Ronnie Burkett is pulling on our heartstrings, as well as his puppets’ strings, with his latest creation Wonderful Joe. Burkett brings his unique blend of comedy and compassion to this awe-inspiring production, taking us on a journey with Joe Pickle and his colourful cast of neighbours. As side-splitting as it is tear-jerking, Wonderful Joe lives…
Do you have trouble staying on task? Thoughts always running a million miles a minute? Then have we got the seminar for you! Alec Toller directs, and co-stage manages 13 Plays About ADHD All At The Same Time, a pseudo-seminar designed to help audience members understand a bit more about life with ADHD. Featuring a…
Have you ever wished you could just walk out of the grocery store, full bags in hand, having not paid a single cent? That’s exactly what Antonia, and hundreds of other fed up wives, have accomplished in Dario Fo’s Low Pay? Don’t Pay!. With a plot which sounds like it could be ripped from the…
Did you hear that? Was it just a twig snapping beneath your foot? Or has Samca found you in Hoia Baicu late at night? Based on the Romanian folktale, Spindle Collective and Riot King’s production of SAMCA tells the story of a pair of sisters who must learn to navigate the world with as much…
Once upon a time...those four words have taken each of us on countless adventures into the land of fairy tales and imagination. Toronto’s CORPUS company and Japan’s KIO company are here to take us on another journey, one which blends the two cultures in an examination of two animals frequently found in their respective fairy…
“A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.” Diogenes’ musings about friendship are aptly discussed in Aaron Posner Chaim Potok’s play The Chosen, based off of Potok’s novel by the same name. Two young men become friends through very unlikely circumstances, and while their upbringings are very different, they connect in so many ways.…
The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996; I started first grade that September, with no clue at all that these schools existed. Like most young Canadians, I didn’t learn about the full extent of the atrocities perpetrated against Indigenous peoples until well into my adult life, and plays like Jani Lauzon and Kaitlin…
Michi Barall does it all: playwright, actor, and academic. Though she's been living in NYC for over 30 years, she's still very much in touch with her Canadian roots. Barall's new play, Drawing Lessons, is set to premiere at Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis next month. I got to ask Michi some questions about her…
“I can’t stand theatre. We get fucking bored in the theatre 99% of the time.” The quote from author Bernard-Marie Koltès on its bright yellow background glares up at me from my program. Koltès’ Roberto Zucco could never be defined as boring; the narrative structure, fascinating characters, and pure shock factor don’t allow for boredom.…
The Kingston Grand Theatre is producing the World Premiere of Sophia Fabiilli's latest work, Why it's imPossible. A complex work about parenting, finding yourself, and the delicate relationship between parent and child, Why it's imPossible will bring you laugter and tears in equal meaure. I got to ask Sophia about her inspiration for this play,…
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