How well do you really know your neighbours? In the small town where I grew up, I would have answered that I knew my neighbours pretty well, especially when I was younger and us kids would all play together outside when the weather was nice. But now that I live in a big city, I…
“How do you feel today?” A simple sounding question, yet one which we never truly ask in full because the answer will be more difficult than we’re usually willing to express. Solomon Goudsward’s How To Feel looks at the complexities of our emotional lives through the eyes of a down-on-his-luck young man and his close…
Come in from the cold to the Red Sandcastle Theatre for a hot night of debauchery, dirty deeds, and death. Eldritch Theatre’s Night at the Grand Guignol, written and directed by Eldritch’s Artistic Director Eric Woolfe, revives a piece of theatrical history with its own unique twist. Fraught with feverish fables, feisty femmes fatale, and…
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to attend a seance? UnSpun Theatre’s The Haunting gives audiences a chance to do just that. But you won’t be surrounded by strangers, this is the most intimate of performances: 1 on 1. Creator and performer Shira Leuchter has kindly answered my questions about The Haunting, how…
“It is a truth universally acknowledged...” The iconic opening line of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is never fully uttered in this new stage adaptation by Ferron Delcy and Jesse McQueen. One of the many running jokes throughout the play, this Pride and Prejudice has everything you love about the original novel with a cheeky…
How far back can you trace your lineage? You likely know where your grandparents lived and grew up, but what about their parents, or the ones before them? Do you still carry on their traditions, or have they been worn away by time into mere legends or half-forgotten songs? Coleen Shirin MacPherson’s Searching for Aimai,…
Telling your friends the truth can be a difficult task; we’re accustomed to the little white lies of “I’m okay” or “yeah, everything’s fine” in the pleasantries we engage in every day. But what happens when a close friend truly needs your help? When you’re seeing them make bad choices and nothing you’re saying to…
A daughter stolen. A mother desperate to find her child. A system working hard to keep them apart. The world premiere of Anusree Roy’s latest play, Through the Eyes of God, is a passionate solo show depicting Chaya’s search for her daughter after she’s abducted by a known kidnapper. Directed by Thomas Morgan Jones, Though…
It’s a hot July day in the town of Glorious Hill, and passions are running as high as the temperature when young Johnny Buchanan returns to town. Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke brings the heat in more ways than one, as it tells the tumultuous love story of Alma Winemiller and her childhood sweetheart John…
What would you do to get what you want? Who are you willing to use or betray? Your lover? Your family? What will you let stand in your way? Eden has been waiting for her moment for too long, and she’s not going to waste a single opportunity. Natasha Mumba’s gripping drama Copperbelt is into…
A View from the Box 