The Bacchanal is in full swing at the Coal Mine Theatre! DION: A Rock Opera is Coal Mine’s first ever World Premiere, and they could not have picked a more epic piece to start off 2024. Composed by Ted Dykstra, Libretto by Steve Mayoff, and directed by Peter Hinton-Davis, DION is an exciting, fresh, sexy…
Toronto Fringe is back with its Next Stage Festival; similar to Fringe, it’s short form works which are now in their next stage of development. This year’s festival is their sixteenth year giving artists another opportunity to showcase their works and their talents on the Toronto Fringe stage. The whole festival takes place at Buddies…
The final production of Factory Theatre’s season of Myth-makers is the world premiere of Colleen Wagner’s brilliant play Armadillos. A meta-theatrical journey into the Greek myth of Thetis and Peleus, Armadillos explores how the stories we tell affect who we are. Directed by the inimitable Jani Lauzon, featuring an incredible cast and stunning design, Armadillos…
Trojan Girls and the Outhouse of Atreus by Gillian Clark is a performance unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Expertly directed by Mitchell Cushman and produced in collaboration by Outside the March and Factory Theatre, in association with Neworld Theatre, Trojan Girls brilliantly explores the stories of the key players in Greek tragedy while being…
After a fun-filled weekend away it was time to get back to Fringe! I took in two shows tonight in the Factory Theatre’s Studio space, Lesbihonest and Iphigenia in Splott. While they couldn’t be more different in tone, both productions delve deep into what it means to be a woman and the harsh realities women…
Closing out Factory Theatre’s 2021-22 Season is the dark and hysterical Wildfire. Written by David Paquet and translated by Leanna Brodie, Wildfire is wickedly smart and had the audience in stitches. Directed by Soheil Parsa, you simply cannot miss seeing this production. The performances in Wildfire are a veritable masterclass; each performance is powerful, nuanced,…
A View from the Box 