Dramas
George F. Walker’s ‘Getting to Normal’ premieres with an unconventional pre-show address and a primed focus on fractured lives
The Canadian playwright and screenwriter addresses the audience before the performance, framing the evening with reflections on theatre as a new...
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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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Unchained Theatre’s ‘Hamlet’ offers a brisk, contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
While the opening night performance was anchored by a committed ensemble, the production is challenged at times by sightline and...
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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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Jon Fosse’s ‘Suzannah’ receives a gifted and visually evocative staging at Stratford’s Here for Now Theatre.
Inspired by the life of Suzannah Thoreson, who was married to playwright Henrik Ibsen, Jon Fosse’s Suzannah offers a fictional...
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A nifty psychological mystery thriller with a solid, respectable cast and handsome, stylish production values.
Direct familiarity with earlier film versions of Gaslight or Patrick Hamilton’s original play is not required. The Capitol Theatre’s current...
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And No Birds Sang: engaging performances anchor a measured stage account of wartime memory and sacrifice.
The Port Hope Capitol Theatre world premiere of novelist and environmentalist Farley Mowat’s And No Birds Sang arrives with a...
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Cerebral and reflective, ‘The Pavilion’ raises questions about memory, regret and time.
Outdoor theatre has faced its share of challenges amid rapidly changing weather patterns this summer. On an overcast opening night...
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Guild Festival Theatre’s ‘Brontë: The World Without’ is a resilient production.
It honours playwright Jordi Mand's text while finding its own quiet force on Scarborough's Greek amphitheatre stage. In Bronte: The...
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