Brent Carver Songbook
Watch this if: You have one night free to spend with a Tony Award winner.
In 2015, Art of Time Ensemble shared their Songbook Series with Canadian musical theatre treasure Brent Carver (from Broadway’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, the Stratford Festival and the Lord of the Rings musical), which was a hit. (Who can wonder, when the guy is selecting his own songs by Kander and Ebb, Jacques Brel, Leonard Cohen and more with Art of Time artistic director Andrew Burashko accompanying on piano?). Carver’s Songbook returns for one night only, before it tours to Vancouver and Stratford, with a third of the evening refreshed with new material.
- Feb. 24, Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.
SplitScreen
Watch this if: You’re feeling split into two lately.
Speaking of short runs with iconic Canadian performers, legendary dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker returns to the stage in SplitScreen: a collection of four dance pieces, choreographed by Baker, that feature two visual “lines of action” dividing up the space (hence, the “split screen”). It features performances by Ric Brown, Sarah Fregeau, Kate Holden, David Norsworthy and Baker herself in the final solo epilogue, accompanied by guitarist Tim Motzer. Don’t expect audiences to be split on the quality of this piece of contemporary dance.
- Feb. 21-26, Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. W.
HROSES: Outrage à la raison
Watch this if: You love to get lost in translation.
Don’t alert the copy editors: Hroses (pronounced “Horses”) is not a typo. The title of this new indie play, fresh off a premiere in Montreal, refers to the breakdown of communication between two lovers who speak different languages. Written by English-speaking playwright Jill Connell and translated by French playwright Mireille Mayrand-Fiset, Hroses is a rare bilingual production (on at the same time as another bilingual show, Five Faces for Evelyn Frost at Canadian Stage). Following Connell and the It Could Still Happen collective’s past production of The Supine Cobbler, Hroses should be a visually stunning and unpredictable night of indie theatre.
- Feb. 22-March 4, Waterworks, 505 Richmond St. W.
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