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- Berkeley Street Theatre
- 26 Berkeley St. More locations ( 2 ) • View on map »
- 416-368-3110
- http://www.canstage.com
Subtitled An Off-Road Event of Women Directors, Nightwood Theatre’s ambitious fall fest shines a light on four of the country’s directorial top dogs. Kelly Thornton kicks things off with That Face, a nightmarish family drama written by the then-teenaged British playwright Polly Stenham. Small-screen fixture Sonja Smits heads back to the Toronto stage for the first time in almost a decade to play a domineering mother whose family is brought to crisis by her daughter’s expulsion from boarding school. Oct. 29 to Nov. 21; previews from Oct. 26. $20–$45; previews $25. Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs.
Soulpepper associate artist Weyni Mengesha swaps class tensions for racial ones in Yellowman, Dael Orlandersmith’s Pulitzer-nominated tale about the dynamic between a dark-skinned black woman and a light-skinned black man. Nov. 4 to 14; previews from Oct. 31. $20–$45; previews $25. Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs.
Kim Collier takes French existentialism very seriously: not content to have her actors imagine a claustrophobic hell, the bold Vancouverite locks them in a room riddled with hidden cameras in A Live-Cinematic Interpretation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. Nov. 11 to 21. $20–$45. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
Shaw Festival stalwart Eda Holmes coaches Ryerson students in this timely production of Serious Money, Caryl Churchill’s 1987 indictment of big business and blind greed. Nov. 20 to 22. $10–$20. Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace.—Stéphanie Verge
- When:
- Oct. 29/09 - Nov. 22/09
- How Much:
- $10-$45
- Event Phone Number:
- 416-955-0101
- Event Web Site:
- http://www.nightwoodtheatre....
Berkeley Street Theatre
26 Berkeley St.
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