Where: Factory Mainspace, 125 Bathurst Street at Adelaide
When: October 13 – November 4, 2018
Cost: Ticket prices start at just $20 for previews and range from $40-$50 for regular performances and Student and Senior prices also available. Play Pass prices range from $84 for a 3-Play Mid-Week Pass
to $180 for a 6-Play Anytime Pass. Can be purchased at www.factorytheatre.ca/2018-19-season.

Details: Factory presents its 49th Season “Canada at Your Doorstep,” six provocative works in the Mainspace that challenge and interrogate popular narratives of Canadian identity. The 2018-2019 season begins with the return of Dora Award-winning playwright Anosh Irani (Bombay Black) to Factory, and the Toronto premiere of his latest play, The Men in White, directed by Philip Akin.

Abdul’s Vancouver cricket team wants to end its losing streak by recruiting his younger brother Hasan, a talented “all-rounder” from India. One problem is that he is a professional chicken cutter from the wrong side of town – a fact not lost on some of his teammates, let alone the immigration authorities. Bringing Hasan to Canada will take more than just a plane ticket, and not all of the team agree it is worth the cost.

Alternating between the Dongri neighbourhood of Mumbai, and a Vancouver locker room, this touching and funny story follows a charming band of feisty misfits as they discover that home can be found in a sport, and unite family across nations.

 The Men in White is a heartwarming tale of love, life, and how to hit a googly!

More Info: factorytheatre.ca   @FactoryToronto 

Where: The Bentway
When: October 12-14, 2018. Due the unique nature of the installation, Waterlicht can only be viewed after sunset, 7pm-11pm.
Cost: Free

Details: Waterlicht, designed by acclaimed Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde, is The Bentway’s first site-wide artistic endeavour. This large-scale light installation illustrates the universal power, poetry, and danger of water and will have its Canadian premiere in Toronto. The dream landscape is created through the imaginative use of LEDs, special software, and lenses. Larger-than-life, cascading waves of blue light will soar underneath the Gardiner Expressway, simulating a virtual flood and calling attention to rising water levels along Toronto’s shoreline.

Originally, Waterlicht was created for the Dutch District Water Board. As a travelling exhibition, site-responsive versions have been staged in Amsterdam’s Museumplein, London’s Granary Square, and Paris’ Parc Clichy-Batignolle. The work will have its Canadian premiere at The Bentway and will embrace the unique physical features of the site while acknowledging its past as the original shoreline of Lake Ontario.

To foster a city-wide conversation about the importance of clean water, the environment, and climate change, The Bentway is working with numerous partners. This additional programming includes: a panel discussion with the Art Gallery of Ontario; a youth ambassador program with Ryerson University’s School of Professional Communication and Ryerson University’s Urban Water Centre, and Waterlution; and a two-part educational workshop with the Ontario Climate Consortium and OCAD University.

Additionally, a customized soundscape accompanies Waterlicht, including local stories about Toronto’s waterfront by prominent civic figures, historians, artists and others. Waterlicht Radio will focus on pressing issues and personal memories related to Toronto’s waterfront. The stories will live on as an enduring legacy of Waterlicht’s appearance in Toronto and serve as a stirring call-to-action for a city-wide conversation around clean water initiatives and climate change.

Waterlicht is the signature piece within The Bentway’s fall public art exhibition, “If, But, What If?” The exhibition explores what could be, what perhaps should be, and what may never be in the ever-evolving city of Toronto, while positioning The Bentway as a leader for innovation in art and public practice. “If, But, What If?” runs September 14 through November 30, 2018.

“If, But, What If?” includes works from Michael Awad (Toronto), Steven Beckly (Toronto), Wally Dion (Upstate New York / Haudenosaunee territory), Mani Mazinani and Sanaz Mazinani (Toronto and San Francisco), Alex McLeod (Toronto), Sans façon (Calgary), and Jon Sasaki (Toronto).

More Info: TheBentway.ca/Waterlicht @TheBentway #TOBentway #Waterlicht

Where: Tallulah’s Cabaret, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street
When: October 12, 2018 at 7:30pm
Cost: $20 Advance or $25 at the door. To purchase tickets log on to www.buddiesinbadtimes.com

Details: “He’s back – For One Night Only! Kevin Morris returns to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre with a brand new cabaret. Backed by a band, led by the incredible Donavan LeNabat, with the glorious vocals of Tess Barao and Christian Baes, Kevin catches up on the last year of adventures, lost love, new love, and hopes for the future. Featuring great songs from artists, including Sara Bareilles, Matt Alber, Taylor Swift, and a Broadway tune or two, you’re set for a night of killer voices, tons of laughs, and maybe a tear or two.”

More Info: www.buddiesinbadtimes.com @buddiesTO  @buddiesto