Reviews
iPhoto caption: Ping-Hsiang Wang in 'Retina Maneuver.' Photo by Hang Su.
REVIEW: At this year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival, physical storytelling is central
From a dancer becoming a canine to a shy theatre director practicing his swordsmanship, the shows I’ve seen so far use performers’ bodies to dramatize defiance.
iPhoto caption: Georgia Findlay in 'Northanger Abbey.' Photo by Raph Nogal.
REVIEW: GFT’s Northanger Abbey embodies the delights and absurdities of Gothic fiction
Handwringing over popular fiction is hardly a thing of the past, as present panic about Romantasy attests. Unsurprisingly, both genres have a reputation for attracting women readers. Tyler J. Seguin’s Northanger Abbey displays how legitimate literary criticism can devolve into worrying that women are having too much fun.
iPhoto caption: Nick Dolan, Cara Pantalone, and Jillian Mitsuko Cooper in 'Macbeth at the Tower.' Photo by Deanna Clark.
REVIEW: Immersive Macbeth at the Tower brings Shakespeare to the banks of the St. Lawrence River
Why shouldn’t a thane wear gaiters if he’s out in the mud?
iPhoto caption: André Sills and Krystin Pellerin in 'Othello.' Photo by David Hou.
REVIEW: In The Tempest and Othello, the Stratford Festival gets vengeful — and it rocks
The two strong productions, seen as a double bill, make a compelling case against choosing vengeance, with director Haysam Kadri’s Othello an especially riveting and taut interpretation.