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The best virtual events in Toronto this spring
NOW critics pick the season s best online festivals, concerts, stage events and more By Kevin Ritchie, Norman Wilner, Glenn Sumi and Richard Trapunski
Apr 7, 2021
Excerpts from Red Sky Performance s 20-year repertoire will stream on Digidance.
Toronto is in the grips of a third wave, but the length of the pandemic means event promoters are savvier at organizing online. Many of the season’s marquee events – Hot Docs, Canadian Music Week, Contact – are planning robust virtual offerings. And though livestream concerts are cancelled for April, you can still stream local pre-recorded – and live events taking place elsewhere. Here are our picks for the best virtual spring events – most online, most based in Toronto, plus a few international gigs and one drive-in series.
The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre UNB presents “Punch Up” (2021-01-21) Posted on
The Winter season of Theatre UNB begins on
February 4 but, given the pandemic, is going to be another opportunity to see live theatre while sitting comfortably at home.
“Grand Poobah of Theatre” (and Director of Theatre at UNB Fredericton)
Len Falkenstein along with actors
Joshua Burke and
Amanda Thorne join me to talk about one of two productions for this year, Kat Sandler’s
Punch Up.
In
Punch Up, Duncan meets Brenda as she is about to commit suicide and strikes a deal with her: if he can make her laugh, she won’t kill herself. But Duncan isn’t funny, so he kidnaps washed up comedian Pat Wallace to punch up his material. Will this truly odd couple be able to come up with a routine funny enough to stave off Brenda’s date with destiny?