Review: Pushing farce past its limits, Shaw delights with “One For The Pot” and “Jeeves & Wooster”
Review of Shaw Festival’s “One For The Pot” and “Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense”
Theatre
Review: Wren Theatre’s “Clue” has six suspects, several weapons, and no time to slow down
Review of Wren Theatre’s “Clue” at Toronto’s Annex Theatre, directed by Tatum Lee
In Ilana Khanin’s latest theatrical experiment, she insists “You Must Change Your Life”
Interview with Ilana Khanin about her new Richard Foreman- inspired experimental theatre work, “You Must Change Your Life”
“The Climate Commissions”: what’s theatre got to do with Earth?
Why Not Theatre’s The Climate Commissions marks the culmination of the ThisGen Fellowship, a professional development program dedicated to BIPOC artists
Durae McFarlane on the life-changing kindness of “Primary Trust”
Interview with Durae McFarlane about playing Kenneth in Eboni Booth’s “Primary Trust” in a Grand Theatre and Crow’s Theatre co-production
Review: With practical magic, Stratford’s “The Hobbit” conjures a dazzling but dense Middle-earth
“It’s a tremendous accomplishment, and other practical effects used to solve fantasy’s staging challenges also delight.” ~ Scott Sneddon
From 800 pages to pop-up magic: “You’ll See” closes Bealtaine Festival with a family-friendly Joyce
“This is a part of Irish culture, so that’s of interest in itself.” ~ Helen Gregg
Review: Stratford’s “Waiting for Godot” challenges a world that’s forgotten how to wait
“In this director and these actors’ hands, Vladimir and Estragon’s unself-conscious struggle to fill the time feels less like absurdity and more like resourceful heroism.” ~ Scott Sneddon
Review: “World On Fire” burns down the fourth wall — and asks what we’ll do with the ashes
“Walker’s direction steadily accelerates these individuals through their overlapping crises.” ~ Scott Sneddon
Review: In “bol, brown boy, bol,” belonging is something you practise
“The play follows the actor’s life from childhood to adulthood, tracing how the pressure to belong gradually becomes a habit of self-erasure.” ~ ~ Alessandro Stracuzzi
Review: Creepy “cicadas” burrows deep in Tarragon’s startling eco-thriller
“This play is a mystery that operates on geological, civilizational, and human-familial scales simultaneously, and she never lets one overwhelm the others.” ~ Scott Sneddon
Review: Of mice, men, and mixed motifs in Teesri Duniya’s “Behind the Moon”
“This latest production at Teesri Duniya’s Rangshala Studio offers a glimpse into intersections of the personal and the political in the diasporic dining industry. ” ~ Liuba de Armas