Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts

In a courageous physical performance with a completely original text and score sung  a cappella, Amy Nostbakken tells the story of a brilliant young artist from Toronto given the opportunity of a lifetime: a solo exhibit at London’s Tate Modern Art Gallery. Nathalie has everything to live for: good looks, talent, a loving family, amazing scholarships and a career just waiting to take off. But just as she is rising to the heights of her potential, she begins to spiral down into the depths of depression. Through swanky gallery parties and grim pub toilets, ex-boyfriends and meddling aunts, mauled dogs and crashed cyclists, her descent into madness unfolds.  The Big Smoke is a stunning experience that walks the fine line between sanity and psychosis.

 

Theatre Ad Infinitum Canada, in association with  Why Not Theatre presents  The Big Smoke winner of the Argus Angel Award at the 2011 Brighton Festival Fringe. Nostbakken was also nominated for Best Female Performer in the Latest Awards, Brighton. The production premiered to rave reviews at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, leading to a national tour of Britain in spring/summer 2011 that included stops in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford and Leeds.  

 

The Big Smoke is a co-devised piece directed by  Nir Paldi, with music and performance by  Amy Nostbakken.  

 

Tickets are available via www.factorytheatre.ca, by email atboxoffice@factorytheatre.ca, by phone at 416-504-9971, or at the door.

 

More info can be found at www.theatreadinfinitum.com

An award-winning hit on Broadway.  Marjorie Taub is engulfed in a mid-life crisis.  Her children are grown, her beloved therapist died recently and her aged mother grates on her nerves.  She is barely able to rouse herself from her sofa.  Her spirits suddenly soar when a fascinating and incredibly worldly friend from her childhood appears on her doorstep.  But is Lee, the saviour who infuses Marjorie with life, too good to be true?  A sophisticated comedy that promises wall-to-wall laughs.

Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award® for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, RENT has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.

 

Chicken Coop Theatre in support of Weizmann Canada presents RENT .

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel is one of the world's top-ranking multidisciplinary institutions. Noted for its wide-ranging exploration of the natural and exact sciences, the Institute is home to 2,600 scientists, students, technicians and support staff working on over 1,200 research projects. This production will be a fundraiser for this institution.

“A blissfully funny MONSTER MASH!” – Newsday
“The Broadway Musical at its dizziest, glitziest and funniest!” – New York Post

This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster - but not without scary and hilarious complications. The brains behind the laughter is mad genius and three-time Tony award winner Mel Brooks himself - who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book- along with his record-breaking team from The Producers: five-time Tony-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman and three-time Tony-winning writer, Thomas Meehan.

One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies comes to life on our mainstage this year. Featuring twins, mistaken identity, a shipwreck, a lovesick duke and the infamous Sir Toby Belch, this witty and romantic play has something for everyone!

Our physical, fast-paced production, featuring a cast of 5 superb actors playing multiple roles, emphasizes the mistaken identities and comic brilliance of Shakespeare’s text.

Todd and Kali are the perfect self-styled couple: They’re beautiful, have a fabulous sex life and live in a designer home. But under the surface is a distrust and desire so potent that even a much-anticipated holiday to Stockholm is threatened. Probing into the psychology of Stockholm Syndrome, Lavery transports us into a lovers’ dance that is at once destructive and euphoric. Stockholm leaves us questioning the fine lines between love and lust, aggressor and victim.

“Lavery’s needle-sharp script toys with the audience like a horror movie…that is a terrifyingly erotic and haunting 70 minutes.”
-Guardian, UK

“Thrilling exploration of form, Stockholm is provocative and unsettling, leaving you with questions buzzing in your head.”
-Sunday Telegraph, UK

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Music by Frederick Loewe

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture Pygmalion.

A bet between two gentleman that with proper training even a flower girl can be passed off as a Duchess leaves poor Eliza Doolittle caught between the world she knows and the world she dreams of.

Written and Directed by Hélène Ducharme
Translated by Leanna Brodie

Inspired by West African legends, this story is of an ancient baobab tree standing tall amidst a persistent drought. One day the tree brings forth an egg and from the egg is born a little boy. The villagers recognize that this little boy is the only one who can undertake the quest to bring water back to the land. But there are four fomidable tasks to be completed before success is possible. Can a little boy change the history of the world?

Written and performed by ITAI ERDAL

In collaboration with James Long, Anita Rochon & Emelia Symington Fedy with Jamie Nesbitt

May 8 – 13, 2012

A deeply personal and extraordinary theatrical experience .   In this candid and surprising new play, acclaimed lighting designer Itai Erdal reveals the unique story of the circumstances surrounding his mother’s death.

“This is intimate theatre that’s astonishingly brave and completely entertaining...”   Vancouver Courier

Not available in Factory subscription packages; however, it is available as a bonus ticket to subscribers. Ticket prices vary. Call the Box Office at 416-504-9971.

Written and Directed by Edward Roy

Patricia, Jude and Trey meet regularly at an early intervention clinic for teenages coping with a mental health issue. While they struggle with typical challenges of school workloads, worried parents, peer pressure and broken hearts, these teens face the additional burden of the stigma associated with mental illness. How does one overcome this barrier to find and hold onto hope?