In today’s edition of This City: a royalty-themed wedding bash at Casa Loma, Ahad Raza Mir on how his Brampton production streamlines Hamlet for a modern audience, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our city coverage. |
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Kiana Madeira and Lovell Adams-Gray, both actors, met in 2016, when they were hired to be greeters at the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto. Their relationship deepened as their careers progressed, bringing them to LA and then New York, where they’re currently based. The couple got engaged in January 2020, just before the pandemic, and were married in a royalty-themed wedding at Casa Loma in September 2023. Here’s how it all came together. |
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| | In 2018, Pakistani Canadian actor Ahad Raza Mir earned rave reviews for his portrayal of Hamlet in Calgary. He was all set to reprise the role at Brampton’s Rose Theatre when Covid hit. Now, he’s finally tackling Shakespeare’s tortured prince, but it may not be the Hamlet you remember. “If you want to appeal to a modern audience, you have to get to the point,” says Mir of his production’s two-hour runtime. He talks about being the first South Asian to play Hamlet in Canada. |
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| | Cold-weather running: Toronto experts weigh in |
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What to read, watch and listen to in October |
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| | Toronto artist and playwright Nikki Shaffeeullah’s new play, A Poem for Rabia, follows three queer women from one bloodline: Rabia, an Indian domestic worker who is abducted in 1853 and sent to the Caribbean; Betty, a secretary for the colonial governor in 1953 British Guiana who is caught between her work and the independence movement; and Zahra, a disillusioned activist in 2053 Canada who has abolished the prison system. It’s an epic trip across time, space and political history. October 17 to November 12 |
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| | Robert Konashewych was a police officer with expensive tastes, two girlfriends and a mountain of debt. Heinz Sommerfeld was recently deceased with a large unclaimed estate. In our October issue, read the story of a crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud. Plus, the general contractor from hell, Toronto’s best farm-to-table chefs, a Q&A with new Raptors coach Darko Rajaković, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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