September was a BUSY month! So many exciting productions were happening all over the city. October is going to be another theatre-filled month. I’m also going to be trying out some new things on social media and new tools like Linktree so that you all have quick access to what’s new and happening on my…
September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and so it was a perfect day to open Civilized at the Red Sandcastle Theatre. Sitting in a packed house with an audience predominantly donning orange shirts, you could tell that the performance was going to be special. Civilized certainly brings forward the Truth aspect…
With several theatre companies across the city opening their 2022/23 seasons and other companies like the Stratford and Shaw Festivals announcing their 2023 seasons, it’s a very exciting time to be a theatre patron. Many companies are doing a great deal of world premieres and specially commissioned works which offer new and unique perspectives on…
Canadian Stage is kicking off their mainstage 2022/23 season with Olivier Choinière’s Public Enemy. Adapted by Bobby Theodore and directed by Brendan Healy, Public Enemy uniquely explores humanity via family dinners and the chaos they inevitably create. Starring masters of their craft and brilliant newcomers, Public Enemy is unlike anything I’ve experienced and it is…
Tarragon Theatre is starting it’s 2022/23 season off with a total hit! Cockroach, written by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) and directed by Artistic Director Mike Payette, chronicles the inner life of a young man as he experiences a very traumatic event. This funny, moving, and poignant work is the kind of powerful theatre we…
My family and I are gearing up to head back to the Stratford Festival this weekend, and both of the plays by Shakespeare which we’re seeing are plays we’ve seen before. They’ll be brand new for my partner, so I’ll be looking forward to seeing his reaction to them. But I feel like the question…
Ins Choi brings his insightful new play Bad Parent home to Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre to start its rolling world premiere. Bad Parent, directed by Meg Roe, takes a hard look at the lives of Norah and Charles after the birth of their son, Mountain. Through the use of frequent moments of direct address, Norah and…
"From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun." -Bertolt Brecht A Short Organum for the Theatre (1949) "When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, "We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is…
Fresh off of their incredible run with the Festival Players of Prince Edward County, Crow’s Theatre has brought The Shape of Home, Songs in Search of Al Purdy home to roost at Streetcar Crowsnest theatre in Toronto. The Shape of Home is a stunning song-cycle telling the story of Al Purdy’s life through his poetry…
Crow’s Theatre is opening their 2022/23 season with a magnificent production of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya. With a new adaptation by Liisa Repo-Martell and directed by Crow’s Artistic Director Chris Abraham, this dynamic duo has created a theatrical experience unlike anything I’ve seen at Crow’s thus far. Performed in the round by some of the greatest…
A View from the Box 