YPT - Minotaur

Absolutely fabulous show with an awesome script adaptation and really top notch talented cast. Fun and engaging, educational and appropriately thought provoking for the age group (9 and up), this is a must see show.

One of a Kind Spring Show

I keep insisting that this will just be "window shopping" with my best friend, but it has once again been a wallet draining experience. The wares available are just too irresistible - from clothing to jewelry to food to pottery and so on.

It is great to see my favourite artists and to also meet some new ones. The show was crowded, so clearly a favourite for many.

Acting Up Stage Company - Elegies

While one would not expect a series of elegies to be uplifting, I nonetheless thought we would be in for a evening of charming anecdotes about historical characters. It started off in that vein, but turned darker towards the end, closing with a poignant story from the twin towers. However, it was a charming piece of musical theatre and the talented cast were well worth the effort to travel to this out of the way theatre (Daniel Spectrum).

Knightwood Theatre - Carousel

Starting a little slowly, this is a moving monologue on how we live our lives and how we protect our children, reflected through the memories evoked at a bedside vigil.

As she comforts her dying mother, the daughter reflects on her life, her children's lives and her mother's life. Comparing and contrasting the various influences, good and bad, as filtered through the eyes of her mother, a generation that acquiesced to too many things....

Ripley's Acquarium of Canada

For fans of Disney, this attraction has the same look and feel, as you are greeted on your approach by the ubiquitous 'Disney" version of elevator music. My daughter and I really enjoyed the exhibits - the layout and reference items were very well done. We particularly liked the moving sidewalk along one very long tank, with sharks, stingrays and lots and lots of fish swimming all around you. A little icky seeing the underside of some of these guys but love the shark teeth. This is a terrific solution for the crowded window problem - we went around twice !

The price seemed a little high, for the amount of time we were there, so you definitely will want to look into family or city tour packages if you can. 

Mirvish - Arrabal

This is a story about one of the many sons who went missing during the brutal crackdown on dissidents in 1980's Argentina. Told entirely through dance and music, the incredibly chiseled dancers were a feast for the eyes.

Wasn't so impressed with the theatre - unfortunately the Panasonic does not have graduated seating - a large man was sitting in front of me, completely blocking the view of center stage. I got a little tired of moving my head from side to side when the action was crossing the stage.

Mirvish - American Idiot

An enactment of the Green Day album American Idiot, the story follows a rebel who wants to be a rock star, but ends up coming back home, more dejected than when he left. Entertaining interpretation, great vocals and very creative and aggressive choreography. Personally I favoured the ballods, my teenage son preferred the punk rock songs. The audience was as broad as the music.