Fortune Frenzy Fanaa In his seminal work “Masnavi”, Rumi’s didactic stories follow a similar path: problem, complication, and resolution. So too do the stories we hear in The Caged Bird Sings by Rouvan Silogix, Rafeh Mahmud, and Ahad Lakhani. Directed by Mahmud, The Caged Bird Sings remains a transcendent and thought-provoking experience, with certain elements…
2024’s The Caged Bird Sings was certainly one of the most unforgettable theatrical experiences I’ve witnessed thus far. This summer, Tarragon Theatre along with Modern Times and Theatre ARTaud are bringing this beautiful show indoors to the Tarragon Extraspace. I got to ask Waleed Ansari (set designer) & Rafeh Mahmud (creator/director) some questions about this…
The sound of cicadas singing is one of the hallmarks of summer; that chirring can be heard night and day, sometimes at seemingly unbelievable volumes considering they’re insects. You can especially tell the years where the cycles have linked, and the alien-looking creatures cover the trees...or maybe even swarm your home near Trinity Bellwoods Park.…
“It’s as if we’re being shown how the world is fragile, but oh how it twinkles” Now, more than ever, we’re witnessing the fragility of the world: climate disasters are becoming more frequent, humanity is being divided on seemingly every issue, wars are constantly perpetuated, and the cost of living is progressively going up. Matthew…
What does it mean to have power in today’s society? Is it money? Status? Friends? Or are all three of those interconnected into a web of fantasy? Polly Stenham’s Julie, an adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie, is a captivating look at the life of a party-girl heiress and a night which will change her life…
Do you believe in ghosts? What about faeries? Or maybe even reincarnation? Judith Thompson’s haunting Queen Maeve weaves the magical and the mundane to tell a harrowing story of love, loss, and the power of forgiveness over three generations. Directed by Mike Payette, Queen Maeve has a spirit as fierce as the titular Celtic Queen…
How well do you really know your neighbours? In the small town where I grew up, I would have answered that I knew my neighbours pretty well, especially when I was younger and us kids would all play together outside when the weather was nice. But now that I live in a big city, I…
Content Warning: The following review contains discussion of violence towards Indigenous peoples. What do you do when the ghost of your ancestor appears and encourages you to commit a crime? This question was perhaps most famously explored by Hamlet, but Lisa Nasson’s Mischief offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on what the answer might be.…
May Day in St. Kitts is a pretty big deal: there’s a parade, all the stores and banks in town are closed, the drink is flowing, and the parties go on until dawn. So when three sailors find themselves stranded there after a massive storm, you know they’re bound to make the best of it.…
Have you ever overheard two people in a heated argument? And you know you shouldn’t listen, yet you can’t help but take sides based on what you’re hearing. debbie tucker green’s a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun), directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, is a glorious ninety minutes of doing just this: observing three…
A View from the Box 