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Reviews

Reviews October 7, 2020

REVIEW: Marie Chouinard’s Time for time

By Chris Dupuis

After catching two performances of Québécoise choreographic legend Marie Chouinard’s new work, I’m still struggling to figure out exactly what it is and what, if anything, it says about the direction of our field.

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Reviews May 11, 2020

REVIEW: House: The Isolation Version

By Karen Fricker

The fiction/real life bleed which in the original play comes from acknowledgement of the co-presence of performer and spectators becomes the character (and actor) acknowledging our simultaneous proximity and distance.

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Emerging Arts Critics Programme February 8, 2020

REVIEW: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

By Leah Borts-Kuperman

Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train walks the tightrope between entertainment and advocacy delicately.

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Emerging Arts Critics Programme February 7, 2020

REVIEW: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

By Jane Coombs

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train throws up questions that never get dull: Can you ever justify breaking the law? Should a brutal upbringing excuse violent crimes? Does God love murderers?

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Emerging Arts Critics Programme October 24, 2019

REVIEW: Almighty Voice and His Wife

By Thomas Dobronyi

Almighty Voice is speaking to us. Are we ready to listen?

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Emerging Arts Critics Programme October 24, 2019

REVIEW: Almighty Voice and His Wife

By Nicole Decsey

Moses’ masterful use of vaudeville beautifully demonstrates how history was altered, causing the loss of Indigenous identity.

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Emerging Arts Critics Programme October 6, 2019

REVIEW: A Streetcar Named Desire

By Marie Trotter

It’s a brilliant piece of theatre, embracing a devious timelessness, seeming at once aged and disturbingly current.

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Emerging Arts Critics Programme October 6, 2019

REVIEW: A Streetcar Named Desire

By Joshua Chong

You know from the opening picture that this production of A Streetcar Named Desire is going to be different.

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2017 in Review December 18, 2017

Lynn Slotkin’s 2017 Tootsie Awards

By Lynn Slotkin

Theatre critic Lynn Slotkin has created her annual list of Toronto theatre award winners.

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Reviews December 15, 2017

Review: The Story

By Lynn Slotkin

It was frigid the night I saw the production, and when you are freezing and can’t feel your fingers or toes, time-wasting shenanigans wear thin.

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Reviews December 14, 2017

Review: Peter Pan

By Lynn Slotkin

Joy to the world—the most inventive, lively, whimsical production of Peter Pan has arrived for the holidays!

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Reviews December 12, 2017

Review: The Mess

By Lynn Slotkin

Co-creators Mikaela Davies and Polly Phokeev have devised a short, complex, layered story of how the mess a person creates can affect those around them.

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Reviews December 12, 2017

Reviews: A Christmas Carol (x2)

By Lynn Slotkin

Reviews of two productions of A Christmas Carol—Ross Petty Productions and the Grand Theatre, in London, Ont.—that couldn’t be more different.

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Reviews December 6, 2017

Review: Heisenberg

By Lynn Slotkin

Of the three productions I’ve seen of Heisenberg—on Broadway in New York, the West End in London, and here in Toronto—this one is the best.

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Reviews December 5, 2017

Review: Instant

By Lynn Slotkin

Shields does not present the stories in her play as clichés or provide easy solutions.

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Reviews November 30, 2017

Review: A Christmas Carol

By Lynn Slotkin

Puppets factor heavily in this production, with varying degrees of success.

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