The Theatre Centre announces upcoming programming
September 3, 2014
After an incredible first six months in our permanent home, we are thrilled to announce some programming highlights for the fall! Join us at a special opening night party for Monday Nights on Monday, Sept. 8 at 9:30 p.m., when we’ll announce full details about The Theatre Centre’s upcoming programming.
This fall, two productions developed in residency will animate our live arts hub and incubator: 6th Man Collective’s immersive basketball experience, Monday Nights, and Philip McKee and Tanja Jacobs’ interpretation of a classic Greek tragedy, Bloody Family.
Development of new artists and their work has always been an integral part of our mandate at The Theatre Centre, whether it’s through providing space, subsidy, or mentorship within the cultural sector. We are delighted to be able to showcase some of the work of our residency partnerships through programming.
Created and performed by 6th Man Collective, the interactive basketball performance, Monday Nights, tips off Sept. 5 and runs until Sept. 20. In the summer of 2008, five guys came to the basketball court at Queen’s Quay and Bathurst. Religiously, every Monday night, they stayed until the lights turned off. Now, audiences will meet these guys on the court at The Theatre Centre, to join in their basketball bromance. With opportunities to join the team and show off your best slam dunk, or to just watch, everyone is welcome.
Next is Bloody Family (Sept. 26 to Oct. 5), a story of a family ripped apart by idealism. Philip McKee and Tanja Jacobs’ personal and volatile adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy The Oresteia is an experimental work that contrasts compassion with necessity, and examines the birth and failure of justice. A father kills his daughter for honour, a wife kills her husband for revenge, and a son kills his mother for justice.
After Bloody Family closes, we are excited to welcome Why Not Theatre and Suburban Beast, who will be presenting Concord Floral a re-imagining of Boccaccio’s medieval allegory The Decameron, set in contemporary Vaughan. The show is written and conceived by Jordan Tannahill, created and directed by Erin Brubacher, Cara Spooner and Jordan Tannahill, and told by ten teenage performers from across Toronto.
During November, we’ll welcome back Studio 180 Theatre, who return to The Theatre Centre after their successful run of the play Cock last April. They will be presenting NSFW, by Lucy Kirkwood, a sharp new comedy that looks at power games and privacy in the media and beyond.
Full details about The Theatre Centre’s upcoming programming will be announced at a special opening night party for Monday Nights on Monday, Sept. 8 at 9:30 p.m.
Please join us, even if you’re not attending the show that night, to celebrate and hear about the rest of the exciting programming we have coming up this year!