Skip to main content

Berkeley Street Theatre

Production photo of Canadian Stage's Fat Ham. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: In Canadian Stage’s Fat Ham, revenge is a dish best served smoked

Fat Ham is self-aware of its nature as an adaptation, twisting the audience’s familiarity with both Hamlet and Blackness to disrupt their assumptions of who these characters are as people.

By Stephanie Fung / Feb 28, 2025
Nancy Palk & Diego Matamoros in Necessary Angel's Winter Solstice at Canadian Stage. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Psychology and ideology collide in Necessary Angel’s austere Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice left me in a state of tension — pondering whether, in a similar situation, I’d be more likely to flirt with or kill a potentially evil man.

By Liam Donovan / Jan 22, 2025

REVIEW: Inside the babes-in-arms performance of the audacious Universal Child Care

As a new parent, I was thrilled at the prospect of returning to the theatre and introducing my baby to what, at one time, used to take up two or three nights a week of my life.

By Kaitlyn Riordan / Mar 1, 2024
Production photo of Back to Back Theatre's The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes. A woman in an orange jacket stands centre stage; behind her, two men sit in chairs. iPhoto caption: Photo by Kira Kynd

REVIEW: The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes is a Trojan Horse of disability theatre

At its core, Shadow is less about the threat of AI and more about how deeply ableism affects us all — even those of us who are not disabled.

By Alethea Bakogeorge / Jan 24, 2024