Soup Can Theatre

We are thrilled to announce that we have received two nominations from My Entertainment World’s 2013 My Theatre Awards – Taylor Strande for Best Opera Performance in A Hand of Bridge, and Sarah Thorpe for Best Director for No Exit! All nominees are listed here. Voting is done by a combination of staff picks and popular vote, so share your thoughts in the comments section of the previous link, on My Entertainment World’s Facebook page or Twitter, or you can email kelly@myentertainmentworld.ca.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Back in March we presented an ambitious double bill presentation of Samuel Barber’s bite-sized opera A Hand of Bridge and Jean Paul Sartre’s existential masterpiece No Exit. We are humbled to announce that our production has been nominated for a Broadway World Award in the category of “Best Independent Theatre Production”!

The winner is determined by online voting, and we’d very much appreciate your support! To vote for us, please click here (Enter your email address at the top of the page and click “start”. You can click the “continue” button at the bottom of each page to skip forward to our category).

Voting is open until December 31st. Thank you all in advance!

We got our production photos back from our wonderful and talented friend Scarlet O’Neill (please check out her website for even more of her amazing work) and they are stunning! Here are just a few tasty samples. You can find the full set on our production’s gallery page.

Last night we had a very special guest: former Mayor David Miller (who we might add is a wonderful and enthusiastic audience member)! For those of you who have seen the show (and the story), you can imagine why having him there was ten metric tons of fun for us 🙂

Torontoist has just released their creme-de-la-creme picks of the Toronto Fringe, and sitting at the top once again is Love is a Poverty You Can Sell 2: Kisses for a Pfennig with a full five stars! Read the full review here.

Also a reminder that there are only five performances left of this remarkable show! Half of all tickets are reserved for at-the-door sales so even if you can’t buy online or by phone, you’re not out of luck!

The early reviews are in and they are fantastic!

Xtra says: “A decadent treat” … “It’s a challenge to find fault with this fantastic show” … “Blew me away“. Read the full review here!

Mooney on Theatre says: “Made my brain vibrate with delight” … “Immediate, vibrant, and lovely“. Read the full review here!

Barcza Blog says: “Literally brought me to tears” … “Soulful and lyrical“. Read the full review here!

Ryan Anning, one of the delightful emcees from our upcoming production of Love is a Poverty You Can Sell 2: Kisses for a Pfennig and a close personal friend of Soup Can Theatre, sat down with the hosts of Radio Regent’s ‘Stage Left’ to chat about his colourful part in our cabaret spectacle – and while battling a nasty cold no less. In case you missed it live, here it is again for your listening pleasure! Many thanks to MC and Yehuda for the interview!

Holy cow! Just over two weeks until opening night of Love is a Poverty You Can Sell 2: Kisses for a Pfennig! Here’s a sneak preview of our saucy poster to mark the occasion:

I don’t know about you, but we are getting excited for the Toronto Fringe Festival – now just under a month away! We are even more excited about our Fringe show, Love is a Poverty You Can Sell 2: Kisses for a Pfennig – the much anticipated sequel to our 2010 smash hit! To whet your appetite for what is going to be one firecracker of a show here are some tasty preview photos!

Many thanks to our good friend Lauren Vandenbrook for taking these wonderful shots! Please check out her other work at www.LVimagery.net.