It’s a hot July day in the town of Glorious Hill, and passions are running as high as the temperature when young Johnny Buchanan returns to town. Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke brings the heat in more ways than one, as it tells the tumultuous love story of Alma Winemiller and her childhood sweetheart John…
What would you do to get what you want? Who are you willing to use or betray? Your lover? Your family? What will you let stand in your way? Eden has been waiting for her moment for too long, and she’s not going to waste a single opportunity. Natasha Mumba’s gripping drama Copperbelt is into…
“I just find it so hard to have hope” What does it say about about me when my inner-most thoughts are being echoed by the devil? When a character initially full of hope succumbs to the harsh reality which surrounds him? Jen Silverman’s Witch, deftly directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, focuses on such questions: questions…
What’s your favourite season? I love the spring, because everything is new and fresh and getting warmer, but not too hot. But what if you lived a world of only winter? Where nothing ever changes and the frozen wasteland goes on as far as the eye can see. Bad Hats’ Narnia, adapted and directed by…
Have you ever had that eerie impulse to look beyond the veil? To see what awaits for us on the other side? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ The Comeuppance, directed by Frank Cox-O’Connell, allows audiences to do just that: to get a glimpse of what awaits five friends as they celebrate their 20th High School Reunion. Hauntingly accurate…
Look! Can you see it? That bright streak across the sky, you can see it even in the daylight! Halley’s comet looms large in Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, an emotionally driven and intense journey into womanhood through the lens of twelve women who suddenly find themselves thrust together to decide the fate of one of…
What happens when a visit from an old friend turns into more than just reminiscing and sharing a meal? Harold Pinter’s Old Times, directed by Peter Pasyk, takes its cues from absurdist theatre while dialing the (sexual) tension to eleven. Beautiful design and a haunting text make Old Times an intriguing production. Old Times is…
“I may not be the best witness to my own story.” Hannah Moscovitch’s new play, Red Like Fruit, asks us to ponder this and more amidst a gut-wrenching tale of a journalist struggling with some of her darkest memories. Directed by Christian Barry, Red Like Fruit explores how societal expectations encourage us to see our…
There’s always plenty of things to see not only here in Toronto, but around Ontario and further afield! Here’s some great productions you can check out! Toronto MacBeth: “A Tale Told by an Idiot” – Eldritch Theatre Company The return of Eldritch Theatre’s dementedly inspired, one-man MacBeth! Shakespeare’s blood-soaked king, with weird witches, viscera-sopped murders, nightmares…
Have you ever been stood up on a date? For those of you who have managed to escape such circumstances let me assure you, it feels awful. Akosua Amo-Adem takes us through one such experience, and so many more, with her new play Table for Two. Starring Amo-Adem and directed by Djanet Sears, Table for…
A View from the Box 