Comedies

Following the spectacular 2024 Stratford success of his play Salesman in China—which, happily, Mirvish will remount next winter—uber-talented Montreal-based Jovanni...

“No, I don’t think poems will save us. And yet, and yet.” So once tweeted American spoken-word poet Sarah Kay,...

On the grounds of Scarborough’s Guild Park and Gardens, Guild Festival Theatre opens its stage to Tyler Seguin’s clever adaptation...

Stephen Leacock’s comic writing has long been admired for its dry wit, social observation and affection for small-town eccentricity. Groucho...

I waited to catch Halifax’s Shakespeare by the Sea’s Season Opener at a free presentation at the city’s acclaimed Main...

At times, playfully theatrical; at others, reflective and poignant life lessons for everyone, including the audience. Set in Darren Burkett’s...

In his Director’s Note, Director Gregory Prest places Twelfth Night’s importance in context for audience understanding. It is a celebration,...

Brodie’s much-produced play is both a fierce and whimsical study of the one-room schoolhouse in rural Ontario in the early...

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Stratford’s Avon Theatre emphasizes both the play’s verbal wit and its visual...

Can a funeral be funny? In director Aaron Jan’s hands, the answer is an emphatic yes. In his program note,...