“I steal from the rich and give to the needyHe takes a wee percentage, but I'm not greedy” Twenty four years later, and the beginning of the “Merry Men” song from “Shrek” is still the first thing I think of when I hear the name Robin Hood, shortly followed by the iconic “Oo-De-Lally” song from…
May Day in St. Kitts is a pretty big deal: there’s a parade, all the stores and banks in town are closed, the drink is flowing, and the parties go on until dawn. So when three sailors find themselves stranded there after a massive storm, you know they’re bound to make the best of it.…
“The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.” – Carl Sagan “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Design: Robert Lepage, Costume Design: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt Assistant Set Design: Marie-Claude Pelletier, Assistant Lighting Design: Bernard White, Puppet Design: Pierre Robitaille…
This review most definitely contains spoilers. If you just want to go on the ride that is Slave Play, then I highly recommend doing so. As per Canadian Stage’s website, “Slave Play contains nudity, sexual content, simulated sexual violence, and racially violent language. Recommended for audiences 18+ only.” But if you’d like to know a…
benu – Watah Theatre and The Theatre Centre In the second play, benu, Sekesu Sankofa, Mudgu’s offspring, battles postpartum depression while navigating the alienation, invisibility and abuse Black womyn experience in the healthcare system. September 30 – October 5, also October 11 and 12 (Marathon Weekend) Franco Boni Theatre at The Theatre Centre – 1115…
“The story you are about to see has been told before. A lot. And now we are going to tell it again. But different.” The opening lines to Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil’s film “Gnomeo and Juliet” effectively sums up what it is do to Shakespeare’s works today, particularly his most popular romantic tragedy Romeo…
Gather round the fire, the Storyteller is ready to weave their tale. Mahabharata is a story as old as words themselves, passed down through the ages and told many ways over, however this telling is sure to be unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Miriam Fernandes and Ravi Jain have brought the stories of Mahabharata to…
April is a notoriously busy month in the theatre community, and this year is proving to be no exception. I’ve got plenty of exciting things to see this month, and hopefully you’ll be able to check them out as well! Paradise Lost – Randolph College for the Performing Arts The seventeenth century and present day…
The story of Shakespeare’s Danish prince has been told and retold for over four hundred years. But what if you realized that the events of your life were eerily similar to those of Hamlet? Juicy’s revelation happens at the barbecue being held for his mother and uncle’s wedding, and the similarities don’t stop there. Written…
Power. Deception. Lust. A perfect storm of emotions for some after-dinner drinks, wouldn’t you say? Edward Albee’s seminal work Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Brendan Healy, is like watching an acting masterclass in the most chaotic, yet breathtaking, way possible. Legendary performers bring these iconic characters to the Bluma stage in this highly-anticipated…
A View from the Box 