Fortune Frenzy Fanaa In his seminal work “Masnavi”, Rumi’s didactic stories follow a similar path: problem, complication, and resolution. So too do the stories we hear in The Caged Bird Sings by Rouvan Silogix, Rafeh Mahmud, and Ahad Lakhani. Directed by Mahmud, The Caged Bird Sings remains a transcendent and thought-provoking experience, with certain elements…
On a dark and stormy night, six strangers arrive to a majestic mansion. But will they survive the night? Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, Sandy Rustin’s Clue is a hilarious murder mystery caper which brings the “classic detective game” to the stage. Directed by Wren Theatre’s artistic director Tatum Lee, Clue brings everything…
“This is what happened” Kenneth is 38, works in a book shop, lives alone, loves a good mai tai from Wally’s and hangs out there every happy hour with his best friend Bert. But when Kenneth’s world is turned upside down, everything he knows about life in Cranberry, New York comes into question. Eboni Booth’s…
“Af dem hob ikh eyn entfer — Got is a foter un Heylik is zayn Toyre!” From the opening lines of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish I felt the shift: changes both large and small which were taking a story I’ve known for most of my life and giving it new and deeper meaning.…
“What is Hell?” Take Wilde, famously charged with indecency in a time where it was still illegal to be queer who said: “We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.” Or take Huxley, who was so much more than the dystopian fiction we’re forced to read in school, who said:…
Where you do find inspiration? In nature? Other art? Or maybe even in another person? When the muse calls, no matter where you find it, you always feel compelled to answer, even if answering it might take over your life. Christina Anderson’s How to Catch Creation, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, examines the lives of…
Are you concerned about the end of the world? Do visions of the undead haunt your darkest dreams? Then fear not! Eldritch Theatre’s Zombocalypse! will walk you through the four steps to surviving a hostile zombie takeover....though survival is not guaranteed for all. Created by Eric Woolfe and directed by Rick Waugh, Zombocalypse! takes your…
We’ve all heard of those reality dance shows which were massive hits in the 2000’s: “Dance Moms” or even “Toddler and Tiaras”, and we know the drama which occurs both on and off the stage. Clare Barron’s Dance Nation, directed by Diana Bentley, brings that drama to life right before your eyes. With a cast…
“Goodnight, sweet Prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Horatio’s final words to his best friend hang in the air long after he’s uttered them. As the bodies have piled up around him in that final scene, Horatio is the sole survivor of one of Shakespeare’s more bloody tragedies. This new adaptation,…
Dear Lev, You don’t know me, but I’m lucky to get to see your Uncle Andrew’s work here in Toronto. He’s written a play about your great-grandfather, your pradid in Ukrainian, and he’s written it to you. To help you, and frankly all of us, understand a little bit more about the world as it…
A View from the Box 