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Poster for 'Middle Raged Sketch Comedy'.

Middle-aged? More like Middle Raged

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You’re in your 40s, have three kids, a house, and a stable job. Life is good… Right? Well, maybe not!  Geri Hall and Gary Pearson put on a show, hilariously performing a multitude of sketches focusing on the madness of a middle-aged relationship in Middle Raged. Performed in Kingston for one night only, it appeared at the Grand Theatre on January 26th to an almost sold-out crowd. The duo tackles […]

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A man sits on a wooden floor with a piano to his right and pieces of the piano surrounding him.

Damn Near Perfect: ‘Lessons in Temperament’

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When you’re kind of a haunted person, it can be hard to talk about your life. Overshoot on the levity, and you’re too glib. Undershoot, and you’re morose. Most of us don’t have the skill to fine-tune our honesty into storytelling that is both playful and heartrending.  Luckily for his audience, James Smith does a damn near perfect job.  Lessons in Temperament is a one-man show written and performed by […]

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John & Waleed Delightfully Break Down Cultural Barriers Through Music

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towards cultures outside our own. Live-streamed from Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille, the production was digitally co-presented by the Grand Onstage.  Resembling more of a cabaret than a theatrical play, the performance shifts between musical numbers and anecdotes from the two performers.

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