The Cave

Recorded at the 2019 Luminato Festival in Toronto and presented online by the Cultch. No more performances
I almost didn’t see this show because I thought it would be too depressing. While there’s not a lot of optimism in it, The Cave is aesthetically spectacular and it’s wonderful that singing animals, usually relegated to Theatre for Young Audiences, have moved to the adult stage where grownups might begin to listen.

The Cave cast and band. Credit: J Mar Electric

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She Sells Sea Shells

Online performances until February 14, 2021
Mary Anning (1799-1847). Ring any bells? Not likely. And why is that?  After all, she is known as “the greatest fossilist the world ever knew”, according to the British Journal of the History of Science.

Hannah Pearson, Krista Skwarok and Isaac Li in She Sells Sea Shells. Credit: Nancy Caldwell

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A Brimful of Asha

Digital stage recording available from the Surrey Civic Theatres until January 31, 2021
A is for Asha. B is for Brimful. C is for charming. A Brimful of Asha will give you a reason to smile.

Ravi Jain and his mother Asha Jain in A Brimful of Asha. Credit: Erin Brubacher

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