On Guts and Astonishing Effect: Gctc’s “Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools”
There’s a danger to hasty reaction. To act on instinct is to perhaps ignore a bigger contextual...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 25th Feb 2020 | Canada, Participatory Theatre, Review
There’s a danger to hasty reaction. To act on instinct is to perhaps ignore a bigger contextual...
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 19th Feb 2020 | Acting, Canada, Review
5 O’clock Bells, written and performed by Pierre Brault brings the artist back to the Gladstone...
Read MorePosted by Maja Stefanovska | 7th Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
The Neverending Story is a testament to the importance of imagination and the power of stories....
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 5th Feb 2020 | Canada, Collaborating Across Cultures, India
The National Arts Centre’s website calls Jivesh Parasram’s Take d Milk, Nah? a “highly-hyphenated...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 4th Feb 2020 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Dance
From the pre-show announcement, we know we won’t catch all that is said onstage...
Read MorePosted by Patrick Langston | 2nd Feb 2020 | Canada, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Film
How do you maim a perfectly good musical? Run the show through an abysmally tuned sound system in...
Read MorePosted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 2nd Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
Peggy’s Song, the final production of Theatre Kingston’s 2019-20 season, provides a light-hearted...
Read MorePosted by Carla Rice and Kayla Besse | 19th Jan 2020 | Canada, News, Theatre and Disability
Have you ever been nervous about going to the theatre? Maybe you’re unfamiliar with theatre...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 14th Jan 2020 | Canada, Design, Review
The split is clear upon first glance. He wears muddy jeans and rain boots, while she dons...
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 13th Jan 2020 | Canada, Festivals, Review
Under the direction of Kevin Loring in collaboration with artistic associate Lindsay Lachance, the...
Read MorePosted by Kennedy Fiorella | 8th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
Gone are the days when, on a cold winter night, the family gathered around a fire to listen to the...
Read MorePosted by Patrick Langston | 17th Dec 2019 | Acting, Canada, Review
“We are women who do what must be done” so says the cigarette-puffing, mahjong-addicted...
Read MorePosted by Sheetala Bhat | 16th Dec 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics
Almighty Voice and his Wife, a play written by Daniel David Moses in 1991, was recently staged in...
Read MorePosted by Kennedy Fiorella | 2nd Dec 2019 | Canada, Musical Theatre, Review
Lived experiences provide a foundation for the creation of theatre which is deeply personal, and...
Read MorePosted by Kennedy Fiorella | 30th Nov 2019 | Canada, China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, Review
The story of familial sacrifice is one that runs through Canadian identity. In Jeff Ho’s Trace, he...
Read MorePosted by Abhimanyu Acharya | 28th Nov 2019 | Canada, India, Review
SAWITRI Theatre, based out of Mississauga, Ontario, recently paid a tribute to the acclaimed...
Read MorePosted by Maja Stefanovska | 21st Nov 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender
David Mamet’s play Oleanna is about the power struggle between a university professor and one of...
Read MorePosted by Patrick Langston | 21st Nov 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender
Oleanna, David Mamet’s then-startling play about sexual harassment and power dynamics, debuted in...
Read MorePosted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 20th Nov 2019 | Canada, Devised Theatre, Review
Dramaturged and directed by native Kingston and award-winning playwright Judith Thompson, the...
Read MorePosted by Paul Yachnin Hannah Korell | 20th Nov 2019 | Canada, Dramaturgy, Essay, Theatre and Decolonization
Last winter, at the Studio Theatre at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, Canadian actor...
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