Andrew Gillespie
@adgillespie.bsky.social
🌈 🇨🇦 Toronto | Happiest with a good book or at the theatre.
It’s always a nice surprise to be walking through U of T when the bells are playing. Sound on! 🔔
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s always a nice surprise to be walking through U of T when the bells are playing. Sound on! 🔔
What a difference a day makes! White Xmas arrived one day late in Toronto. ☃️
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What a difference a day makes! White Xmas arrived one day late in Toronto. ☃️
Not a White Christmas, but an awfully nice day in Toronto.
December 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Not a White Christmas, but an awfully nice day in Toronto.
When you’ve been together as long as we have, you often think of the same perfect gift as the other person. So now @imjdid.bsky.social and I have two sets of matching Kylie Minogue Tension Tour t-shirts! A merry XMAS indeed! 😆
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When you’ve been together as long as we have, you often think of the same perfect gift as the other person. So now @imjdid.bsky.social and I have two sets of matching Kylie Minogue Tension Tour t-shirts! A merry XMAS indeed! 😆
Nothing has generated more family chatter this year than the photo I shared yesterday of a rather festive holiday display in our neighbourhood. My mother does not agree with all the kids that this would be a lovely addition to her place and is certain it would get her kicked out of her building.
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nothing has generated more family chatter this year than the photo I shared yesterday of a rather festive holiday display in our neighbourhood. My mother does not agree with all the kids that this would be a lovely addition to her place and is certain it would get her kicked out of her building.
I have happily lost hours of sleep this week reading @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social’s This Brutal Moon which concludes her brilliant Kindom Trilogy. 🥱1/3
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I have happily lost hours of sleep this week reading @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social’s This Brutal Moon which concludes her brilliant Kindom Trilogy. 🥱1/3
It’s an icy morning in Toronto.
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s an icy morning in Toronto.
Snow has returned to Toronto.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Snow has returned to Toronto.
I knew The Christmas Market would be good when @glennsumi.bsky.social’s newsletter said it was a must-see. A beautiful piece where everything from the script, to the actors, to the set and sound, and the direction all work together perfectly. A new holiday classic for Toronto theatre? Yes please!
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I knew The Christmas Market would be good when @glennsumi.bsky.social’s newsletter said it was a must-see. A beautiful piece where everything from the script, to the actors, to the set and sound, and the direction all work together perfectly. A new holiday classic for Toronto theatre? Yes please!
Wrapped up our trip to Montreal with a concert by the always incredible countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski (and pianist Michal Biel. What a talent! And so charming! He had the audience in the palm of his hand all night. A perfect reason to come to Montreal.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Wrapped up our trip to Montreal with a concert by the always incredible countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski (and pianist Michal Biel. What a talent! And so charming! He had the audience in the palm of his hand all night. A perfect reason to come to Montreal.
I can’t remember the last time we were in a church, let alone on a Sunday, but a wonderful concert by Thomas Dunford was worth it. Dowland, Satie, Bach, and even some Beatles music on the lute!
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I can’t remember the last time we were in a church, let alone on a Sunday, but a wonderful concert by Thomas Dunford was worth it. Dowland, Satie, Bach, and even some Beatles music on the lute!
You know you’re at a fancy restaurant in Montreal when Leonard Cohen shows up in cocoa powder on the *second* dessert course.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You know you’re at a fancy restaurant in Montreal when Leonard Cohen shows up in cocoa powder on the *second* dessert course.
You know Montreal is doing something right when a new 3.5 hour play about the AIDS crisis in the city in the 1980s sells out a 700+ seat theatre on a Saturday afternoon. Congratulations to the whole team behind Corps Fantômes!
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You know Montreal is doing something right when a new 3.5 hour play about the AIDS crisis in the city in the 1980s sells out a 700+ seat theatre on a Saturday afternoon. Congratulations to the whole team behind Corps Fantômes!
