Gearing up for the Sochi Olympics, there’s been a lot of grumbling about, well, Russia. The games are in Russia and there’s nothing we can do about that- it means all sorts of terrible things from human rights abuses to animal cruelty to crappy hotel rooms for reporters, and that’s all very sad. But you […]
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The Children’s Hour is a Crucible-like story about the devastating effects of an angry young woman’s lives on those around her. In this 1934 drama, it is her two schoolmistresses Karen and Martha (played by Kathleen Pollard and Marisa King) who suffer most from the girl’s actions and who lose everything as a result of her […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2013 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Broadway star Megan Hilty made her foray onto the small screen with NBC’s starry but tumultuous Broadway-themed drama Smash. The show had some serious ups and downs but ask anyone who watched and they’ll tell […]
The Coyote Collective presented Labour at the Passe Muraille Backspace last week. The show, written by Eric and Ryan Welch, attempted to represent the monotony, loneliness and despair that can come with the routines of manual labour. To establish the scene in the warehouse, the collective used repeated physical movements and the sound of a […]
This week on Girls, Hannah goes corporate. She finally has a writing job, but it’s as an advertorial writer for GQ. Hannah’s okay with that though, because this is just a stop along the way for her. She’s not really a corporate advertiser; she’s a real writer. Her spirits are high when she makes friends, […]
In many ways Metamorphosis, based on the novel by Franz Kafka and adapted for stage by David Farr and Gísli Örn Gardarsson, is a play about denial. “We live ordinary lives” claims Lucy Samsa (Edda Arnljótsdóttir) when the employer of her son drops by demanding to know why Gregor Samsa (Björn Thors) is late for work. […]
After the explosive attack on the prison by the Governor and his forces, The Walking Dead has returned to deal with the aftermath. The mid-season premier begins seconds after the final ended. The walls of the prison have been torn down and the zombies poured into the once secure community forcing the survivors to spread […]
Firebrand, the newest site-specific piece from Single Thread Theatre Company, is like a poster child for what the company does. Or at least what they’ve been doing lately. The very nature of Single Thread’s process is (I believe unintentionally) locking them into a niche that is interesting but fairly limiting. They pick a space (often […]