01 July 2018
Luminato 2018: Malpaso Dance Theatre
By Kymberley Feltham // Theatre (Toronto)
Sitting in the audience of a dance performance, feeling fully enveloped by the movement, is one of the most delicious experiences I can think of. The Cuban based Malpaso Dance …
26 June 2018
A Square’s Journey through Luminato 2018
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
A theme you will find in my reviews of Luminato shows is that I tend to feel like the festival is not really for me. I have fairly conventional theatre …
19 June 2018
Luminato 2018: Swan Lake/Loch na hEala
By Kymberley Feltham // Theatre (Toronto)
Luminato 2018 promised to interrogate the issues of human-rights, justice and inclusion, and Swan Lake/Loch na hEala does not disappoint with its dark themes of loss—of innocence, of purpose, and …
27 June 2017
Luminato 2017: Bearing
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
This dance-opera conceived and designed by co-directors Michael Greyeyes and Yvette Nolan and librettist Spy Denommé-Welch investigates the emotional history and contemporary cultural significance of Canada’s residential school system. The …
16 June 2014
Luminato Wrap-Up, 2014
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Cineastas I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this Spanish-language exploration of the lives of filmmakers but what I found was a profoundly moving and wonderfully inventive piece of …
25 June 2013
At Luminato: Chamber Magic
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
The reason I chose Chamber Magic as one of the few Luminato shows to review this year was that it promised to be simply enjoyable in a way that most …
18 June 2013
At Luminato: The Life and Death of the Artist as Idol
By Michael Polubiec // Theatre (Toronto)
In North America for the first time as well as opening the first night of Toronto’s Luminato festival, The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic is a beautiful and strange …
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