10 November 2018
Circa’s HUMANS
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Australian touring company Circa has graced Toronto’s stage again, and we loved it. Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz’s newest creation, HUMANS, gives everyone a little of what they want. There were …
06 November 2018
A George F Walker Double Bill at The Assembly
By Duncan Derry // Theatre (Toronto)
Two small, run-down apartments are the settings for two new George F. Walker plays, which taken together complete his Parkdale Palace Trilogy (begun with last year’s The Chance, which I …
06 November 2018
Pickle Jar by Maddie Rice at Soho Theatre
By Dan Willis // Theatre (London)
After a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Maddie Rice brings her comedic one woman show Pickle Jar, directed and developed by Katie Pesskin, to the Soho Theatre in London and …
03 November 2018
Theory at Tarragon
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
Norman Yeung’s Theory is an ambitious meditation on thorny and topical issues, from free speech in academia and society to race and representation in media. Isabelle, a proudly progressive film …
03 November 2018
Small but Mighty: Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
By Alisha Maclean // Theatre (Toronto)
Part cabaret, part musical, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a rowdy sci-fi romp — reminiscent of what a lovechild between Rocky Horror Picture Show and Barbarella would look …
01 November 2018
DanceWorks: The Art of Degeneration
By Mary-Margaret Scrimger // Theatre (Toronto)
The proof is in the pudding is a strangely apt synopsis of The Art of Degeneration, a solo show by Louis Laberge-Côté. Why so? Because the climax of the show …
01 November 2018
Hannah Moscovitch & Maev Beaty’s Secret Life
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Secret Life of a Mother at the Theatre Centre is a stunning exploration of the raw, invisible, and gritty realities of two women’s experiences of parenthood. Created by Hannah Moscovitch, …
31 October 2018
The War Party at Fringe NYC
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
The current political climate has stirred many a playwright to tackle political themes and motifs in indie theater productions, and Vincent Delaney’s The War Party seems sprung from the brutal politics playing …
31 October 2018
American Carnage at Fringe NYC
By Chris Behmke // Theatre (New York)
It is one of the cultural responsibilities of art and entertainment to reflect on and help us make some sense of current events and contemporary trends shaping our cultural discourse. …
29 October 2018
Soulpepper’s Royale
By Alisha Maclean // Theatre (Toronto)
The audience is silent and still. A dim light contours a man in boxing gloves and shorts, his slightly bent head and shoulders gleaming with sweat. There is a ripple …
29 October 2018
The Toronto Irish Players’ Dancing at Lughnasa
By Chelsea Dinsmore // Theatre (Toronto)
Exploring the distance between what appears to be true and what actually is, Dancing at Lughnasa is a bittersweet memory play about five sisters in depression-era Donegal. Set in 1936, when Michael …
26 October 2018
The LOT’s Producers– A Conversation
By Amy Strizic and Alisha Maclean // Theatre (Toronto)
As part of the Fall 2018 programme, the Lower Ossington Theatre has mounted The Producers! Any chance to see this show in any form should be taken – totally hilarious, …
26 October 2018
Ruffles, or a Progression of Rakes at The Tank
By Chris Behmke // Theatre (New York)
Ruffles, or a Progression of Rakes, running at The Tank, aims to give some commentary and meditation on power, wealth, status, and its effects on morality, empathy, and the extent …
23 October 2018
The Wider Earth at The National History Museum
By Dan Willis // Theatre (London)
David Morton’s new play The Wider Earth, staged at the Natural History Museum is a confident and educational new piece of work that quite literally spins you through the great …
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