Before we announce the winners of the 2018 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual …
Mark Kay
Be sure to check out our full list of Next Stage reviews. Raising Stanley/Life with Tulia Raising Stanley/Life with Tulia is a multidisciplinary success of a show that brings together one-woman storytelling, video of original paintings, director narration, recorded artist interviews and music to create a sense of warm, remarkable insight to the world of […]
Mark Kay
One of the strengths of science fiction is the power it has to tackle ideas and discussions that might otherwise feel too distant for an audience, and make them feel real, visceral and approachable. From The Water is at its best when showcasing that strength, taking the audience into a deep dive into the idea […]
Mark Kay
Be sure to check out our Full List of SummerWorks Reviews 4inXchange (A) Warning in advance, if you are not into heavy audience participation experiences, 4inXchange may be a bit difficult to handle. Without spoiling too many surprises, performing group xLq have set up a personalized game show experience meant to explore how we think […]
Mark Kay
Be sure to check out our Full List of Fringe Reviews Grade 8 (A) I am actually a fairly easy mark for songs I already like, sung well. With an absolutely stunning voice and selections that included material from Queen, Blondie and Tom Petty, Lara MacMillan did not have to do a whole lot of work […]
Mark Kay
Be sure to check out our Full List of Fringe Reviews Ashley with a Y (A+) Ashley Botting is utterly brilliant. The full scope of that brilliance is unlikely to sink in until a few minutes after the show, because Ashely Botting is also utterly hilarious. Once you have a few moments to stop laughing, […]
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Be sure to check out our Full List of Fringe Reviews Paradise Lost (A) John Milton’s poem about the fall of man (and that of Satan) is more famous for its purported subject matter, Satan as protagonist, than for its actual text these days. Which is fair enough, 17th century epic poems can be hard […]
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Be sure to check out our Full List of Fringe Reviews Featherweight (A) Tom McGee has been delighting audiences for a while now as the man behind the Shakey Shake puppet theatre adaptations of Shakespeare for kids. As writer and director of Featherweight he’s trying his hand at more adult, live action fare, but fortunately […]
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Be sure to check out our Full List of Fringe Reviews BikeFace (A) BikeFace is as if Kate Beaton’s Velocipedestrienne comic came to glorious life. BikeFace is more specifically the theatrical realization of writer Natalie Frijia’s real life journeys across Canada on her bicycle. Performer Clare Blackwood imbues the one woman sequences with the restless […]