TCTB Review Roundup: Closing Soon!

This weekend is the last chance to experience two shows from some of #tctheater's most original companies! Check out what you're currently missing from our bloggers below.

Transatlantic Love Affair, After the Fires at Illusion Theater through February 22.

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_afterfires
"It really is difficult to describe what they do to someone who's never seen TLA before, other than to say the ensemble creates everything in the story - they mime actions with invisible props so well you can almost see them, and create an almost visible landscape. [...] that's the beauty of art in general, and this type of art in particular. It's up to us to fill in the blanks within the gorgeous lines the ensemble paints."

Twin Cities Stages: https://bit.ly/3787CHb
"In the short 75 minute running time of After The Fires I fell in love with the characters. I rooted for their successful, feeling as though I longed for the return of the healers just as much as they did. I do not want to give away the plot, but After the Fires is not only a great example of world building, but also takes you on an emotional journey."

SteppingStone Theatre, The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy De Las Rosas through February 23

The Stages of MN: http://bit.ly/3blJLHp
"I attended a matinee performance of The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy De Las Rosa with a theatre full of elementary school kids. Hell! you say? Not at all, this is the audience you want to see it with, it’s the audience it exists for. I had a blast and it brought me back to those days of getting out of morning class, taking a bus to a theater and seeing a play with hundreds of other kids for schools all over town."

TCTB Review Roundup: February shows

The flurry of February #tctheater shows continues despite the wintry weather! Our bloggers have been busy trying to cover a wide swath of shows. Make sure to catch some of these before they close in the next week or two!

Compendium - Minneapolis on Mr. Popper's Penguins at the Children's Theatre Company: https://bit.ly/2TFd3r7

Cherry and Spoon on Hair by Theatre 55 at Mixed Blood Theatre Company: https://bit.ly/2WRTSfU

Cherry and Spoon on Isaac's Eye by Theatre Pro Rata at Gremlin Theatre: https://bit.ly/2SD55Sp

Cherry and Spoon on Flowers for the Room at Yellow Tree Theatre: https://bit.ly/2SL0pK4

Cherry and Spoon on The Devout by Transatlantic Love Affair: https://bit.ly/2WWu6Hf

Cherry and Spoon on My Beautiful Infinity by The Chameleon Theatre Circleat Bloomington Center for the Arts: https://bit.ly/2GmnGwe

It's Monday, so clearly it's time to plan your weekend theatergoing. In addition to all the new shows opening, here's a few to catch before they close. We've got pirates, white whales, spirtualism, dementia AND labor disputes. DANG.

(photos courtesy of Mrs. Thor's 4th Grade class)

TCTB fave Transatlantic Love Affair's The Privateer (closes November 18):

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_privateer

Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/2zDObH9

Moby Dick by Theatre Coup d'Etat (closes November 20):

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_mobydick

Single White Fringe Geek: http://bit.ly/2iUEZqb

The Memory Box of the Sisters Fox and Facility at Sabes JCC (closes November 19):

Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/2zDObH9

Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2mnvrcb

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2zVByds

Ludlow by nimbus theatre (closes November 19):

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_ludlow

Transatlantic Love Affair's Promise Land at the Guthrie Theater - TCTB Review Roundup

Did you know that Transatlantic Love Affair was honored as our favorite theater company of 2016? Here are all of our the #TCTB award winners: http://bit.ly/2l5rl3J.

Promise Land is TLA's their current show at the Guthrie Theater, it runs through Feb 12. Here's what our bloggers thought of this re-imagining of a classic fairytale in our TCTB #ReviewRoundup!

"Promise Land"plays through 2/12/17 at the  Guthrie Theater.

"Beautiful and poignant..." Read the full review from Jill at Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2kb0Fjk


"TLA's physical, lyrical style lends itself beautifully to this story." Find out the whole scoop in the full eview from Becki at Compendium - Minneapolis: http://bit.ly/2kb77Xy

And here's Laura from One Girl, Two Cities in her interview with "Promise Land" co-directors Isabel and Diogo!

Watch & listen to learn a little more about TLA, their creation process, and how they chose PROMISE LAND.

2016 TCTB Awards Winners

Announcing the Winners of the Second Annual Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Awards! Thirteen bloggers* voted for their favorite in each category (full nominee list here: http://bit.ly/tctb2016). Winners listed below. Congratulations everyone and thanks for making amazing #TCTheater in 2016!

105 Proof; or, the Killing of Mack 'The Silencer' Klein - TCTB Review Roundup

105 Proof; or, the Killing of Mack 'The Silencer' Klein by Transatlantic Love Affair at Illusion Theater through November 20, 2016!

Transatlantic Love Affair, the physical theater troupe that casts a spell and weaves a dream by using nothing but their bodies, voices, hearts, and souls to tell stories. - Cherry and Spoon

Read our reviews: 

Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2fDo7UV
The Room Where It Happens: http://bit.ly/2fDjNW2
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2eE0qHI
One Girl, Two Cities: http://bit.ly/2fCXSiL

Ballad of the Pale Fisherman at Transatlantic Love Affair: TCTB Review Roundup

TCTB loves Transatlantic Love Affair! 

We awarded them two "favorites" in our first annual awards in January and we never miss a show. Three of our bloggers relished the chance to see the remount of their Ivey-winning devised physical theater piece BALLAD OF THE PALE FISHERMAN as part of The Southern Theater's ARTshare program. They called it "achingly beautiful and completely engrossing," "a concise, thoughtful, beautiful, and moving story," and "an enchanting fable beautifully brought to life." Read more at the links below, and then just go see it - trust us!

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/fish_cherry
One Girl, Two Cities: http://bit.ly/cherry_girl
Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/fish_love
Compendium: http://bit.ly/1PptzT3