“Snake Oil”: A Thought Provoking Show
Snake oil began as a traditional Chinese medicine, particularly effective in easing joint pain....
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“Fun Home” By The Musical Stage Company As Part Of The Off Mirvish Series
Emotionally moving for its’ superlative vocal work and outstanding individual performances The...
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“Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of…”: Docudrama Musical for Black Lives Matter
The Beginning Of A Most Important Dialogue Initiated By This striking and moving staging of rage!...
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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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Bearing Down On The Bechdel Test: Laurie Fyffee At The Ergo Arts Pink Festival!
In 2017, I came across the Ergo Arts Pink Festival with a mandate as follows: “Ergo Pink Fest is a...
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Labour Politics In Audrey Dwyer’s “Calpurnia” Problematize Allyship
Shelley Liebembuk reviews Calpurnia, a co-production between Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre...
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A Disturbingly, Yet Fascinating Vision Of A “What If” Scenario Of Human Test Subjects
The Story (From the press release) Two subjects, Corcoran and Filigree, are imprisoned in a human...
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“Betroffenheit” Corporeal Exchange As Innovative Now As The Work Of Pina Bausch In The 1970’s
Betroffenheit (consternation, a state of shock, dismay) a co-production by Kidd Pivot Company and...
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“Betroffenheit:” An Emotional Spectacle Which Transforms The Power Of Dance
Betroffenheit, a creation by renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite and writer Jonathon...
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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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“All Those Unnatural Bonds:” Talking Sexuality, Shame, And Female Friendship With Hannah Moscovitch
Alt.theatre web editor Hayley Malouin interviews playwright Hannah Moscovitch about female...
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“Idomeneus”: Digging For Truth In Myth
In the end, it’s all about the story. The story you remember, the story you want to tell,...
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“How Black Mother’s Say I Love You” Dissects Mother-Daughter Relationship
“I love you” doesn’t slip easily from Daphne’s tongue. But they are words that her grown...
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From the Space-Race to Filial Tensions, Robert Lepage’s “The Far Side of the Moon” Explores Reconciliation
In The Far Side of the Moon, Philippe and Andre, two estranged brothers, deal with the aftermath...
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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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Trey Anthony’s “How Black Mothers Say I Love You”
Trey Anthony, the acclaimed playwright of the smash hit Da Kink In My Hair, brings her newest work...
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Nijinsky At The NAC: A Truly Cathartic Encounter Between The Dancer And His Creations
The National Ballet of Canada’s staging of John Neumeier’s Nijinsky, the artist who, by his...
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On Words In Motion: “Brodsky/Baryshnikov”
In scholarly debates on contemporary theatre, the question about language has primary importance....
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“What A Young Wife Ought To Know”: Birth Control Docudrama
Hannah Moscovitch’s play What A Young Wife Ought To Know, which is based on a compilation of...
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“887”: A Shared Collective History About the Nature of Memory Itself
Like pinpoints of light scattered across the map of shows, I have attended over thirty years,...
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