Unique Pieces
Coal Mine Theatre’s Canadian premiere of ‘Pre-Existing Condition’ offers a measured, closely observed account of survival after abuse.
The production approaches its difficult subject with dignified restraint, supported by a cohesive cast and design team. Toronto’s Coal Mine...
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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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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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Comic fizz keeps Jeff Ho’s eco-activist ‘Pastoral’ afloat
“No, I don’t think poems will save us. And yet, and yet.” So once tweeted American spoken-word poet Sarah Kay,...
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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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Hello Sunshine! exquisitely illuminates the realities of chronic illness.
This tour de force performance highlights the importance of resilience in the face of inevitable pain. Review written by Our...
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