Hedda Gabler wants a life of beauty and desire, no matter what, or whom, stands in her way. The Coal Mine Theatre is bringing Ibsen’s classic to life in their final production of their ninth season. Expertly adapted by Liisa Repo-Martell and directed by Moya O’Connell, Hedda Gabler is a thrilling drama that’ll keep you…
At times, the darkest situations can yield some of the most true and genuinely funny comedy. Jordi Mand has certainly tapped into that beautiful duality with her latest play In Seven Days. In a co-production with The Grand Theatre, and directed by Philip Akin, In Seven Days will have you laughing and crying in equal…
Waiting for the TTC, particularly in the middle of the night, certainly can make you feel like you’re stuck in one of Samuel Beckett’s plays. Peter N. Bailey’s Tyson’s Song takes this feeling to the next level with his thought-provoking story about two friends on the brink of a new phase of their lives. As…
How long does it take to destroy a life? For Cara, it’s a mere four minutes and twelve seconds and her life will never be the same. The North American Premiere of James Fritz’s Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, directed by Studio 180 Theatre’s Artistic Director Mark McGrinder, is poignant and unpredictable. The stellar cast who…
After-parties can get pretty rowdy, but you wouldn’t expect that from two professors and their wives in 1962, would you? Yet that’s exactly what we witness in Edward Albee’s classic work Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This production, directed by David Agro, uses the intimate venue of the Red Sandcastle Theatre to make this an…
A secluded chalet high in the French Alps becomes occupied by a newlywed couple, what could go wrong? According to Robert Thomas’ Trap for a Lonely Man, the answer is plenty! Directed by Kevin Shaver, this production of Thomas’ genre-defining work confounds and delights with a twisty plot that’ll keep you guessing. Jamie Sherman, Makenzie…
They might just be “four Jews in a room, bitching,” but their lives are so much more complicated than that! Falsettos, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine, is simultaneously a laugh-out-loud comedy and heartbreaking drama about a group of friends living in New York City whose lives…
Imagine having ideas and plans so big that you simply knew you couldn’t fit them into a single lifetime. What’s a billionaire like Walt Disney to do but freeze his own head in hopes of one day being revived in time to help save the world. Lucas Hnath’s A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay…
You might think you know about Louis Riel and his place in Canada’s History, but I can guarantee you’ve never heard it told like this! Frances Končan’s Women of the Fur Trade, which is being presented by the National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre and Great Canadian Theatre Company, looks at this tumultuous time in Canada’s…
An American horror writer and a British children’s story author walk into a bar...or in the case of Eldritch Theatre’s The House at Poe Corner, they walk into the Woodland of Weir, never to be heard from again. Resurrected for its ten year deathiversary, The House at Poe Corner (written by Micheal O’Brien and Eric…
A View from the Box 