There was unmistakable and exasperated scream on the other end of the phone. “What?! Are you serious? How is that possible?” You would have thought that I had told my mother that I was pregnant with quintuplets. But no. That was my mother’s reaction when I let slip that I have never seen the movie […]
Toronto is having a bit of a musical theatre moment right now. This town usually isn’t that flush with song and dance- one or two shows playing in the commercial theatres plus whatever the LOT’s doing and that’s it on any given day. But right now Mirvish is in the final weeks of their best […]
Toronto’s annual Next Stage Theatre Festival is a fantastic event where Fringe performers are able to take their work to, well, the next stage of its development. It has the same independent, organic feel that makes the Fringe Festival so special (also the beer tent element that makes it feel like a community affair) but […]
An arctic blast has overtaken New York, and as per usual with the seasonal change, many of the shows that opened in the fall have permanently turned off their marquee lights (as have a few longer running shows – farewell, Spiderman). But, I have a not so secret “secret” to share with you. As New […]
The author of the new play Two Alone/Too Together, being performed at Theatre for the New City, warns audiences that his play is “strange” and pushes the boundaries of reality. He would be right. Peter Welch’s play is unsettling, and the uncertainties around his characters, their backstories, and their motivations challenge the notion that a […]
“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.” Sherlock Holmes was right – such is the reality of being a Watson. No, I am not simply talking about Holmes’ friend, Dr. John H. Watson. As […]
Increasingly, some of the most solid theatre on the Toronto scene has come from companies you could classify as “Indie 2.0” (technically an Equity term but one I’ve decided to allocate a bit more freely). These are companies that operate along indie lines, with small-ish budgets and casts, but use union artists. The effect is […]
Choreographer Jose Navas is the clear winner of Innovation-Off 2013, the National Ballet of Canada’s 4-piece showcase of new work (actual title: just Innovation). Navas’s Benjamin Britten-scored ensemble piece Watershed is up first in the lineup and packs the biggest artistic punch. The 20-minute collaboration between creator and dancers is full of invention and beautiful […]