Generations collide in the world premiere of Nikki Shaffeeullah’s A Poem for Rabia. Produced in association with Nightwood Theatre and Undercurrent Creations, and co-directed by Clare Preuss and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, A Poem for Rabia is a stunningly beautiful story about three generations of women, their struggles, and their triumphs. A stellar cast (including the…
The classic story of “Beauty and the Best” truly is a tale as old as time, but trust me, you’ve NEVER seen it like this! Taking the true story behind the fairy tale and giving it a bold and daring twist, Kat Sandler’s WILDWOMAN is just that: wild. Rich with dark humour, dazzling design, and…
The first time I saw one of Kat Sandler’s plays was on a whim one weekend on a visit to Toronto; Bang Bang had its first preview at Factory Theatre and I nabbed myself a last minute seat. I was blown away by the verisimilitude of her dialogue and the issues which she was willing…
A peaceful celebration in rural Wyoming turns into heated discussions and unearthing secrets in Will Arberty’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Philip Akin directs this poignant production in a way that makes it a vibrant experience. Heroes of the Fourth Turning is certainly turning over and over in my head; it left me with plenty…
Walter Borden is here to rock our worlds, and change our perspectives, with his solo show The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time. Dealing with everything from legacy to memory and how we pass all of that on, Borden’s incredible work is a moving, thought-provoking look at our lives and how we choose to stitch them…
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…
The boardroom of the Waterfront Toronto office along the shoreline of Lake Ontario certainly saw its fair share of action and drama when Google subsidiary Sidewalk Labs came to town in 2017. It’s the perfect setting for Michael Healey’s play The Master Plan, based on the Book “Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy” written by…
When afternoon coffee and pastries turns into more of an interrogation, Ilsa finds herself irrevocably trapped in a battle between her well-hidden past and newly-minted present. Deborah Shaw’s her. explores this dilemma in which Ilsa finds herself on two spring afternoons in 1954 Toronto. Directed by David Agro and starring Shaw, her. is a pointed…
It’s gearing up to be an exciting fall, and hopefully my Beyond the Box post will be kept short this month! With a more liberal schedule I’m hoping to attend lots of performances as companies get their 2023/24 seasons off the ground. Fall for Dance North* Toronto’s premier international dance festival, will bring its diverse…
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…
A View from the Box 