
15 February 2021
Dishonour in Video Games (A Community Contributed Article)
By Alexander Franks // Games
In these times of social distancing and shutdown, our physical…

07 October 2020
Friar Lawrence: Friend/Priest/Confidant/Killer?
By Alexander Franks // Theatre
Content warning: This piece contains mentions of emotional/psychological manipulation, trauma, and suicide…

24 May 2020
Convergence Theatre’s Corona Variations
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
In the span of 3 hours, you get six calls. Six calls ranging about ten minutes. Some of these calls you may interact in and some you may just listen. …

07 March 2020
Tarragon Theatre: The Runner
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
Now the fact I was wearing a heavy sweater probably added to this, but I exited out of The Runner (Human Cargo Productions, written by Christopher Morris) just absolutely sweating. I …

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 …

30 January 2020
Figaro Here! Figaro There! A Smile Here! A Smile There!
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
All right I’ll be honest. Did every time I describe the show I was seeing tonight, did I use the phrase, “Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!” Yes, I did. For one, it …

20 January 2020
Howland’s New Casimir & Caroline
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
Casimir and Caroline opens on a balcony. No…. more than that. The play opens on a balcony at a corporate office party while the heads of corporate are in fact up …

24 December 2019
Put It In Your Calendar: Lipsynced
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
Tom Hearn’s monthly show Lipsynced is a wild and fun improv competition that successfully combines improv, lip sync and drag, balancing them all with a funny cast and some drag assassins who …

19 November 2019
Seven Siblings’ Girl in the Machine *eyes my google home with suspicion*
By Alexander Franks // Theatre (Toronto)
Strong design elements and performances give Girl in the Machine,…