Unique Pieces
VOICE CHOICE. Stratford’s ‘Othello’ offers a forceful account of Shakespeare’s tragedy, anchored by disciplined performances and a sustained sense of foreboding.
This Stratford Festival production of Othello earns that attention through a measured build toward tragedy and a series of performances...
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Unique creativity in ‘Medusa’ which raises fearsome questions about modern injustices to women.
A startling world premiere of Erin Shield’s Medusa is now playing at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto’s Distillery District. This play...
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PUNCH: the viral baby macaque stars in a sugary musical
Some may remember Conrad, the raccoon whose death in the Yorkville neighbourhood in 2015 prompted Torontonians to organize a public...
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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...
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‘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...
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‘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...
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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...
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A visually arresting staging of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ sends Stratford Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino out on a high note.
As he nears the end of his tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival, Antoni Cimolino leaves on a...
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‘Tiger Bride’ trusts the evocative power of music and the undeniable talent of its creators.
Before anything else, dear reader, start with the image. Pause over the proshot I’ve selected for this review. Notice the...
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The Happiness Mandate in Bowtie Productions’ “Next to Normal”
Why shouldn’t we want to be happy? Why shouldn’t we do everything possible to feel that way? There go hundreds...
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