Red Velvet’s tale of Black actor Ira Aldridge confronts “life out there, on our stage, in here”
Review of Lolita Chakrabarti’s Red Velvet, on stage at Crow’s Theatre directed by Cherissa Richards
Soulpepper alchemy turns NASA’s “Golden Record” into an otherworldly concert experience
“Meticulously curated, artfully rearranged, exceptionally performed…the songs are the main characters in an ensemble journey” Review of Soulpepper’s “The Golden Record”
Now prowling at Crow’s Theatre: a tough, magnetic Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
“it’s easy to lose yourself entirely in individual scenes which surprise, engross, and enthrall.” Scott Sneddon’s review of the Crow’s Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company production of BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAHGDAD ZOO
At Canadian Stage, we have seen the Public Enemy. It is us. Run.
“Canadian Stage’s season-opening production of the play is fresh and wickedly funny.” Review of Olivier Choinière’s PUBLIC ENEMY at Canadian stage
Ins Choi’s Bad Parent delivers big laughs but demands effort. Just like parenting.
Review of Ins Choi’s new play “Bad Parent” now on stage at Soulpepper
New Al Purdy song cycle “The Shape of Home” unspools like a tight, cinematic long take
“Five bravura performances yield a tight, transcendent experience that is unlike anything else you’ll likely see this year.” Scott Sneddon reviews “The Shape of Home”
Bottling the human condition: Crow’s Theatre choreographs an immersive Uncle Vanya
“…within the walls of the Guloien Theatre, the human condition – in all of its absurdity, pathos, humour and tactility – has been bottled for us exquisitely.” Scott Sneddon’s review of “Uncle Vanya” at Crow’s Theatre
Soulpepper’s Electrifying Queen Goneril and apocalyptic King Lear create a conversation worth having
An epic longform review for an epic double-bill of “Queen Goneril” and “King Lear” at Soulpepper
Soulpepper & Native Earth’s Where the Blood Mixes: An overwhelmingly alive, full-sensory tour de force
“They are survivors: damaged, resilient and beautiful souls whom we root for. Their story of intergenerational trauma proves emotionally harrowing, but unexpectedly redemptive and hopeful…” Scott Sneddon’s review of “Where the Blood Mixes”
IS GOD IS: An audacious act of creation splashed unapologetically across the stage
There will be humour. There will be pathos. There will be complex, recursive interplay among past, present and future….. Oh, and there will be blood.” Scott Sneddon reviews IS GOD IS