House Seats Ontario

06/30/2016

Reviewer Christopher Hoile from Stage Door discovers why Canadian playwright Norm Foster is so widely produced. "Not only is a play like [On A First Name Basis] extremely funny, but it also never loses a sense of the characters' common humanity." Read the full review below.

Stage Door

06/29/2016

A little Wednesday Wisdom for our facebook friends ~ Laughter is the best medicine! We invite you to stay well and happy with us and our partners in comedy, Bad Dog Theatre, Comedy Club, Spoon Vs. Hammer, Club 54 Nightclub, Catch23 Improv and the Foster Festival!

Have a very funny day :)

06/28/2016

Spoon Vs. Hammer presents Behold, the Barfly!; a surreal and cerebral sketch spectacular from the writer of the Soup Can Theatre smash hits Love is a Poverty You Can Sell, featuring some of Toronto's finest comedy talent!

Peer into the pickled subconscious of a slumbering barfly and behold the wonders within: Mirth! Merriment! Mediocre poetry! Murder-mystery! Demented musical numbers! A Christmas pageant like no other! The erotic appeal of the metric system! Problematic face painting! Sober contemplation of life choices!

75 minutes run time.

See it with House Seats at the Historic Monarch Tavern
Toronto
Thursday 7PM

06/27/2016

TD Toronto Jazz Fest is on! This Wed, catch two shows in a row at Lula Lounge. Singer Monica Chapman is on at 7PM followed by trumpeter Andrew McAnsh (originally from Cambridge ON btw) at 8:30PM.

Andrew's new album Illustrations was inspired by his love and interest in Japanese zen.

See it all with House Seats!
Wednesday starting at 7PM
Lula Lounge
Toronto

06/23/2016

Do you know about the brand new Foster Festival in St. Catharines yet? Here's your chance to "Get On A First Name Basis" with the exciting new festival dedicated to showcasing the work of Canadian playwright, Norm Foster and supporting up and coming Canadian talent!

This delightful play tells the story of a cantankerous, novelist who suddenly discovers that he knows nothing about his maid of 28 years. She, on the other hand, knows absolutely everything about him! Surprising, funny and a moving love story.

See On A First Name Basis with House Seats:
Wednesday, June 29 at 8PM
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
St. Catharines

06/22/2016

This little piece of Wednesday Wisdom brought to you from Giuseppe Verdi. Don't forget about seeing Verdi's Aida in concert this weekend with Opera By Request!

06/21/2016

In honour of , the beautiful First Nations Welcome Dance performed at Vancouver Olympics!

http://www.vancouverworldolympic.com presents the Dance of the First Nations of Canada. The welcoming dance.

06/20/2016

Happy First Day of Summer! Who else is ready for concerts at the amphitheatre, music festivals, summer theatre!?

06/17/2016

Well, this is easy to relate to!

"Stages,"directed by Ellen Waddell. A straight-talking female comedian falls out with her play-safe boyfriend when she behaves "inappropriately" during a tedious business dinner. (NAP, 2015, Drama, 11 min. 42 sec., UK)

This this short film and others (comedy and drama) tonight at the Theatre Centre in Toronto. All part of the Female Eye Film Fest. There's also a Q&A session with the film makers after the show. Sounds like a entertaining night out!

See it with House Seats!

06/16/2016

Missed it first time around? Here's your chance to see Madam Mao at Tarragon Theatre - tonight 8PM.

Don't miss the show Now Toronto's Glen Sumi praised for it's "stunning theatricality and psychological complexity" -Glenn Sumi

06/15/2016

If you think you don't understand opera, well you're not alone. But one of the 21st century's greatest composers argued that he hadn't understood a bar of music in his life but he had felt it.

Consider checking out The Rake's Progress with Opera by Request on Friday night and let yourself feel the music. You may be delightfully surprised to find you "get it" after all.

See ya there!

06/14/2016

No eye his future can foretell
No law his past explain
Whom neither Passion may compel
Nor Reason can restrain. - Shadow (goading Tom into further ridiculous behaviour)

Discover the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell (in concert) when Opera By Request presents Stravinsky's THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, Friday at 7:30PM at College Street United.

Photo: Painting by William Hogarth - Tom experiencing a brothel in London.