Coming home isn’t always easy...especially if you didn’t say goodbye to your friends and family before going. But when Destin suddenly finds himself stranded on his old Rez, he can see how much, and how little, has changed. Rez Gas is a world premiere musical written by Cale Crowe and Genevieve Adams, and directed by…
What happens when you’ve had enough? You’re at the end of your rope and you just can’t take another bad thing happening in your life? Do you cry, scream, or both? Or do you try to set the grocery store you were just fired from on fire, like Beth. There is Violence and There is…
The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996; I started first grade that September, with no clue at all that these schools existed. Like most young Canadians, I didn’t learn about the full extent of the atrocities perpetrated against Indigenous peoples until well into my adult life, and plays like Jani Lauzon and Kaitlin…
You might think you know about Louis Riel and his place in Canada’s History, but I can guarantee you’ve never heard it told like this! Frances Končan’s Women of the Fur Trade, which is being presented by the National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre and Great Canadian Theatre Company, looks at this tumultuous time in Canada’s…
When was the last time you grabbed a stone or two walking along the beach or on a hike? Jani Lauzon has been collecting stones her whole life, and with them the stories they hold about our Earth. Her solo show Prophecy Fog is a transformative tale about life, the stories we tell, and which…
The opera scene in Toronto has been graced with several world premieres over the past year or so, and Unsettled Score’s Canoe is the latest in this impressive group. Canoe’s Libretto and story was written by Dr. Spy Dénommé-Welch, as well as being co-composed by Dénommé-Welch and Catherine Magowan. Produced in collaboration with Native Earth…
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…
Summertime is traditionally full of outdoor production’s of Shakespeare’s works, but rarely are they about the Bard of Stratford himself. Dauntless City Theatre is doing just that with Vijay Padaki’s Shakespeare By Any Other Name in St. James Park. Directed by joey o’dael, this work looks at several aspects of Shakespeare’s influence in our current…
Nestled beside the Humber River, Little Avenue Memorial Park is currently home to Shakespeare in Action’s production of Otîhêw. Otîhêw is a Cree-Métis re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Othello expertly written by PJ Prudat and directed by Lisa Nasson. Everything from the outdoor setting to the beautiful props and costumes to the powerhouse performances make it a…
The Alumnae Theatre is currently host to an incredible world premiere, Tunnel at the End of the Light. Written and directed by Jonathan Guy Lewis, this moving piece examines the lives of a former platoon, who fought together in Afghanistan, after the death of their captain. Featuring stellar performances and soul-bearing stories, Tunnel at the…
A View from the Box 