5 For Your Consideration: PROGRESS Festival, 5th Edition
Confounded by all the choices at this year’s PROGRESS Festival? Scott Sneddon has shortlisted 5 as his must-see list.
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Tamara Podemski feels “blessed to be here” in Native Earth’s This Is How We Got Here
Interview with Tamara Podemski, part of an all-Indigenous production of “This Is How We Got Here”, which follows a family’s journey through loss, grief, and healing.
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Exceptional performances make Alumnae Theatre’s latest production truly “Bountiful”
Scott Sneddon’s review of Horton Foote’s THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, directed by Brenda Darling and on stage at Alumnae Theatre until February 1.
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The Solitudes’ Lara Arabian on how eight women’s stories become a singularly affecting experience
“Each woman’s story is unique, and the piece seeks to weave our stories so that we can ‘speak’ to each other – both about our individual experiences and our exchanges with the others.” Interview with Lara Arabian, The Solitudes
Tita Jokes and 49th Day showcase the stories of fierce females
Whether your hope is to laugh or be moved, two shows – Tita Jokes and 49th Day – at Toronto’s Next Stage Theatre Festival hosted by Toronto Fringe at the Factory Theatre have got you covered.
Kat Letwin is there “and, good lord, so are the ghosts” at Three Ships Collective’s immersive A Christmas Carol
Three Ships Collective’s immersive and impressive “A Christmas Carol” is back at Campbell House Museum. The revival brings the fantastic talents of Kat Letwin to the ensemble.
“Between Riverside and Crazy” arrives at the Coal Mine ~ review by Sylvie Webb
“The issues are completely relatable to a Toronto audience because they deal with violence, gentrification, unaffordable housing, addiction and the meaning of what it means to be a family.” Sylvie Webb reviews Coal Mine Theatre’s Between Riverside and Crazy
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“Trout Stanley”: Looking for Love . . . and a Lake by Sylvie Webb
“The actors were compelling and fantastical, but the realities they portrayed became ours to share.” Sylvie Webb reviews the Factory Theatre revival of Claudia Dey’s TROUT STANLEY
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Christina Tannous is a Bald Soprano “seriously unlike any other”
“This could be the first time a director casts an actual soprano in the play and would make this version of The Bald Soprano quite unique.” Christina Tannous sings the Bald Soprano in TfT’s THE BALD SOPRANO.
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THE GOOD THIEF is a good story well told by Fly on the Wall’s David Mackett
“In approaching the role, I’ve tried to find this man’s humanity and his ongoing struggle with his past.” Sesayarts in conversation with actor David Mackett and director Rod Ceballos about Conor McPherson’s THE GOOD THIEF