Written and performed by Dora Nominee Ahmad Meree, UNCIVILIZEDdraws from Meree’s experiences of coming to Canada as a refugee from Aleppo, Syria, in 2016. The set up is instantly striking. We find Meree centre stage, facing a video camera projecting his image onto the back screen. A disembodied woman’s voice comes over the loudspeaker, […]
A 1s1 Theatre and Nightwood Theatre co-production in association with Modern Times Stage Company and Why Not Theatre, playwright Erin Shields’ poetic and at times gruesome one-act To A Flame is a visual treat and sensory rollercoaster set in a lush world of gothic horror, directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo with additive beauty to be fully accessible to deaf audiences (with […]
Icarus Theatre’s production of Walden currently playing in the Theatre Centre’s BMO Incubator is an intimate and intricate presentation of a bold and inspiring text. Amy Berryman’s script (here receiving its Canadian premiere) is my favourite kind of script, one that is accessible and enjoyable on a blind first viewing but also makes me […]
A swift kick of theatrical intensity, this lean one-act from playwright Adrienne Kennedy receives a calmly unadorned production that stands out for its impact in a lighter-than-average Shaw season. The play is functionally a solo show starring the ever-reliable Sophia Walker as an author guest lecturing at her titular alma mater. While André Morin is […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Afeni (B) Afeni is a one woman show in the truest sense – it knows where the focus is and how to keep it there. Revolutionary activist and Black Panther […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Cusp (A) This Uncle Vanya resetting sees a group of young adults gathered at a family cottage to celebrate the birthday of their glue character Sophie (aka Chekhov’s Sonya, played by […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Romeo and Juliet, Part 1 – Shakespeare: Say It! (A) Meticulously crafted and thoughtfully designed, this interactive Romeo & Juliet takes the audience through the play up to the end of 2.2 […]
Click Here and Here to listen to our Fringe Audio Preview. Click Here to find our Fringe Landing Page where reviews will be posted throughout the festival. Finding Jamie (A) Well structured and perfectly paced, this simply delivered solo show tells a compelling story that seamlessly weaves together two generations of coming-of-age romance. Zac Williams is a charismatic […]