Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards are a stage event unto themselves

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      Actors Munish Sharma and Jacqueline Breakwell host this year’s 35th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards—our town’s answer to the Tonys—and anyone who follows the stage scene in this city knows it’s going to be an entertaining time. Amid the acts livening up the ceremony this year are the Queertet Trio from Queer as Funk, plus the Cause and Effect Circus. It’s also a chance to see your favourite actors and other theatre names in action, with Emma Slipp providing live announcements and everyone from Tetsuro Shigematsu to Heather Redfern to Carmen Aguirre and Kevin Loring handing out prizes. The big show is Monday (June 26) at the Commodore Ballroom; be first to find out who nabs the big awards.

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