26 February 2020
Nominee Interview Series: Laura Condlln (2019)
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Before we announce the winners of the 2019 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present…
25 February 2020
Factory Theatre: Lady Sunrise
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
You ever fallen up the stairs before? I don’t know why but I feel more foolish when I fall going up the stairs then I do when I fall down …
24 February 2020
Nominee Interview Series: Alicia Ault
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2019 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present…
24 February 2020
Canadian Stage: How to Fail As a Popstar
By Jackie Houghton // Theatre (Toronto)
How to Fail As a Popstar… Is it a love letter or is it a break up song? After watching Vivek Shraya’s debut play, now playing at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley …
23 February 2020
Hamilton on Tour
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is the smashiest smash hit to ever smash on Broadway and it has subsequently inspired a cult-like devotion that strains the limits of the word “cult-like” (the intensity …
23 February 2020
Nominee Interview Series: Sergio Di Zio (2019)
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2019 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Five years ago, I interviewed the effusive and self-effacing Sergio Di Zio …
17 February 2020
Crow’s Theatre: Secret Life of a Mother
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
Hannah Moscovitch’s Secret Life of a Mother is a raw and compelling portrait of the darker side of motherhood – one rarely acknowledged in polite conversation, forcing the arts to …
17 February 2020
Canadian Opera Company: Hansel & Gretel
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
The Canadian Opera Company designed a playful Winter Season…
14 February 2020
Progress, 2020
By Thea Fitz-James // Theatre (Toronto)
Theatre Centre’s Progress Festival is one of my favourite annual festivals in Toronto. The programming is always sharp and smart, bringing cutting edge international performances to the Queen West theatre. …
13 February 2020
Tarragon: This Was the World
By Jackie Houghton // Theatre (Toronto)
Ellie Moon’s This Was the World, now playing at The Tarragon Theatre, Extra Space, endeavours to take on the notions of white privilege and white fragility, and does so unapologetically. …
13 February 2020
Canadian Stage: Radical Vitality- Solos & Duets
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Seeing a compilation show from the ‘Compagnie Marie Chouinard’ was just as deliciously weird as I hoped it would be. Heralded as one of Canada’s greatest dancers and choreographers, hers …
13 February 2020
Shakespeare BASH’d: Cymbeline
By Mark Kreder // Theatre (Toronto)
A few days before going to see Shakespeare BASH’d’s production of Cymbeline, an article title flashed before my eyes as I scrolled through my Facebook feed, “Can Shakespeare still surprise?” …
13 February 2020
Coal Mine: Marjorie Prime
By Mark Kreder // Theatre (Toronto)
What do you get when you combine sharply written dialogue, deft direction and an all-star ensemble? Coal Mine Theatre’s production of Marjorie Prime. In 90 minutes, I was taken on …
13 February 2020
Citadel + Compagnie: this happened…
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Onstage at the inspiring Citadel + Compagnie, Kate Hilliard’s production of this happened… is personal, thoughtful, and dreamlike. The opening scene is striking and powerful, and the audience is pulled …
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