A round up of the best/weirdest things to do this weekend in Toronto…
Friday August 31st
NEWBORN THEATRE’S ODDS & ENDS FESTIVAL | Tarragon Theatre
Theatre often seems geared to the social elite, and the beatnik wannabes. But there’s an untapped middle-ground where would-be playwrights and directors hang in limbo. That’s where a brand new theatre company plans to step in. The Newborn Theatre gives those under 30 a place to produce, preform and watch. Their Odds & Ends Festival gets underway Thursday, August 30th (tonight) and runs through Sunday, September 2nd. Thirteen short plays written, directed and performed by people under 30; this, the company’s first production, is set to be a eclectic and energized affair. After all it’s Newborn Theatre’s prime directive to breathe life into Toronto theatre.
Read our Q&A with founder and artistic director Rachel Ganz here.
Also happening Friday…
- The Two Times, Dreadful Starlings, Pete Van Dyk, 2nd Hand Band at Silver Dollar
- Artful Vandelays End of Summer Bash at Horseshoe Tavern
- Crosss, Hussy, Ostrich Tuning, Dilly Dally, Fist City at Silver Dollar
- ITZSOWEEZEE 2nd Anniversary at the Drake
- Premiere screening of Transcendent at the Revue Cinema
- Ashkenaz Festival at Harbourfront
- Toronto + Acumen present Dignity in Focus Photography Contest
- Final night of X-Men Master: Gordon Smith at TIFF Lightbox
Saturday September 1st
- Golden Gate Graves at the Horseshoe Tavern
- Wheel Wells, White Rabbit, Babe Rainbow, Kill Them With Colour at Wrongbar
- Homewrecker at the Annex Wreckroom
- Never Forget Action’s 8th Anniversary at the Drake Underground
- Salon Noir – the Victorian Parlour Party at Loft404
- Rock n’ Blues Fest at the Sound Academy
- Final day of GenMod: Hexes and Antidotes
Sunday September 2nd
- Public Enemy at the Sound Academy
- 10th Annual Toronto International Poetry Slam at the Great Hall
- Crosswires: Pink Pearl Dragon, Marshall Zenith Singer, Luau or Die at the Garrison
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