Indulge in the splendour of upper-class Russian society with Crow’s Theatre and The Musical Stage Company’s Canadian Premiere of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. A truly captivating musical based on a portion of “War and Peace,” the Great Comet of 1812 immerses the audience in the production and makes every moment more…
Every day we make choices which lead us down one of any number of paths. But when war forces you out of your home, forces you to choose sides, forces you into unimaginable situations, what then? Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s stunning play Bad Roads examines that question and so much more. Brilliantly directed by Andrew Kushnir and…
Back at the post for another race is Gareth Williams and Anna Chatterton’s award-winning opera Rocking Horse Winner. Directed by Michael Hidetoshi Mori, with musical direction by Kamna Gupta, Rocking Horse Winner brings the short story by D.H. Lawrence to life. Talented vocalists, stunning design, and a mesmerizing score puts Rocking Horse Winner several lengths…
A peaceful celebration in rural Wyoming turns into heated discussions and unearthing secrets in Will Arberty’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Philip Akin directs this poignant production in a way that makes it a vibrant experience. Heroes of the Fourth Turning is certainly turning over and over in my head; it left me with plenty…
The boardroom of the Waterfront Toronto office along the shoreline of Lake Ontario certainly saw its fair share of action and drama when Google subsidiary Sidewalk Labs came to town in 2017. It’s the perfect setting for Michael Healey’s play The Master Plan, based on the Book “Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy” written by…
I am about to embark on another theatre-filled weekend in Stratford with my partner and family, an annual tradition which now has spanned two decades. It’s got me thinking about the blatant disregard for the Festival Theatre playing space which we witnessed the last time we were there in July (as well as many times…
There’s a beauty to the fact that the end of summer also means the beginning of new seasons of theatre; as the nights get longer and the weather cooler, what a better thing to do than get together and see live theatre! I have a lot of exciting performances coming up this month and I’m…
Crow’s Theatre has teamed up with Fire and Rescue Team to bring us Perceptual Archaeology (or How to Travel Blind). Written and performed by Alex Bulmer, and directed by Leah Cherniak, Perceptual Archaeology not only tells an incredible story of Bulmer becoming a travel writer, but asks us to rethink how we experience the world.…
Things are getting groovy in the Guloien Theatre at Streetcar Crow’s Nest with their production of Rick Miller’s BOOM X. This incredible one man show has writer and director Rick Miller playing one hundred characters in one hundred minutes to the absolute delight of audiences. A look at Gen Xers and the pop-culture which shaped…
The Studio Space at Crow’s theatre has been transformed into a Victorian Museum gallery for Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady. Directed by Marjorie Chan (Artistic Director at Theatre Passe Muraille), The Chinese Lady tells the true story of Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to ever immigrate to the United States, and the vast societal…
A View from the Box 