Please join the Fun Palace, and it's Steward, Jacob Zimmer along with the the Fun Palace Players and special musical guests for a night of variety, questionable legality, 1953 Hollywood and still relevant news from the history of Capitalism, 1400 through 1700 AD.
The grand finale of the first season of the Fun Palace Radio Variety Show! Come see how The Mysterious Death of W.B. ends -- as performed by the Fun Palace Players, Becky Johnson, Susanna Fournier, and Chris Stanton. Featuring live performances by LIVINGSTON, an Artificial Intelligence, singing from it's Artificially Intelligent Folk Songs of Canada, Vol. 1 (with Henry Adam Svec helping), Gabe Levine & Ivy Mairi and Martha Farquhar-McDonnell and PEERS. Plus comedy (and music) from Marty Topps and Questions in the Dark about race in Canada.
at The Monarch Tavern - 12 Clinton St
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
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at The Monarch Tavern - 12 Clinton St
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
NO COVER (donations accepted)
Featuring live performances by acclaimed country-folk singer Fiver aka Simone Schmidt (The Highest Order, One Hundred Dollars), singer-songwriter Sasha Chapin, and Toronto musician Lisa Bozikovic. Plus more chapters of The Mysterious Death of W.B., performed by the Fun Palace Players, a Dramatic Reading of the Internet, an interview (in the dark) with Michael Johnson (the trumpet man of Critical Mass), and comedy by Rob Baker and Alastair Forbes.
at Double Double Land, 209 Augusta Ave. (down the alley, first door on the right, upstairs)
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
No Cover (donations accepted)
More chapters of the gripping detective radio drama about the disappearance of the philosopher Walter Benjamin The Mysterious Death of W.B., a Dramatic Reading of the Internet, an interview (in the dark) with Anthea Foyer, a transmedia and digital culture expert -- and special musical guest Isla Craig and comedy by the Sufferettes, the amazing improv duo of Becky Johnson and Kayla Lorette
A special afternoon show or as we call it: “Pre-gaming for Nuit Blanche”
with Theatre Centre scientist in residence Dr. Tanya Suvendrini Lena from CAMH; songs for the baby grand piano from Laura Barrett; the cast of Concord Floral; Music from our very own Music Director Jonathan Adjemian; comedy from David Dineen-Porter; and more surprises - some of them from the United Kingdom and some of the other 100+ Fun Palaces happening around the world this weekend.**
6pm Live at the Fun Palace
Laura Barrett and Friends
at the Monarch Tavern - 12 Clinton St., Toronto
Questions in the dark with Toronto income disparity researcher David Hulchanski ; songs from musicians, actors and fantastic people Paul Braunstein and Ajineen Sagal; a tale from author and editor of Little Brother Magazine, Emily M. Keeler; beautiful music from Isla Craig; hilarious news with Jessica Moss; and the one and only Ryan Kamstra
10pm “Live at the Fun Palace”
a full-blown Murder Folk Night
at the Monarch Tavern - 12 Clinton St., Toronto
The heartbreaking voice of Mr. Thom Gill; writer & designer Malcolm Sutton on non-fiction bestsellers from the 60s and those of today; the wonderful ambient folk of ANAMAI; the very funny, new to town Lucy Hill & Daniel Maslany; the very wonderful Liz Peterson & Matt Smith singing together. Oh, and questions for Jamie Shannon, the guy running a duck puppet for mayor.
After the show - stay or join us at 10 for an opening party with a set from DJ John Caffrey
at the Junction City Music Hall - 2907 Dundas St .W