Eva O’Connor’s ‘Chicken’ deserves a round of clucking applause
See what I did there? As part of the 2026 Bealtaine Theatre Festival, which brings the best of Irish Theatre...
‘AMERICAN DEVOTION’ in a time of “ELBOWS UP, CANADA.”
By the Word’s upcoming world premiere of American Devotion certainly caught me by surprise during Elbows Up, Canada. At a...
Nawaaz Makhani’s charming and warm personality makes his unique performance in ‘bol, brown boy, bol’ worth a visit.
(Please note: I saw the preview performance. There may be changes going forward when the show opens May 21.) bol,...
A welcome production after a long, cold winter and a slow start to spring. The Capitol’s ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ is buoyed by a strong cast. Its simple yet universal themes are rendered with warmth and sincerity.
Even the most skeptical/hardened audience member may find it difficult to remain unmoved by the beautifully and harmoniously sung Act...
A promised ‘Romeo & Juliet’ that will not soon be forgotten at Port Perry’s Theatre on the Ridge
Last summer, director Iain Moggach’s emotionally intense, visionary production of Vern Thiessen’s Bluebirds left me thinking about the story for...
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish sparks excitement this month in Toronto
In a world that often appears fractured, confused, confounded and troubled, I look towards my family (whether natural or chosen)...
Marissa Orjalo, your teachers are also proud of your work on world famous stages.
There are moments when elementary and high school teachers of Canadian actors want to revel in the joy of former...
I really wanted to care about the story and the characters in Pleiades’ ‘Karma’. At the performance I attended, I couldn’t.
An extremely important twenty-first-century play about the importance of the family unit and forgiveness, Aksam Alyousef’s Karma has moments when...
Susanna Fournier’s massive and intelligent ‘take rimbaud’ becomes stunning and intense in the messiness of troubled lives.
Described on the Howland Company Theatre website as a love letter performance poem, Susanna Fournier’s take rimbaud is set in...
‘cicadas’ is a tautly written thriller. Directed with an assured and conspiratorial wink by Nina Lee Aquino in a production that’s stylish, sly and often unnerving.
David Yee and Chris Thornborrow’s cicadas is an edge-of-the-seat tale that grabs attention from the top of the show and...
