Soul-stirring theatre: Shaw Festival’s The Amen Corner explores the intersection of heaven, home and heart
Review of James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner, on stage at Shaw Festival
“This is a love story”: Shakespeare in Action’s otîhêw re-imagines Shakespeare’s Othello
“Otîhêw not only relocates the play’s action to this intense North American setting, it complexifies the main characters by reimagining their race, gender, status and agency…” Review of otîhêw
Soulpepper’s King Gilgamesh & The Man of the Wild: These Buds are for you
“The magic of the production, which was conceived and authored by Moneka, LaVercombe and Seth Bockley … lies in the way these two stories are made one.” Review of King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild
“The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom” – you’ll be singing all the way back home
“See a marvelous ensemble at the height of their powers tell a compelling story.” Review of “The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom”
Perceptual Archaeology teaches “How to Travel Blind” – and spectate with insight
“The Fire and Rescue Team have built a playful and profound theatrical experience that takes audiences on a parallel awakening.” Review by Scott Sneddon
Sizwe Banzi is Dead . . . yet SO alive on the Soulpepper stage
“And though this is play comes from a distant country (South Africa) and a distant time (1972), we are not permitted to hold ourselves apart from it.” Review of SIZWE BANZE IS DEAD
1 man + 25 years + 100 minutes ÷ 5 W’s + 1 H: Boom X at Crow’s is more than the sum of its parts
Review of Rick Miller’s BOOM X, the second in his BOOM Trilogy
The Chinese Lady holds up an unflinching mirror – and dares us to look past it
Review of Lloyd Suh’s award-winning THE CHINESE LADY
“A Number” marks an unsettling and auspicious debut for That Theatre Company
Review: “That Theatre Company’s debut show, Caryl Churchill’s ‘A Number’ is just an hour long: slender-seeming, but packed with steely substance.”
Soulpepper’s ‘The Seagull’ takes flight in a post-modern blend of magic and absurdity
“The Seagull is a play filled with drama, humour, and more tangled and inescapable relationship issues than a reality TV show.” Review of ‘The Seagull’ on stage at Soulpepper