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VOICE CHOICE: ‘Spring Awakening’ examines youth, repression and desire with striking immediacy
Soulpepper’s Spring Awakening, adapted and directed by Paolo Santalucia, brings Frank Wedekind’s controversial examination of adolescence and repression into contemporary...
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VOICE CHOICE: ‘Wonderful Joe’ at Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque.
Ronnie Burkett’s ‘Wonderful Joe’ approaches elder care, personal insecurities and social marginalization with compassion and humour, while retaining the playwright-performer’s...
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‘A Fine Balance’ finds theatrical force in the tension between brutality and resilience.
Anosh Irani’s adaptation establishes a distinct dramatic identity while retaining the novel’s broad social canvas. No familiarity with Rohinton Mistry’s...
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A Stylized, But Diminished ‘Amadeus’: Too Little Music, Too Little Theatre
At the performance I attended, there was a delicious irony in watching Antonio Salieri rage against mediocrity while I was...
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Shaw Festival’s ‘Sleuth’ is a battle of wits, but not of equals.
The Shaw Festival has a long history of producing classic mysteries by such luminary playwrights as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,...
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‘Saturday, Sunday, Monday’ is a gloriously directed, beautifully acted, multi-sensory production that immerses the audience in the passion – and pasta- of a spicy Italian family
Stratford’s Antoni Cimolino serves up a delicious final production as the Festival’s artistic director. Antoni Cimolino must have had...
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Stratford’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ offers a visually rich staging of Wilde’s enduring comedy.
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Stratford’s Avon Theatre emphasizes both the play’s verbal wit and its visual...
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VOICE CHOICE: Stratford’s return of ‘Something Rotten!’ arrives sharper, wittier and more confident. A joyous, silly and irreverent production that embraces its own absurdity.
The Festival’s return of Something Rotten! invites repeat viewing, not only for its energy but for its juicy wordplay and...
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Sara Farb’s Fanny Brice in Shaw’s ‘Funny Girl’ grabs the role with both fists and makes it her own. Babs who?
A striking production of ‘Funny Girl’ – loosely based on the story of Fanny Brice, a comedic star of the...
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A visually arresting staging of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ sends Stratford Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino out on a high note.
As he nears the end of his tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival, Antoni Cimolino leaves on a...
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