In this day and age, there is a tremendous amount of pressure put on families.  Fathers and mothers must befriend their children like members of a softball league; children, similarly, must take their parents’ respective neuroses in stride, all the while condoning the childishness of their guardians by saying, “Golly, adulthood is tough.”  In Brad Fraser’s newest play True Love Lies, currently playing at the Factory Theatre, he presents a caricature of the perfect 2009 family; members who aren’t trying to dodge the foils of family hardship as much as they are trying to catch them and place them on the mantle for all to see, all the while smiling, smiling, smiling. Read the rest of this entry »

So on Saturday night I got to meet Susanna Fournier, the woman who in my opinion has the best part in Brad Fraser’s new play True Love Lies. Naturally I cornered her for One Minute. Amazingly, I don’t sound nearly as wasted as I was when we shot this.

Anyway, as I’ve mentioned already, go see this play – it’s terrific. So terrific I’m giving away tickets Read the rest of this entry »

Photo: Songs Of Freedom

Happy Sunday! Here are things I’m loving this morning:

- Having an amazing dog training session with Patrick, Jack, Ella and Lisa Marshall of Bark Busters yesterday.  We’re onto something big!

- That this time last week I was on a wonderful boat cruise for PROUD FM.  It had enough entertaining elements that made me want to write about it here, but haven’t had time.  Good thing.  PROUD FM creative director Kristen Goetz told a much better story than I would have – check it out Read the rest of this entry »

Julie Stewart, Susanna Fournier and Andrew Craig from True Love Lies, Brad Fraser’s North American premiere launching Factory Theatre’s 40th Anniversary Season. The show runs until November 1. Photo: Ed Gass-Donnelly Photo.

Time for some run-don’t-walk theatre here in Toronto: The North American premiere of Brad Fraser’s True Love Lies kicked off Factory Theatre’s 40th anniversary season this past Thursday.

The world premiere already a U.K. hit, this is playwright/director Fraser’s best work yet, and I’ve either seen or read them all.  More mature than anything before it, and shockingly funny on many levels.

Your mission – a tough one – is to keep up.  Read the rest of this entry »