Kat Sandler’s WILDWOMAN to kick off Her Words Festival at Soulpepper Theatre
WILDWOMAN examines the lives of three women as they wrestle for survival and legacy in the 16th-century French court of King Henry II.
REVIEW: Things get crazy in Stratford’s Love’s Labour’s Lost — and that’s a good thing
Nearly every moment of Love’s Labour’s Lost sparkles.
REVIEW: her. at Red Sandcastle Theatre is a disquieting experiment with the solo show form
Shaw constructs a complex, three-person period piece all on her own. It’s a daring undertaking, and it occasionally pays off.
Take ‘em or leave ‘em: getting to know the cast of Rent at the Stratford Festival
Get to know the stacked cast behind this year’s production of Rent at the Stratford Festival, from Andrea Macasaet to Robert Markus!
REVIEW: Stratford Festival’s Frankenstein Revived glows with abstract lunar imagery
Frankenstein is a page-turner and Frankenstein Revived matches its pulp.
REVIEW: No Save Points at Outside the March/Starvox Entertainment/Modern Times Stage Company
For both audience and actor, No Save Points is a gloriously playful theatrical event.
REVIEW: Grand Magic at the Stratford Festival
Grand Magic is the sleeper hit of the Stratford Festival season and a magic trick of a production.
REVIEW: Kelly v. Kelly at Musical Stage Company/Canadian Stage
Kelly v. Kelly is utterly gorgeous on a moment-to-moment level, so dense with emotion that it will undoubtedly reward repeat viewings, revealing more and more layers over time.
REVIEW: Gypsy at the Shaw Festival
Gypsy’s strong dramatic skeleton makes it a perfect choice for the Shaw Festival, where it’s playing until October in a hauntingly clear production directed by Jay Turvey.
REVIEW: The Rage of Narcissus at Expandido Theatre Group/Theatre Passe Muraille
Beauclair and Blanco don’t seem to worry whether theatre is an artform worth skipping Netflix for. They know it is. And that willingness to take up space is both slightly wearing and profoundly beautiful.
REVIEW: Prince Caspian at the Shaw Festival
This Prince Caspian has its flaws, but it should still satisfy anyone with an itch for family-friendly high fantasy.
REVIEW: Tunnel at the End of the Light at Alumnae Theatre/Roland Gossage Foundation/Soldiers in the Arts
I fear Tunnel at the End of the Light will go underseen because it exists outside usual theatrical paradigms. This would be a shame: it is exhilaratingly playful, thematically complex, and has a clearly defined raison d’etre.
REVIEW: The Chinese Lady at Studio 180/fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company/Crow’s Theatre
The play resonates as a moving character study subtly laced with cautionary reminders of the distance between performance and truth.
REVIEW: The Seagull at Soulpepper
Paolo Santalucia’s Konstantin is startlingly complex, a roof-shaking performance.
REVIEW: Rock of Ages at More Entertainment Group
Rock of Ages is so damn fun that most audiences will be willing to go along with its ups and downs.
