The candles are lit, the curtains drawn, it’s time for a ghost story. Duncan MacMillan’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm is a poignant tale which feels like it’s been ripped out of today’s headlines. Full of complex ideas and even more complicated characters, Rosmersholm delves into the ambitions, heartaches, and politics of the Norse nobility.…
Can you remember the worst pain you’ve ever been in? I certainly can, I once had a kidney stone which kept me in the hospital for four days. It was not a good time. The ladies at the wellness retreat in Annie Baker’s Infinite Life also don’t seem like they’re having a good time, at…
“Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not, HEDWIG!” John Cameron Mitchell’s opening line to his queer masterpiece Hedwig and the Angry Inch reverberates through the theatre as “America the Beautiful” begins to sound on the electric guitar. Though technically a musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock concert, history lesson, and…
“Deep down underneath it all I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar, on my desk.” Robert Bloch’s witticism (yes, Stephen King borrowed the line from him) is perfectly symbolic of the quirky gruesomeness that is With Love and a Major Organ by Julia Lederer. It’s Canadian premiere, directed…
Two bodies both alike in lividity, in fair Toronto where they lay to die. Unchained Theatre Company’s production of Romeo and Juliet takes a story we all know and brings it to the familiar locale of our beautiful city for an intense and passionate retelling. Directed by Unchained Theatre Company’s co-founder Jack Burrill, Romeo and…
Welcome to Kringle, ON where it’s Christmas all year round...or at least it has been for the past week! That is, until a major corporation tries to block them from being an official Christmastown (TM). This world premiere play by Briana Brown combines the hilarity of farce with serious subtext to create a delightful adventure…
The moon is high over Coley’s Point, Newfoundland and down below on the porch of a wealthy family’s home, Mary Snow is, as usual, staring up at the heavens. What she doesn’t expect is who is coming down the walkway to surprise her that evening, a surprise that’ll change the course of their lives forever.…
“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…
Knock knock! Steve’s home for his monthly dinner with his folks, except he’s never quite sure what he’s going to walk into when he opens the door. An autobiographical journey though an exceptionally formative year in the life of playwright Steve Ross, 12 Dinners shies away from nothing in its examination of both Ross and…
Day 8 of Fringe brought me back to Theatre Passe Muraille for 3 shows, and then down to the Al Green Theatre for my last review for Intermission. It was my last super busy day of the festival, and it was very rainy, but I was happy for a nice dinner break in between my…
A View from the Box 