Stratford’s Production Of “Paradise Lost” Is A Stellar Achievement!
STRATFORD, Ont. — That could well be a white lab coat that Lucy Peacock is wearing when she first...
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The Shaw Festival’s “Henry V”: Does Shakespeare Deserve Such Treatment?
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont.— Nearly a century ago, Winnie-The-Pooh creator A.A. Milne wrote a...
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Stratford Triumphs With “Napoli Milionaria,” A 20th Century Classic From Italy
The Stratford Festival’s 2018 playbill is now complete—and the final entry is an absolute winner....
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Toto Too’s “Cloudburst” Is Rich In Truth And Humanity
Cloudburst, Toto Too Theatre’s latest offering is a funny, profane, warm-hearted play about the...
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Seana Mckenna Shines As Julius Caesar At Stratford
By the time the assassination scene arrives in the Stratford Festival’s new production of Julius...
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Acting Legend Martha Henry Triumphs As Prospero At Stratford
STRATFORD—We find ourselves immediately plunged into the opening shipwreck scene: sails flapping...
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Robert Lepage Finally Makes It To Stratford With An Astonishing “Coriolanus”
We’re not in a movie house. We’re in Robert Lepage country, so it’s inevitable that the famed...
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The Shaw Festival Misfires With “The Baroness And The Pig”
The scene does offer some amusement. A benevolent Baroness has embarked on a key initiative in her...
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Chekov Surfaces In The Okanagan In A Sterling Shaw Festival Premiere
Sarena Parmar’s new play, The Orchard, deserves to be met on its own quietly compelling terms....
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“O’Flaherty V.C.” The Shaw Festival Stumbles With Its Namesake’s Satirical Take On The First World War
It’s characteristic of the Shaw Festival’s new artistic regime that this summer’s lunchtime...
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Stratford’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” Unveils An Intriguing Atticus Finch
STRATFORD, Ont.—It didn’t seem such a great idea 11 years ago when the Stratford Festival first...
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“Miss Shakespeare”: A Bouquet Of Fine Performances
There’s a memorable moment in the Three Sisters Theatre Company’s production of Miss Shakespeare...
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Theatre Kraken’s “Cry-Baby” Triumphs Over Its Material
If you lower your defenses, Theatre Kraken’s production of Cry-Baby is capable of providing you...
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“Blink” An Unblinking Look At The Pitfalls Of Electronic Romance
Blink by Phil Porter, A Plosive production. Directed by Teri Loretto-Valentik Back in another era,...
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The NAC Comes Up Trumps With “carried away”
carried away on the crest of a wave By David Yee, Directed by Kim Collier. A NAC English Theatre...
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Still Unsettling: The Continuing Power of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart”
Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is a play fueled by anger. Anger at the political, medical and...
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TotoToo’s production of “Bent” – On Being Gay in Nazi Germany
There are moments in TotoToo’s production of Bent that are as good as anything that this...
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Stratford’s “Breathing Hole” is One for the Memory Books
STRATFORD, Ontario — Our first encounter with the mythic polar bear dominating the Stratford...
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The Shaw Festival Delivers a Riotous “Androcles and the Lion”
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — The other night Tom Pidgeon, the Ottawa Little Theatre’s longtime...
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