04 March 2020
On Tour: Us/Them
By Jack Graham // Theatre (Toronto)
For those who enjoy booking a play without knowing anything about it, Us/Them may provide a shock. It did for an elementary school teacher in attendance. The subject matter was …
04 March 2020
Nominee Interview Series: Marcel Stewart
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. Nominated this year for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play for …
04 March 2020
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre: Box 4901
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
Inside Box 4901 are some very different missed connections. Novelist Brian Francis makes his debut as a playwright and performer with a look back at a time when it was …
29 February 2020
Red Sky Performance & Canadian Stage: AF
By Kymberley Feltham // Theatre (Toronto)
Red Sky Performance’s AF is true to brand a force of nature. The rhythm is urgent, the energy is youthful, and the choreography showcases the athleticism of the dancers. The …
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. …
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