Completely Disappearing: the Art of Lightby Jason BookerNormally, saying that the lighting was the best element of the show is a polite code used amongst friends and professionals. Correctly…
What Do You Fight For? What Do You Fear?by Beat Ricenanny: maroon warrior queen is d'bi young's most recent work in progress. This SummerWorks showcase is a first draft, and is cut short in …
Auditioning...by Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreA few days ago I was talking with a new gentleman friend here about my promo efforts and strategy here in Edinburgh. (Whenever someone listens to m…
SUMMERWORKS DARE US TO RE-EXAMINE THEATREjoel fishbane@joelfishbaneToronto's SummerWorks Festival, premiering this week, is shaping up to be more avant-garde then usual. A curated festival "…
Archie comics set to music and an improved plotRiverview High's storyline makes more sense and is just as funny as Riverdaleby Chris LaneRiverview High isn't about Archie Andrews. Of course …
Original Play has MomentsStrong cast and setby David C. Jones@iamdavidjonesThe Wolf at the Door is a passion play of sorts for playwright Tina Teeninga. In her notes she explains how s…
Zombie Tag! I survived! by Joe Vermeulen@YYZatcboyChalk this up to the weirdest birthday ever! Work has kept me away from the Fringe this year (hence my lack of coverage " sorry!) but f…
Wanting to Loveby Ramya Jegatheesan @RamyaJImagesI wanted to fall in love with Camila's Bones. I really did. The story was tantalizing: set in a dystopian future, the play follow…
When Bell Plays Broken TelephoneCrossed lines between theatre and performance artby Gregory BunkerLike a dream, Show and Tell Alexander Bell (produced by Ars Mechanica) is fantastical, schiz…
WILD DOGS GIVE A HELL OF A BITEby joel fishbanePart Chekhov, part Christopher Hampton, Wild Dogs on the Moscow Trains is an old fashioned play with a hell of a lot of bite. Written by Anthon…
Anything played on a banjo...by Beat RiceWow, anything played on the banjo really does sound good. Add a full band, some actors with strong voices and a stage, and you've got The Ballad of W…
THE CRUELTY OF CHILDRENby joel fishbane@joelfishbaneThe great Satanic joy of Greg MacArthur's girls! girls! girls! is how innocuous it all seems; what starts off as a comical look at precoci…
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The "I'm a genius!" SyndromeMany theatre artists appear to be ready to bang their head endlessly against a brick wall, rather than admit anything in their work can be improved.by Keir Cutler…
Photographer David Cooper tells a lovely - and lovingly told - story with this pic for The Light in the Piazza at the Shaw Festival. Jacqueline Thair and Jeff Irving, among the displaced bed…
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Like all of the company's videos, this one for Stratford's Mary Stuart is gorgeous. But, more: in it you see why this show is one of the season's biggest hits - with several additional perfo…
#WeirdAssShit...and why we want itby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisIt began with an interview between the Globe and Mail's J. Kelly Nestruck and Soulpepper Theatre boss Albert Schultz.T…
Raquel Duffy and Damien AtkinsThe Gay Fantasia takes flight at SoulpepperEpic theatre that delivers on its promisesby Christian Baines(photos by Cylla von Tiedemann)It's 1985, and Prior, a y…
Road Trip!I found the simple joy of driving around in a van telling stories to people.by Estelle RosenJeff Leard is an actor, writer, and storyteller based out of Toronto. Originally h…
Ottawa Little Theatre continues the 100th season party with a Canadian classic: Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy. An actor gathering material moves in with two farmers. Beauty.Hipsters and da…
What everyone should know about Edinburgh Festival ...using my own tours and preps as lessons.by Joan McBride@JoanMcBride2Inspiration for making a career in acting came when Joan McBrid…
A MESSAGE FROM THE SURGEON GENERALjoel fishbane@joelfishbaneA recent article in The Guardian has been making the rounds online; it seems Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott removed his na…
Things can change at any minuteby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI'm sitting here at eight in the morning, on the couch of my fourth-floor flat in Edinburgh, watching the grey rain clouds roll th…