Ding dong! An unexpected visitor is at the door! But is he a man, or is he an idea that’s come to disrupt this middle-class family? And what’s most important, can they recognize his influence before it’s too late? Director Alan Dilworth takes on Roland Schimmelpfennig’s iconic play Winter Solstice, translated by David Tushingham. Featuring…
And so we embark on a new year of theatrical journeys together! April of 2025 will mark my third year of writing A View from the Box; definitely taking suggestions on how to celebrate! Let’s take a look at all of the fabulous offerings for this January. Last Landscape – Bad News Days in partnership…
And somehow we’re into December already! 2024 has been a banner year here at A View from the Box, and I’m so thankful to have had you all along for the ride! I’ve got a few shows coming up this month before I take a little break for the Holidays! The Master Plan – Crow’s…
There are two rules to theatre: “The show must go on” and “Shit happens.” Playing Shylock, written by Mark Leiren-Young and directed by Martin Kinch, exemplifies these rules with its own unique twists and turns. Starring legend of stage and screen Saul Rubinek, Playing Shylock is an intensely personal look at Rubinek’s life and his…
“You only have one story” and Lucy Barton is ready to tell hers. My Name is Lucy Barton, written by Elizabeth Strout and adapted for the stage by Rona Munro, is a harrowing tale of Lucy’s fight for her life, both as a child and as an adult spending nine weeks in the hospital. Maev…
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…
Here we are, the start of another theatre season! With new seasons beginning at all of our favourite theatres, and productions being put on from emerging companies, it’s going to be a BUSY month. I’m really looking forward to getting back to some of my favourite spaces and seeing what the 24/25 season has in…
“To be, or not to be?”: Shakespeare’s infamous question has permeated our consciousness for over 400 years. Jessica Carmichael has homed in on Hamlet’s meditations on life, death, and grief for her stirring production of Hamlet for this year’s Dream in High Park. Breathing new life into one of Shakespeare’s most recognizable works, this is…
Have you ever had a story you knew you needed to tell? One that rattled inside you until you simply had to let it out? The Inheritance is one such story. Written by Matthew López and directed by Brendan Healy, The Inheritance takes the audience on an intimate journey through the lives of three generations…
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that’s certainly true for tiny humans, and the creative works that become our children, alike. Quote Unquote Collective’s Universal Child Care has had several companies involved in the birthing of this piece, including Broadstage, Santa Monica (who commissioned the work), Nightwood Theatre, Why Not…
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