonicats at the Courtyard Stage, Heritage Court daily at 2, 430 & 7pm.
Photo: right. Elvis tribute featuring Stephen Kabakos
To get the complete low down see www.theex.com
Theatre Ste. Catherine
Fat Pig
Through Line Productions, fresh from their Fringe hit Shades of Grey, announces their upcoming fall production. Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig takes a tough yet humourous look at society's dependence on the superficial. Tom, a young, corporate go-getter, falls head over heels for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy, young woman who happens to be plus-sized. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow friends and co-workers, he finally comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks. Featuring: Timothy Diamond, Emma Lanza, Francis J. Martins, and Rachelle Néron. Directed by Joe Garque. Fat Pig plays at Theatre Ste. Catherine from Sept. 8 to 18. 264 Ste. Catherine St. East. Reservations: 514-284-3939.
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