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
In Soulpepper’s Pipeline, an exceptional cast bring a wicked problem to vivid emotional life
“Again and again throughout PIPELINE, the emotional and moral ground shifts – wickedly and devastatingly. ” Scott Sneddon’s analysis of Soulpepper’s PIPELINE
Spring forward with great new graphic novels for middle-grade readers
Scott Sneddon’s round up of middle-grade graphic novels to read this spring
Daniel Brooks’ “Other People”: the thrill of detecting a theatrical exoplanet
“The show is a meditation on the prospective dissolution of self. And as it happens, the act of meditation is one part of its subject matter.” Scott Sneddon’s review of Daniel Brooks’ “Other People” at Canadian Stage
Expanded “Iphigenia and the Furies (on Taurean Land)” delivers a virtual knockout punch
“As directed by Jonathan Seinen, this is a complex tale told briskly and compellingly. ” Scott Sneddon’s review of “Iphigenia and the Furies (on Taurean Land)” by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)