SummerWorks Web Report - August 2, 2002
By JON KAPLAN
PERFORMANCE UPDATES
If you've picked up a copy of the SummerWorks program guide, you might not be aware that there've been some schedule changes.
Clog, a production in the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, has withdrawn from the festival, and its performance times have been replaced by other shows in the same venue.
These are :
Johann's Cabinet Of Wonders – Saturday, August 3, 3:30 pm
Moon Stories – Sunday, August 4, 9:30 pm
The Art Of Escape – Wednesday, August 7, 6:30 pm
The Mourning – Saturday, August 10, at 8 pm
Lemon Water – Sunday, August 11, 6:30 pm
A few other changes affect productions at the Factory Mainspace:
Phae has an added show Saturday, August 10, 8 pm
3 Parts Harmony has cancelled its show Thursday, August 8 at 11 pm. Its last performance is Wednesday, August 7, 6 pm.
NO BUGS, NO MORE
Last year at this time, Toronto was hit by an infestation of aphids. Remember that air-swatting dance most people out on the street did in early August 2001? The aphids, in fact, arrived within hours of the start of SummerWorks. I remember taking the King streetcar to my first show of the fest and wondering why pedestrians were batting what seemed to be a slight haze. Later, Japanese ladybugs came in to eat the aphids, and they were with us into the winter.
Did the designer of the SummerWorks guide think of that invasion when creating graphics for the book? On several pages you see what looks like a ladybug chasing six insects, first in one direction and then another.
Neat joke, if that's what was intended.
HEAT COOLED
There may be no insects this year, but there's still lots of heat; August will probably be as oven-like as July. I'm happy to report that most of the venues are at least comfortable, if not downright cold. The Passe Muraille Mainspace is delightfully cool, and the Extra Space has a window air conditioner that keeps dripping onto the sidewalk, showing that it's doing some good. Inside, it's a tad damp, but the temperature is fine.
My colleague, Glenn Sumi, over at Factory, reports that the Mainspace is comfortable and the Upstairs Theatre – hell-like in its first incarnation two years ago – has fans going during the shows. We've not yet been to the Studio Cafe, but it's usually not a big problem, in part because it's underground.
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