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…
“I just find it so hard to have hope” What does it say about about me when my inner-most thoughts are being echoed by the devil? When a character initially full of hope succumbs to the harsh reality which surrounds him? Jen Silverman’s Witch, deftly directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, focuses on such questions: questions…
Content Warning: You, Always contains discussions of cancer, eating disorders, and Medical Assistance in Dying, amongst other adult topics. “You always... What?” Erin Shields’ You, Always opens with a fight – one so familiar sounding it was like I could see myself and my younger sister standing in their places on stage. This stunningly emotional…
These early sunsets and dark nights seem to be lending themselves to stories of the strange and spectral. To add to this eerie time of year, Theatre Smith-Gilmour, in association with Crow’s Theatre, is bringing the haunting tales of Pu Songling, a prolific writer of the Qing Dynasty, to the stage at Crow’s. Pu Songling’s…
As I bundled myself up on one of the coldest nights I can recall, I began to understand why they call this time of year the dead of winter: the frigid air pierced through every layer of fabric I had on straight to my bones as I made my way to one of my favourite…
Torvald’s little birdie stays in her cage, she scrimps and saves, she plays, she dances. But Torvald’s little birdie also lies, flirts, and screams. Henrik Ibsen’s classic A Doll’s House has been deftly adapted by Amy Herzog into the stunning production which you can witness now on stage from Canadian Stage. Directed by artistic director…
A View from the Box 