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Aiming low to hit the heights

Michael Lyons - 02.08.2012

“Crotch uses several styles or approaches to the live theatrical event. A broken heart is not a coherent situation,” explains dancer and performance artist Keith Hennessey. Like much of the Rhubarb Festival, his explanation simultaneously makes perfect sense and no sense at all. Each yea... Full Story
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Daily Briefs: The latest and gayest things on the world wide web

FCKH8 on Valentine's Day

sexy fab team - 18.01.12
Here's a collection of random news and culture bits served fresh daily for fab readers. Enjoy! FCKH8 on Valentine's Day - VIDEO 100% scientifically proven facts about gay people Who knew cleaning could be so dirty   Full Story
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High-strung puppets

Canada's foremost puppeteer, Ronnie Burkett, dishes about famous puppets and the

Paul Bellini - 26.02.12
Paul Bellini: Tell us about your new show, Penny Plain. Ronnie Burkett: It’s about the last three days of civilization. It is set in a rooming house run by a blind woman named Penny Plain. At the beginning, her seeing-eye dog, Jeffrey, decides to leave and spend the rest of his life as a ma  Full Story
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Aiming low to hit the heights

Rhubarb Festival feasts on gender play

Michael Lyons - 08.02.12
“Crotch uses several styles or approaches to the live theatrical event. A broken heart is not a coherent situation,” explains dancer and performance artist Keith Hennessey. Like much of the Rhubarb Festival, his explanation simultaneously makes perfect sense and no sense at all. Each yea  Full Story
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Next gay theatre review: In the Heights

In the Heights brings the promised heat

Drew Rowsome - 08.02.12
When fab talked to Cameron Burke, a cast member and co-dance captain of the musical In the Heights, the touring company was in more southern climes and was bracing for its arrival in Toronto and a bitter winter. Burke promised - http://fabmagazine.com/fab-blog/hot-hips - that In the Heights would br  Full Story
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Hot hips

In The Heights seduces with salsa

Drew Rowsome - 07.02.12
“I still get the same feeling from the music as I did the first day I heard it. Goosebumps,” says Cameron Burke of In the Heights. “It’s not your traditional musical theatre: the rhythms are authentic and driving and so much fun to sing. It was a little challenging for m  Full Story
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Kick Start kicks off

William Yong leaves his swan days behind

Michael Lyons - 07.02.12
“The CanAsian Dance Festival fosters and promotes diverse expressions of Asian aesthetics through dance in Canada,” says dance hunk William Yong, artistic director of Zata Omm Dance Projects and a performer in CanAsian International Dance Festival’s Kick Start performance seri  Full Story
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The Man of Mode

Playing with men and manners

Brian Bantugan - 07.02.12
“Maybe I enjoy it myself because I’m gay myself. Maybe that’s why I’m drawn to it. It is a play of manners. It’s a fun play,” says David Latham who has done Restoration plays – often seen as plays where refinement meets burlesque. “I have done a lot of  Full Story
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Love is in the air

The Velvet Curtain presents The Valentine's Chocolate Cabaret

Michael Lyons - 07.02.12
Fall in love with music at The Valentine’s Chocolate Cabaret, an evening of delectable audio delights just in time for the Valentine’s season. The question on everyone’s minds is, of course: are there any cute – preferably single - guys in the choir? “Come to the concer  Full Story
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Chocomania hits The Body Shop

Men dipped in chocolate? Max MacDonald was there

Max MacDonald - 06.02.12
What do shower gels, a live DJ, body scrubs and two hot men have in common? They were all at the launch of The Body Shop’s new chocolate line. The venerable do-good company rolled out its Chocomania bath and body collection at the Eaton Centre at a Valentine’s Day bash. Gay men got their  Full Story
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Underground designer goes underground

Christopher Bates' new line is available in the basement at Homegrown Boutique

Max MacDonald - 03.02.12
A relatively new menswear designer has emerged on the Yorkville scene in a very unusual venue. Homegrown Boutique on Cumberland Ave is a basement-level, blink-and-you'll-miss-it shop that carries only Canadian designers. Homegrown has just introduced its first menswear line with Christopher Bate  Full Story
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