02 August 2019
Shaw, 2019: Brigadoon
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
This show hit me straight in the heart. It’s been so long since I’ve been able to say that about a Shaw musical and I’m grinning ear to ear to …
27 March 2019
Nominee Interview Series: Sarena Parmar
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. Sarena Parmar wrote Outstanding New Play nominee The Orchard (After Chekhov) based …
23 March 2019
Nominee Interview Series: Shawn Ahmed
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. Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play nominee Shawn Ahmed was so good …
26 November 2018
Crows Mainspace: Middletown
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
This Crow’s remount of the 2017 Shaw production of Will Eno’s Middletown, is the story of a generic town, equidistant from its neighbouring towns, with a stable population, elevation, not too …
31 August 2018
Shaw ’18: War
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Artistic Director Tim Carroll programmed the 2018 Shaw season with a throughline of war stories, mostly World War I stories. The theme is so pervasive that it seems to divide …
31 August 2018
Shaw ’18: Peace
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Artistic Director Tim Carroll programmed the 2018 Shaw season with a throughline of war stories, mostly World War I stories. The theme is so pervasive that it seems to divide …
04 August 2018
Shaw ’18 Must-See: The Orchard (After Chekhov)
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Arguably the greatest challenge faced by a festival with as strict a mandate as The Shaw Festival’s “plays by Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries, and plays about the period of …
10 April 2018
Nominee Interview Series: André Sills
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners…
09 April 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Moya O’Connell (2017)
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards…
07 April 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Alessandro Juliani
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee…
06 April 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Sanjay Talwar
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Sanjay Talwar returned to the Shaw Festival in 2017 to play …
02 April 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Wade Bogert-O’Brien
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. For the past 6 or 7 years, I’ve consistently called the …
27 March 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Claudio Vena
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Claudio Vena’s original compositions…
26 March 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Marion Day
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. The charming and candid Marion Day gave a lively, versatile slew …
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