13 September 2019
Stratford, ’19: Henry VIII & Mother’s Daughter
By Dom Harvey // Theatre
Shakespeare earned the right to phone it in. It was clear that even his less daring and promising works would be feted beyond their merits – anything bearing his name …
10 September 2019
Out of Town Report: Bard on the Beach’s Coriolanus in Vancouver
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
This, its 30th year of existence, was my first Bard on the Beach season…
06 September 2019
Out of Town Report: Bard on the Beach’s Taming of the Shrew in Vancouver
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Spaghetti Western is a popular approach for Shakespeare’s most controversial comedy (in fact this production…
04 September 2019
Stratford, ’19: Drama
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Drama is where the Stratford Festival tends to swing for the fences, doubling down on heavy hitting actors playing incredible tragedy on big stages through brutal runtimes. A sampling of …
03 September 2019
2019 at the Shaw Festival
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
After I saw Brigadoon, the Shaw Festival’s magical staging of a reimagined classic musical, I right away sat down to write about the experience. At least for me, the night …
13 July 2019
Stratford, 2019: Merry Wives
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor is an obtrusively fat play in many senses. With about 472 disparate characters and plot threads, it’s in desperate need of trimming. It also packs …
17 May 2019
The Shakespeare Series: Macbeth w/ Marcel Stewart
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes (Henrys IV & VI only get one episode a piece; …
11 April 2019
Nominee Interview Series: Frank Cox-O’Connell (2018)
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2018 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Frank Cox-O’Connell is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist who came up through …
23 February 2019
hamLIT
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
What does it mean for a performer to take on a role? Prince Hamlet, Ravi Jain’s radical reframing of the Shakespeare classic remounted here by Canadian Stage and Why Not …
18 February 2019
Othello Bash’d
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
Many Shakespeare plays present an imposing barrier to entry even for educated audiences. Directors devise increasingly inventive ways to make them accessible or relevant – or at least to have …
18 February 2019
Nominee Interview Series: Elizabeth Saunders
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2018 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Elizabeth Saunders-Brown is a theatre director, teacher, writer and actor, known …
30 November 2018
Featured Event: Shakespeare-in-Hospitals Homecoming Gala
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Over the last three months, Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective’s ensemble…
08 September 2018
Stratford, 2018: The Festival
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
The Music Man The best production at the Stratford Festival this year is an incredibly dated musical with a couple good (not great) songs and a story made of truly …
07 September 2018
Stratford, 2018: The Avon
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Coriolanus The Avon Theatre is lucky to have this big splashy Robert Lepage hit because it’s the only particularly good thing in the space this year. And even then, it …
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