Dion Johnstone. Set & costume design by Ken MacKenzie. Lighting design by Michelle Ramsey. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Soulpepper transports us to 1905, where an African-American boxer tests his mettle against the formerly retired white heavyweight champion, with incendiary results that reach far beyond the two men in the ring. This is the electric,Continue reading “The incendiary impact of one man’s struggle in the ring in the electric, gut-punching The Royale”
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Poetry 500 years in the making in Soulpepper’s exquisite, haunting, wondrous Orlando
Set & lighting design by Lorenzo Savoini. Costume design by Gillian Gallow. Photo by Aleksander Antonijevic. Soulpepper Theatre brings Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to the stage with an exquisite Canadian premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s stage adaptation of the magical time-travelling, gender-fluid tale, directed by Katrina Darychuck. Starting off in Elizabethan England, we find Orlando (SarahContinue reading “Poetry 500 years in the making in Soulpepper’s exquisite, haunting, wondrous Orlando”
The struggle for normalcy in the wake of a horrific past in the haunting, disturbing Strangers, Babies
Jeff Lillico & Niki Landau in Strangers, Babies—photo by Neil Silcox Theatre PANIK presents its immersive production of Linda McLean’s Strangers, Babies, directed by Paul Lampert, assisted by Sadie Epstein-Fine, this past week. A Canadian premiere, the show opened this past week at Artscape Sandbox. As we enter the space, projected text welcomes us andContinue reading “The struggle for normalcy in the wake of a horrific past in the haunting, disturbing Strangers, Babies”
The power of hope & community to build a dream in the sharply funny, poignant, uplifting Superior Donuts
Photo by Shaun Benson: Robert Persichini and Nabil Rajo in Superior Donuts Coal Mine Theatre continues its 2016-17 season with the Canadian premiere of Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts, directed by Ted Dykstra, and opening last night to a packed house and a standing ovation at its home at 1454 Danforth Ave., Toronto. When we firstContinue reading “The power of hope & community to build a dream in the sharply funny, poignant, uplifting Superior Donuts”
Beliefs, perceptions & connections in the intimate, otherworldly John
Photo by Dahlia Katz: Nora McLellan, Loretta Yu, Phillip Riccio & Nancy Beatty in John Everybody knows someone named John. The Company Theatre tells a compelling story with its Canadian premiere of Annie Baker’s John, directed by Jonathan Goad in his directorial debut, running at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Upstairs Theatre. Entering the space,Continue reading “Beliefs, perceptions & connections in the intimate, otherworldly John”
Witch hunt meets climate change conspiracy in Village Playhouse’s haunting, dystopic Foxfinder
The time is the present. The world is not quite the same as the one in which you and I live. Foxfinder program note The Village Playhouse opened its production of Dawn King’s Foxfinder last week, a Canadian premiere directed by Nicole Arends. A hard rainstorm threatens the Covey farm’s already compromised crop quota forContinue reading “Witch hunt meets climate change conspiracy in Village Playhouse’s haunting, dystopic Foxfinder”
A topsy-turvy look at the bizarre dynamics of the corporate world in entertaining Fever/Dream
Out at the theatre one more time last night – this time, to The Jumblies Ground Floor for Seven Siblings Theatre’s Canadian premiere of Sheila Callaghan’s Fever/Dream, directed by Will King, assisted by Madryn McCabe. I saw Seven Siblings’ dramatic, violent and compelling production of Mercury Fur last year – and this exciting young companyContinue reading “A topsy-turvy look at the bizarre dynamics of the corporate world in entertaining Fever/Dream”
Love & violence in a world gone to hell in Mercury Fur
Seven Siblings Theatre Company’s opened its Canadian premiere of Philip Ridley’s Mercury Fur, directed by Will King and assistant director Madryn McCabe (two of the three co-founders of Seven Siblings, along with Erika Downie), at Unit 102 Theatre last night. Set in a post-apocalyptic city in a time very close to present day – too closeContinue reading “Love & violence in a world gone to hell in Mercury Fur”
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