submitted And while you might, if you’re lucky, be used to witnessing Moscovitch’s work live, this world premiere looks a little different, thanks to COVID-19. Rather than an in-person performance, you can watch
Post-Democracy while you shelter in place by purchasing a ticket to the pre-recorded, digital performance. (Wondering what a digital performance is? It’s a live recording of an acted piece sort of like watching a live concert DVD. Netflix’s Kerry Washington-starring
American Son is an example of the emerging medium but please believe me when I tell you that I’ve watched both, and Moscovitch’s piece is better.) One tiny scrap of silver lining in this whole pandemic is that it means you’ll get to see this show sans plane ticket, even though it’s being put on by Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange.
Critic’s Pick
Imagine working for over a decade on a play about leadership succession at a family-controlled corporation complicated by a sexual-harassment scandal – and then HBO coming along and premiering
Succession first. Bad timing, right?
Another way to look at it is that Hannah Moscovitch’s
Post-Democracy – which she was first commissioned to write in 2007 – is finally having its world premiere at the perfect moment, as fans of that television series on a similar subject are stuck at home waiting for Season 3 and hungry for more.
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Post-Democracy, a short, sharp stab at the 1 per cent and systemic sexism and racism in corporate environments, is available this month as a “digital production” from Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange. It’s essentially a quality recording of a stage production that hasn’t yet been able to meet a live, in-person audience.
The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: April 8-11
The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: April 8-11
Including Toronto Caribbean Carnival s First Lap, Women From Space, Alice In Wonderland and more By Kevin Ritchie
Courtesy of Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto Caribbean Carnival will reveal this year s costumes at the virtual event First Lap on April 11.
Our picks for the top things to do in Toronto on the weekend of April 8-11 include
Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s virtual costume reveal, Brockhampton live from Los Angeles, Toronto Dance Theatre’s graduating class and a series of audio dramas inspired by Toronto neighbourhoods.
Ready, set, go full tilt! As pandemic wanes, busyness returns
Our view
Except the year it hailed.
But Sunday looks to be the calm day we generally expect.
Enjoy, because when the bunny is gone, the busyness hops in.
If you remember this moment a year ago, there was nothing going on in Abilene. It wasn t calm. It was empty.
Empty parking lots. Empty entertainment venues. Empty school yards.
That continued as the pandemic intensified in Abilene, Taylor County and West Texas. There was little to do, and after that settled in, we considered that perhaps we normallh have too much to do.