I do not know how well the Stratford kids programming sells and how that relates to their current strategy for executing said programming. There’s room somewhere in my brain for the possibility that this approach is working at both making and saving money and is therefore helping to fund better, more ambitious art elsewhere at […]
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The Stratford Festival doesn’t usually do remounts but, for Antoni Cimolino’s last season, he gets to do whatever he wants and apparently that means bringing back a greatest hits of sorts when it comes to musical programming. Alongside a revisiting of perennial favourite Guys & Dolls (last done in 2017 with the same director and […]
Years ago, I saw Tom McCamus in a coffee shop. I was probably in my early twenties and I’m surely not remembering it accurately but, as the encounter lives in my mind, he was wearing a leather jacker (highly improbable) and drinking straight espresso with lots of sugar (fucking iconic). What is definitely true is […]
We’re still physical media devotees round these parts with lots of room in our hearts and on our shelves for DVDs, Blu-rays, and even the occasional VHS (an old beat up copy of The Truman Show and our trusty VCR recently rescued a social event when rain ruined our outdoor screening). In that spirit, we’re […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Afeni (B) Afeni is a one woman show in the truest sense – it knows where the focus is and how to keep it there. Revolutionary activist and Black Panther […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Cusp (A) This Uncle Vanya resetting sees a group of young adults gathered at a family cottage to celebrate the birthday of their glue character Sophie (aka Chekhov’s Sonya, played by […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Romeo and Juliet, Part 1 – Shakespeare: Say It! (A) Meticulously crafted and thoughtfully designed, this interactive Romeo & Juliet takes the audience through the play up to the end of 2.2 […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Finding Jamie (A) Well structured and perfectly paced, this simply delivered solo show tells a compelling story that seamlessly weaves together two generations of coming-of-age romance. Zac Williams is a charismatic […]