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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How To Make Plays In Foreign Languages Available To All Or Is This A Pipe Dream?
I was sitting expectantly in a theatre in Montreal to see Tom Na Fazenda (Tom A La Ferme or Tom At...
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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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The Cirque Du Soleil Redefines Its Space And Becomes Contemporary Theatre!
Le Cirque du Soleil is back in Ottawa, this time with a show called Corteo already seen by 8...
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“What They Said” About Love”: A “Scientific” Exploration of Love
Very few subjects have arguably invoked the same amount of concentrated meditation and thought as...
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“This Is Step One” Is A Personal Plat For The #MeToo Era
An emotional storytelling solo show, This Is Step One tells a highly personal story of sexual...
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A Reboot Of “Doctor Faustus” For The Cyber Age
Fables warning against the dangers of greed and temptation are nearly as old as humanity itself;...
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Brainteasing Play “25” Offers A Puzzling Meditation On Being 25 That You’ll Have To Think About
One of the more difficult plays at Fringe to understand, 25 is the type of work where you can see...
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Baig’s “Acha Bacha” Shows That Sometimes Real Stories Don’t Have Happy Endings
I attended a live performance of Acha Bacha, written by Bilal Baig and directed by Brendan Healy,...
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“25” 1919 France: Pure Performance Cycle That Continues Through Eternity!
25–1919 Paris France is billed as a “performance event”–even a play if you wish, by Elliot...
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“A Dyke’s Guide To Fair Play” Offers A Queer Response To #MeToo (Montreal Fringe)
Montreal, Québec Willow Whitereviews Daughter Product’s production of A Dyke’s Guide To Fair...
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“Fool Muun Komming!” – Absurdist Masterpiece of Comedy
BEBG WONDERFUL YESYES 4SURE HIGH 5 TRUE LOVE SPANK SPANK SO FUN GREAT TIMES!!!!! Fool Muun...
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“Wicked”–North American Tour
When I first saw Wicked in 2008 in Chicago, audience members around me were wiping tears from...
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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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Method And Message Of “12 Minute Madness” Are Clear, If Unfinished
Vancouver, British Columbia Kelsey Blair reviews Raina Von Waldenburg’s semi-autobiographical 12...
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Dr. Faustus Meets Cyberspace: The Past And The Future Collide In Perfect Harmony!!
In a small empty space illuminated by several enlarged computer screens, a shadowy figure sits...
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“#Faustus” At Arts Court Theatre
The first shock that lands from #Faustus is the language. Against the backdrop of a visual barrage...
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Josephine Baker: An Uplifting, Engaging, And Inspiring Performance
They bill this as a burlesque cabaret but it goes far beyond that form because it actually tells...
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“Anjou”: Lady Chamberlain
Re-visiting Shakespeare is a perennial theatrical exercise, and Richard the Third’s malevolent...
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“Heirloom Toys” Gives Fringe-Goers A Day Out At The Circus
Heirloom Toys Circus is an exciting piece of circus, physical theatre, and impressive acrobatics...
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