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August Event Spotlight
August is shaping up to be the month of festivals—a last hurrah before September brings students back to classes and everyone else back to work. Before you ask yourself “where did the summer go?” make sure to check out what’s in store for August to blunt the “back to school” blues. 3 Book Launch: Wherever…
Fringe Review: In Sundry Languages
Cover Photo by Henry Heng Lu By Grace Phan The stage in Theatre Passe Muraille’s Mainspace is bare aside from a simple tripod, camera, and flat screen T.V. setup stage right. A little upstage of the camera sits a piano and mic. The murmurs of excitement from the audience on opening night tickle your ears, the…
July Event Spotlight
Toronto continues to be an awesome place for summer events and festivals and there are some really good ones this July. Checkout July’s Event Roundup and see what p40’s staff is crossing off their summer bucket list! Till 3 July: Our Home on Native Land This Canada Day weekend, head over to Harbourfront Centre…
June Event Spotlight
Though the weather has been frightful—rainy to be exact—lately, Looseleaf has got you covered for awesome events happening this June across the city! Some of them are even indoors! Fingers crossed for good weather, and see you there! Till 4 June: Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film…
From the Heaviness of Life to the Lightness of Death: A Review of Diana Tso’s Spring Moon
Header image courtesy of Wenting Li By Wilma Lee Following a piano piece interwoven in major and melodic minor arrangements, seven women sing a Chinese folksong. Three grandmothers and their granddaughters: the Song, Lee and Chan families gather together to perform an annual Chinese ritual — Ching Ming Festival — with three bowls, three sets…
From Age to Age: Spring Moon
Header photo courtesy of Yuli Scheidt By Jasmine Gui In a culture where youth is prized, and the elderly are most often forgotten, Spring Moon not only dramatizes stories of Chinese seniors, but casts Chinese seniors to tell them as well. Presented by the Mixed Company Theatre as part of The InterGEN Project, written by Diana Tso…
From Stage to Screen: Revisiting Kim’s Convenience
by Elise Yoon published in LooseLeaf Volume 3 In 2011, I was a volunteer for the Toronto Fringe Festival and was scheduled for a shift at Randolph Theatre. The line-up started hours before the show and stretched around the corner and down Bathurst Street. At the time I hadn’t read the reviews of Kim’s Convenience;…
[Review] Reel Asian 2016
Many P40 members attended various Reel Asian movie screenings across their two week programming schedule. We’ve rounded up some micro-reviews for the events that we made it to! Kim’s Convenience Industry Panel (11/09) Mirae Lee: If I spent the last five weeks laughing at Appa’s jokes on my own from my laptop screen, I…
[Feature] Creating Complicity: Swan by Aaron Jan
by Jasmine Gui SPOILER ALERT: The following feature contains spoilers relating to the play. As the lights dim, the sound of an unidentified female voice narrating draws us into the world of ‘Swan’. This encounter is also a confession. The distinct clarity of a single voice that draws us in is, however, gradually replaced…
[Review] Swan by Aaron Jan
By Grace Phan Coming into Theatre Passe Muraille’s intimate backspace, the ambiance is already gently eerie. The ambient sounds underscore the conversations around you and, as soon as those lights go down, you’re taken on an intense ride from start to finish. Interweaving descriptive narration and dialogue keep you on the edge of your…