What to See

Here is an assortment of some of the exciting things going on in Toronto around the time of the Annual Meeting.

The Lord of the Rings World Premiere
Starting February 2006, the world premiere of the stage production of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic trilogy The Lord of the Rings www.lotr.com arrives onstage at the Princess of Wales Theatre. With a thrilling score, spectacular design and featuring an ensemble of over 65 actors, singers and musicians, The Lord of the Rings is the biggest, most ambitious theatrical production ever staged. Hotel and theatre packages are available exclusively through Tourism Toronto, at www.torontotourism.com/LOTR.

Live With Culture - celebrating Toronto’s culture
Live With Culture is a city-wide celebration of Toronto’s creativity. Toronto draws its cultural inspiration from around the world, shaping our city’s soul. Throughout 2006, Live With Culture showcases the vibrant and diverse cultural activities happening in the city each and every day. Events initiated by the City of Toronto and the community are united under one umbrella campaign to raise awareness of Toronto’s thriving cultural scene. www.livewithculture.ca. Ongoing through 2006.

Hair
It is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius and The Tribe is rebelling. American youth are screaming out against The Establishment, Vietnam, segregation and sexual rigidity. Hair, the iconic 60s musical is part pop, part rock, part nostalgia, and total visual delight. Recapture your spirit of hope in a strife-torn world. Hair includes such popular hits as "Good Morning, Starshine," “Where Do I Go?” “Let The Sunshine In.” From March 20, 2006 to June 17, 2006 Location: CanStage -- Bluma Appel -- 27 Front St East www.canstage.com

SoundaXis: festival of music
soundaXis is a city-wide festival celebrating music, architecture and acoustics that will transform Toronto into a playground of sound and space exploration. For 11 days the city will be alive with concerts, interdisciplinary installations, symposia, screenings and site-specific musical events. Participants include virtually all of Toronto’s new music presenters, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario College of Art and Design, Ryerson University, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, York University, the Goethe Institute, and others. June 01, 2006 To June 11, 2006 Location: Various venues throughout the city, including public spaces. www.soundaxis.ca

Blue Man Group
Best known for their theatrical productions which combine comedy, music and multi-media artistry to create a form of entertainment that is totally unique. Blue Man Group has also recorded two albums; the Grammy nominated Audio, and The Complex, which became the musical basis for The Complex Rock Tour and Blue Man Group’s live concert DVD. Recently Blue Man Group has branched out into musical scoring with their work on Barry Levinson’s “The Jury” and on the animated film, Robots. January 01, 2006 to December 31, 2006 Location: Panasonic Theatre www.blueman.com/ticketinfo/toronto/

Shostakovich Ten -- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
To conclude our Shostakovich celebration, Andrey Boreyko is joined by Maxim Vengerov and Janine Jansen in the brilliant and gripping concertos for violin. The Tenth Symphony is arguably Shostakovich's greatest work, a eulogy to Stalin written at the beginning of a short-lived period of artistic freedom. It is an epic work of defiance and triumph, which was once dubbed "the sunrise on the future." May 31, 2006 to June 03, 2006 Location: Roy Thomson Hall -- 60 Simcoe St. www.tso.ca

Information kindly provided by Tourism Toronto: www.torontotourism.com