“It’s as if we’re being shown how the world is fragile, but oh how it twinkles” Now, more than ever, we’re witnessing the fragility of the world: climate disasters are becoming more frequent, humanity is being divided on seemingly every issue, wars are constantly perpetuated, and the cost of living is progressively going up. Matthew…
Usually I wouldn’t associate quicksand with the wilderness of the UK, but in Jen Silverman’s The Moors, it’s just one of the many perilous pitfalls which are said to lurk outside the safety of the lone manor house. Deftly directed by Bryn Kennedy, Silverman’s The Moors is a haunting tale of love and longing, set…
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…
Imagine waking up for the first time. You haven't been asleep, but you haven't been awake either. No one around you notices. What is different? What has changed? Will this society cast you out as defective? Can you return? And even if you do return, will it be what you remembered? Devon Healey’s Rainbow on…
The hair salon is a sacred space; women to go unburden themselves, to feel glamorous and pampered, and in a small town, that salon community is even more tight knit. Steel Magnolias allows the audience to be a fly on the wall in one such salon in Louisiana, how their lives intertwine and how they…
We all love seeing beautiful costumes on stage, but most of us don't know about the world of the seamstresses and costume designers who make them a reality. That's where SEW comes in! A new musical that'll have you in stitches, SEW takes us behind the scenes of a theatre's costume shop! I got to…
What is life like through the eyes of an elephant? Is it lush and green, or lonely and chained? Sydney has experienced it all, and is here to tell the tale. Sanctuary Song, libretto by Marjorie Chan 陳以珏, composed by Abigail Richardson-Schulte, and directed by Michael Hidetoshi Mori, is an opera for all ages about…
Gather round for the cheapest opera in town, it’ll only cost you threepenny! Or so the Balladeer says. But in an underworld of debauchery, stealing, and a cutthroat boss or two, there’s much more than simply money at stake. Bertold Brecht’s famous The Threepenny Opera, directed by Anita La Selva, is an ambitious choice for…
Music is magic: a song can express a part of our souls that we’re too afraid to. Carolyn Fe and her ghostly group are lifting their voices, and potentially more than just the spirits of the audiences, with their concert Grave Songs: A Concert to Thin the Veil. With pieces from France to Broadway, this…
Everyone has their own secrets, but when Kai’s mother unexpectedly passes away, she discovers that her mother had been keeping plenty of secrets...about Kai. Carried by the River, written by Diana Tso 曹楓 and directed by William Yong 楊漢源 is about the importance of both ancestry and discovery, told through the eyes of a queer…
A View from the Box 