Caroline Schurman-Grenier

A mixture of ballet and theatre can be enjoyed at Lilian Baylis Studio until June 29th. Dancing with the Devil tells the story of the famous Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Diagnosed with AIDS, he spends the last years of his life hallucinating and dreaming of the past. The audience is able to follow his […]

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

A mixture of confusion and admiration is felt throughout Iqbal Khan’s production of Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe. The admiration is due to the quality of the acting; the confusion has its roots in the particular choices on the director’s part. The first point to mention is the fact that the Macbeth couple has a little […]

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

No one really goes to the circus anymore. It feels outdated. The acrobats, the animals and the amazement are a thing of the past. People prefer the theatre because they only think of circus in its original form dating back to the turn of the century. This is slowly in the process of changing thanks […]

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

The power of silence in theatre is impressive. There is often no need for music when the emotions felt on stage are strong enough to relay to the audience. But this can be difficult to do when there is only one actor on stage. This is no challenge for Molly Vevers in her performance of […]

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

In a world where cancer and AIDS have been cured, what could possibly go wrong? This is a question addressed in the emotionally wrenching performance of Rapture at the Etcetera Theatre directed and written by Lisa McMullin. Set far into the 21st century, it is a dystopian tale of four people being audited by the government. […]

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

Like father, like son. There is no better way to describe Chris Lemmon’s outstanding performance in…

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

Shakespeare can sometimes seem unapproachable to a younger audience because it is difficult to understand the language…

  Caroline Schurman-Grenier

Writing a song about love seems a lot easier than writing a song about the Ku Klux Klan…