How often do you get to see the same production of a play twenty five years later? I didn’t remember a lot about Robert Lepage’s The Far Side of the Moon. I remembered the breath-taking final scene of the main character drifting in zero gravity, achieved with beautiful simplicity and stage magic.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
How often do you get to see the same production of a play twenty five years later? I didn’t remember a lot about Robert Lepage’s The Far Side of the Moon. I remembered the breath-taking final scene of the main character drifting in zero gravity, achieved with beautiful simplicity and stage magic.
I will grudgingly admit that the first snowfall can be very pretty.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I will grudgingly admit that the first snowfall can be very pretty.
It’s official, it’s snowing in Toronto. The first of many months of this to come!
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s official, it’s snowing in Toronto. The first of many months of this to come!
Choosing to focus on how nice it is to have sunlight in the morning instead of dreading sunset in the middle of the afternoon. 🥲
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Choosing to focus on how nice it is to have sunlight in the morning instead of dreading sunset in the middle of the afternoon. 🥲
The Canadian premiere of Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play at Canadian Stage is so good. Jordan Laffrenier’s direction, together with a knock-out cast, smoothly and confidently handles the tonal shifts between each act. It’s funny, challenging, and still shocks just like the original production did.
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Canadian premiere of Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play at Canadian Stage is so good. Jordan Laffrenier’s direction, together with a knock-out cast, smoothly and confidently handles the tonal shifts between each act. It’s funny, challenging, and still shocks just like the original production did.
Good evening, Denver!
October 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Good evening, Denver!
This is the second revival of a Canadian play we’ve seen in just a couple weeks that was a) was new to us, b) directed or co-directed by 郝邦宇 Steven Hao. This production of Jordan Tannahill’s Concord Floral, co-directed by Alli Carry, is fascinating.
October 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the second revival of a Canadian play we’ve seen in just a couple weeks that was a) was new to us, b) directed or co-directed by 郝邦宇 Steven Hao. This production of Jordan Tannahill’s Concord Floral, co-directed by Alli Carry, is fascinating.
Really impressed with Byron Abalos’ solo performance in The Veil from @guildfesttheatre.bsky.social, Thought For Food, and Crow’s Theatre. A well-paced, subtly creepy show that starts and ends with a bang and leaves you with lots to think about as you leave the theatre. 🕯️
October 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Really impressed with Byron Abalos’ solo performance in The Veil from @guildfesttheatre.bsky.social, Thought For Food, and Crow’s Theatre. A well-paced, subtly creepy show that starts and ends with a bang and leaves you with lots to think about as you leave the theatre. 🕯️
The production of Octet at Crow’s Theatre (another co-pro with the Musical Stage Company) is *stunning*. (That video floor? Next level!) The cast is flawless and working hard to make 95 minutes of a cappella singing and dancing about internet addiction look easy.
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The production of Octet at Crow’s Theatre (another co-pro with the Musical Stage Company) is *stunning*. (That video floor? Next level!) The cast is flawless and working hard to make 95 minutes of a cappella singing and dancing about internet addiction look easy.
With so much theatre opening and closing in the next couple of weeks we needed a three-show weekend to squeeze them all in. You’d think we were on vacation!
September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
With so much theatre opening and closing in the next couple of weeks we needed a three-show weekend to squeeze them all in. You’d think we were on vacation!
Walked by Alan Ritchson filming Reacher on the walk home from work tonight. Just another day in Toronto! Can confirm Alan is a Very Big Man.
September 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Walked by Alan Ritchson filming Reacher on the walk home from work tonight. Just another day in Toronto! Can confirm Alan is a Very Big Man.
Sending the biggest thanks and hugs to @meakoopa.bsky.social and the talented team behind Marvel’s Avengers Academy. They put so much love and heart into this series and brought something wonderful, unique, and necessary to the world every week for sixty issues. Time to begin my re-read! ✨
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Sending the biggest thanks and hugs to @meakoopa.bsky.social and the talented team behind Marvel’s Avengers Academy. They put so much love and heart into this series and brought something wonderful, unique, and necessary to the world every week for sixty issues. Time to begin my re-read! ✨