“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…
Content Warning: The following review contains discussion of violence towards Indigenous peoples. What do you do when the ghost of your ancestor appears and encourages you to commit a crime? This question was perhaps most famously explored by Hamlet, but Lisa Nasson’s Mischief offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on what the answer might be.…
When’s the last time you had to shop for a cell phone? The plans are daunting, aren’t they? Forget about the cost of the phone itself. And according to Micheal Healey’s latest masterpiece Rogers v. Rogers, that’s exactly how those corporations want you to feel. Directed by Chris Abraham, Rogers v. Rogers retains the feel…
The development of AI feels like it’s been happening at a break-neck speed with more and more new information being released all the time. What most folks forget is that the more we use the internet, and the more we’re forced to interact with AI, the more it learns about us. This eerie mutual learning…
What’s your favourite season? I love the spring, because everything is new and fresh and getting warmer, but not too hot. But what if you lived a world of only winter? Where nothing ever changes and the frozen wasteland goes on as far as the eye can see. Bad Hats’ Narnia, adapted and directed by…
The sound of knitting needles greeted me as I walked into the BMO Incubator at The Theatre Centre. But it wasn’t a pre-show sound effect, there were folks knitting as they waited for the show to start. Many others were clad in knit goods, a product of the cold but also showing enthusiasm for the…
A View from the Box 