l-r Donald Rees, Nir Guzinski, Sean Curley (Photo credit: David Reudelhuber)Brave New Productions, all grown upYasmina Reza, the painting, the menby David ReudelhuberSitting at hi…
Nina Lee Aquino & Jon de Leon (Photo: Nir Bareket)Notes about Every Letter Countsby Nina Lee AquinoI blame Marjorie Chan for this, really. After attending the opening night of The Madnes…
Veda Hille, Bree Greig, Selina Martin, Dmitry Chepovetsky & Daren A. Herbert (Photo: Joanna Akyol)Cantata Entertains but ConfoundsSing Me the Phone Book Insteadby Jason BookerThe way to …
Chris Ralph (photo credit Andrew Alexander Photography)BB's Back in Townby Jim Murchison I don't usually refer to previous productions in my reviews but when a play has been so identifi…
NEW MUSICAL SEEKS AUDIENCE WHO LIKES POIGNANT REFLECTIONS, COMMENTARY AND MUSICAL COMEDY - SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLYjoel fishbane@joelfishbaneI'll admit to a hobby that's part vanity and part v…
I Ask Too Much - a Cantataby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreShe sat across from the table from me, a new friend, and told me she was afraid that she was going to start resenting my asking for hel…
Lawrence Wiliford (photo credit: David Cooper)A Great Green Union Flag Covered in Pink CarnationsA Deserving Tribute to the Genius of Benjamin Britten and the Sheer Nonsense of Propriety&nbs…
Sascha Cole and Andre Sills (photo credit: Keith Barker)MORE THAN A NIGHT AT THE META-THEATREjoel fishbaneAt once mesmerizing and frustrating, Shakespeare's Nigga, the new play by Joseph Jom…
Let Me Be Your Star!Smash is back, and this time with purposeby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOLet's face it. Smash is the show we were all looking forward to last season, and wound up becoming t…
Budget Shmudgetby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonI went to see Metamorphoses this week and was struck by how impossible it would be for most theatres in Canada to do. It needs a big space w…
The Prism of Brutal HistoryDoes presenting the unimaginable remind, trivialize or flatten?by Caitlin MurphyBoasting live music, choreographed dance, fight sequences, period costumes, and 13 …
22 Minutes' Mary Walsh delivers true Canadian comedyDancing with Rage is funny, but not very newby Chris LaneNewfie comedian Mary Walsh is in town performing her one-woman show Dancing with …
Gangsta ShakesBringing the Bard to life through modern music stylesValerie Cardinal@vscardinalDavid Benedict Brown and Melanie Karin don't look like your typical rappers. Brown is bald and w…
Toronto's Gift to the Capitalby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonToronto's Theatre Columbus has brought a production tailor-made for Ottawa. It is about Federal Public Servants. It would mere…
Too Many Concepts, Too Little TimeLadies of the Lake drowns under its own weightValerie Cardinal@vscardinalLadies of the Lake is a re-imagining of an Arthurian legend, developed by Skeleton …
Smaller is Sometimes Betterby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThe Undercurrents Festival which launched at GCTC last evening is designed to give voice to the brighter, edgier work of some of…
(l-r) Lauren Toffan (Associate Producer), Esther Vallins (Artistic Director), Alanna Stone (Artistic Producer)Why Shanley?Half-Pint hits the boards with a night of works by the American play…
This magnificent photo by Nir Baraket of Jon de Leon in Nina Aquino's Every Letter Counts, at Factory Theatre, qualifies as both scintillating photography and theatre photography (not always…
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Diversity is important but trickyAdapted Chekhov has some problemsby David C. JonesI am a huge advocate of diversity in casting - we live in a multi-cultural society and the mirror art holds…
Howard Rosenstein (photo credit: Brian Morel)Greywater's Organ Grinder.Hard Work and Obedience Will Set You Free.by Nanette SoucyThe Bain St. Michel has been transformed into a conference ro…
Keri Alkema and Isabel Leonard as Sesto (photo: Michael Cooper)Light, Modern, Lovelyby Shannon ChristyWhat stands out about this La Clemenza Di Tito is how modern and streamlined this produc…
Chorus LinesSable Chan sings, acts, blogs...everywhere(behind-the-scenes photos provided by Ms Chan)CHARPO: Tell our readers a bit about your life. We know you're singing in Tales of H…
Mind-blowing (we don't say that often). The promo video for Théâtre du Trident's Frankenstein.(Read our review)