Definitely not Disney...eye weekly and Toronto Life

Tell Me Another is an eye weekly Best Bet for the week of July 30 to August 5:

• Tell Me AnotherJUL 30-AUG 31, BREAD AND CIRCUS THEATRE Years of whitewashed Disney movies have obscured the fact that, traditionally, fairy tales are pretty damn gruesome. Tell Me Another vows an evening of "unsettling, bloody, tragically comic" stories, including “Red,” which will add plenty of the title colour to the Red Riding Hood story, and "The Juniper Tree," a little-known Grimm fable about cannibalism. Thu-Sat 8pm. $15. 299 Augusta. 416-925-8898. www.breadandcircus.ca.

while Toronto Life's Weekender magazine includes among the top eight reasons to stay in Toronto this long weekend!

• TELL ME ANOTHER This adults-only production of three fairy tales is decidedly more Brothers Grimm than Disney. Red, a deliciously creepy take on Little Red Riding Hood ends in bloodshed. One-man puppet show Fox and Girl follows a father’s misguided attempt at a soothing bedtime story. There’s also The Juniper Tree, a gruesome Grimm tale of evil stepmothers and cannibalism that Walt wasn’t interested in. July 30–August 1. $15. Bread and Circus Theatre Bar, 299 Augusta Ave., blackcurrantproductions.blogspot.com.