Sara Farb’s bracing world premiere of ‘Love Us Most’ is directed with clear-eyed force by Sabryn Rock.
Set in the early autumn of 2016, Love Us Most opens on the sort of backstage space rarely granted centre...
‘The Outsiders’ arrives with the pulse of a contemporary musical and the heart of a classic coming-of-age story.
Can a 1967 novel written by seventeen-year-old Susan E. Hinton — later transformed into a 1983 film and a 1990...
‘In the Key of Blue’ moves closer to its July world premiere in Ontario’s Prince Edward County
Several months ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Mike Trites, the Bookwriter and Director of the upcoming world...
A bold, intellectually charged piece of theatre. ‘The Caged Bird Sings’ arrives raw in feeling, rigorous in thought, and unafraid to leave its audience wrestling with difficult ideas.
The Caged Bird Sings reimagines Rumi’s ‘Masavani’ in a prison cell in which confinement is both literal and spiritual. Rumi...
‘Liars at a Funeral’ turns grief into gleeful comedy.
Can a funeral be funny? In director Aaron Jan’s hands, the answer is an emphatic yes. In his program note,...
‘American Devotion’ offers a periodically compelling fictional exploration of celebrity, media scrutiny, and private power dynamics. A tighter script would sharpen its dramatic momentum.
In this world premiere, playwright Franca Miraglia draws on an enduring fascination with Hollywood’s Golden Age, using it as a...
‘Paranormal Activity’ arrives in Toronto as a sleek, unnervingly engaging stage thriller.
At this opening-night Toronto engagement, the production demonstrates how effectively horror can function onstage when handled with technical precision and...
Port Hope’s Capitol ‘Come From Away’ will add a touch of Canadiana to its production, says show director (and Artistic Director) Rob Kempson
Port Hope Capitol Theatre’s Artistic Director, Rob Kempson (and director of the upcoming Come From Away) recalls the moment when the...
Stratford’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ presents challenges in its overlapping subplots and extended running time. This production addresses them through sleek contemporary staging and visually sophisticated theatrical design.
The production relies on the audience’s willingness to accept the play’s supernatural framework and enter its world of fairies, sprites...
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...
