I tried to wipe away the annoyance of a fellow theatre goer who was complaining to the very patient box office person about how terrible her...
I wasn’t prepared for this. And I didn’t quite realize it until I sat down in those social distanced chairs under the Festival Theatre‘s outdoor tent. How...
What a joy, I must say, with complete earnest. To have the honor of seeing theatre played out so well and with such an exacting eye...
“Do you hear that?” she asks, with utter amazement and excitement, just like the voice is saying inside my head. The bells are ringing, and class...
Storytelling is an artform in itself. It requires, or at least asks for, a diving in, and a complete surrender. When done well, with the pure...
Riding out the COVID19 pandemic at my parents’ house in London, Ontario, I find myself sitting nervously watching and reading about the rising numbers in Canada....
FACTORY ANNOUNCES 2020-2021 SEASON THE SATELLITE SEASON: CANADIAN STORIES IN ORBIT As the theatrical world holds its collective breath, waiting and hoping for the bright light...
The latest release from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Shows Must Go On channel was a 2001 film production of By Jeeves, the musical British farce based on a series of novels...
Michael Blake as Macduff (left) and Ian Lake as Macbeth in Macbeth. Photography by David Hou. In the first few flashes of thunder and lightning, the...
As I dive in day-by-day into the seemingly infinity swimming pool of streamed theatre, I can’t help but notice that the waters are deep with various...
After weeks of consultation and deliberation, Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, Executive Director Anita Gaffney and Board Chair Carol Stephenson have come to the conclusion that the Stratford Festival’s entire 2020 season must...
“The younger rises when the old doth fall.” A telling quote that lives inside Shakespeare’s King Lear. It registers as truth while also unveiling contemptuous intent. It...
One of the things I was truly looking forward to this coming summer was visiting the Stratford Festival and seeing many of their shows to savor and write...
I’m totally exciting as I make my way up the stairs at the Jam Factory to see Eclipse Theatre Company‘s production of Sunday in the Park with George. ‘Thrilled‘ is...
I had no idea what I was walking into, to be honest. I had heard of this satirical musical probably from my days at York University,...
With a bone rattling clang, Soulpepper‘s staging of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s intensely compelling and fascinating play, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train stomps forward taking possession of the space with...
