The second offering of the University Players at the University of Windsor is A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room; a touching look at how the life of the American family has centered around that space for generations. With just six actors playing different characters per scene, it's a beautiful challenge that is an absolute pleasure to…
Skipping Stones Theatre’s “Life of Len” at the Windsor-Walkerville Fringe Festival
The Windsor-Walkerville Fringe provided another afternoon of exceptional theatre with Life of Len produced by Skipping Stones Theatre. This one man show starring Eric Branget follows Len through several of the highlights in his life. Most of these memories focus on his relationship with his brother, Jimmy, and how things change with each life event.…
Stratford Festival’s “Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Redemption”
When the news came out that Graham Abbey had been working on an adaptation of four of Shakespeare's history plays, and that they were going to modify the Tom Patterson Theatre especially for the production, I was thrilled. There's nothing more exciting than getting to see a brand new piece and in a totally different…
University Player’s “To Moscow”
To Moscow was certainly a play for people who love theatre, this reviewer included, and I had an amazing time watching the lives of two of the most revolutionary theatre practitioners unfold in front of me. If you haven’t seen it yet, you need to get out and see it ASAP! Liza Balkan made an…
Stratford Festival’s “Antony and Cleopatra”
August 24th promised my first viewing of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Stratford Festival. For me, this play was very interesting; because I had never studied it, but had read it, I knew what to expect but not in my usual academic way, however it’s always infinitely better to see a play than to simply…
Stratford Festival’s “King John”
August 2nd I was delighted to take in the Stratford Festival’s production of Shakespeare’s King John. I was so excited to get to see John as it is not frequently done at the Festival, and with it being directed by Tony nominated director Tim Carroll I knew I was in for a real treat.One of…
A View from the Box 