Dramas
VOICE CHOICE. THE NEIGHBOURS is a tautly written, breath-holding, ‘not wanting to miss a word’ script, punctuated by riveting performances. Stellar work all round.
I left Tarragon Theatre's Extraspace after a terrific opening night of Nicolas Billon’s tautly written The Neighbours with a chill...
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SEARCHING FOR AIMAI: Performed with dignity and class by Coleen Shirin MacPherson. Raha Javanfar directs with clear intention and purpose.
Coleen Shirin MacPherson’s Searching for Aimai becomes a one-hour, intense solo performance. Director Raha Javanfar’s vision is clear. By working...
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An achingly raw and genuinely believable performance by Gabriella Sundar Singh. Riveting. I bought every second of her work.
Anusree Roy’s world premiere, Through the Eyes of God, a follow-up to Pyassa (2007, Theatre Passe Muraille), centres on young...
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Raw, magnetic and passionate. SUMMER AND SMOKE pulsates with pulchritude and virility to its heart-rending conclusion.
Set just before the outbreak of World War I in Glorious Hill, Mississippi, Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke (1948) follows...
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Precise direction by Nina Lee Aquino makes COPPERBELT bold, unflinching and memorable. A must see.
While objectivity remains paramount in sharing a love of theatre, there are times when one’s biases (read: preferences, context, understanding)...
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VOICE CHOICE for EUREKA DAY’s delicious, piercing satirical jab at rampant and infiltrating liberalism.
Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day becomes a timely play that sharply critiques rampant, radical liberalism. He cleverly sets this satirical jab...
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“Witch’s’ quirky and ‘not what it appears to be’ storyline becomes fascinating. Convincing performances underscored by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster’s confident direction.
Sometimes, good theatre can veer audiences in another direction, leaving them scratching their heads and wondering where everything is going....
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‘You, Always’ speaks not only to women but also to men. That’s the power of theatre.
In this touching world premiere of Erin Shields’ latest play about familial bonds, sisters Liz (Maev Beaty) and Delia (Liisa...
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A riveting, bare-bones TROILUS AND CRESSIDA that’s fiery, passionate, daring and scrappy.
Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida might be considered a risky problem play in the canon of his tragedies. Why? In most...
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Playwright/actor Lisa Nasson’s MISCHIEF engages for its messages about family and community at Tarragon Theatre.
Set in Halifax, Mischief follows protagonist, Brooke (Lisa Nasson), a congenial young Mi’kmaq woman, who works at her Uncle Chris’s...
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