TORONTO - Mirvish Productions is set to relaunch indoor theatre in Toronto with an audio-based stage show that has an eerily timely premise about a pandemic but was actually developed before COVID-19. Mirvish says “Blindness,” which starts performances at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Wednesday, will be the first indoor theatre presentation in Toronto since the pandemic shut down such venues nearly a year and a half ago. The adaptation of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago’s dystopian novel unfolds as a sound installation with immersive binaural recording audio. The show was originally supposed to arrive in Toronto in November but a new wave of the pandemic halted those plans. But Mirvish can’t extend the run of “Blindness” because the Toronto International Film Festival booked the Princess of Wales theatre for screenings in September.

Source: thestar August 03, 2021 18:33 UTC