30 Dates - Toronto - June 2-12, 2010

30 Dates by Fenulla Jiwani celebrates its 2nd anniversary with performances at the Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs in CanStage. 26 Berkeley St., Toronto. Shows June 2 thru 12 at 8pm, with two 2pm Saturday matinees.

A romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations one goes through to find the perfect match. The audience finds Priti on a quest to find her "one true love." She is hitting 35, her parents want her married and her biological clock is ticking louder than ever. Desperate to avoid an arranged marriage and her fear of being alone, Priti is on a dating race to find the most suitable husband!
Starring: Nate Callens, Gabriel Grey, Fenulla Jiwani, Shafik Kamani, Qasim Khan, Husein Madhavji, Danya Nearon, Patrick Whalen and Richard Young.
Tickets $23-$28. Call Box Office 416-368-3110

Anand Rajaram - Toronto - May 6 to June 6

Anand Rajaram is appearing in Video Cabaret's The Great War,The History of the Village of the Small Huts (1914-18)

Written and Directed by Michael Hollingsworth

Starts May 6 at 8pm; Last performance June 6

Cameron House, 408 Queen St. West, Toronto

Hollingsworth's History Plays are satires combining comedy, tragedy, pathos, farce; a mix that is darkest in the plays about conquest and war. The Great War focuses on mid-ranking officers and infantry-men who are named in no history book -- their stories link the front line with the home front, and intensify the tragedy in this play as far as satire can go. The Great War elicits sorrow and laughter with the graveyard humour of soldiers, the murderous foolishness of leaders, the absurdity of warfare. The play spans two 50-minute acts.
Also in the cast: Greg Campbell, Richard Alan Campbell, Richard Clarkin, Kerry Ann Doherty, Mac Fyfe, Dylan Roberts
Box Office 416-703-1725 www.videocab.com

Anusree Roy - Toronto - May 18-23

Anusree Roy is acting in 9 Parts Desire, by Heather Raffo

Produced by Seventh Stage Productions

Starts May 19 at 8pm, last performance is May 23 at 7pm

The Theatre Centre: 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto

A portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a radical communist, doctors, exiles, wives and lovers. This work delves into what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. Also in the cast: Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Christine Aubin-Khalifah, Deborah Grover, Maryem Hassan Tollar, Brittany Kay, Lili Francks, Melissa-Jane Shaw, Toni Ellwan
Tickets: Evenings $25, Matinees $20
pwyc rush available on Saturday and Sunday matinee
Discounts available for students, seniors, artsworkers and groups
Call 416.538.0988
www.seventhstageproductions.com/theatre

Tanya Pillay -Toronto - Thursday, May 13

$8 in advance http://aangen.com/workshops.asp
or $12 at the door (space is limited).

ALL OF HIM, Written and Performed by Tanya Pillay Directed by Jajube Mandiel
8:00-9:30pm at Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Rd.
This is a live, mostly funny, biography of a jovial father with a dark past who asked: is that all there is to me? Socially engaged, interactive storytelling...a live, local talk show! Cheer and smear collide in this 90-minute confessional-eulogy that invites you to consider and discuss typically taboo subjects without fear of provocation or injury.