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Kristen Thomson in 'Fulfillment Centre.' iPhoto caption: Kristen Thomson in 'Fulfillment Centre.' Photo by Elana Emer.

REVIEW: Coal Mine’s Fulfillment Centre asks how we end up alone, together

The production understands the play’s themes, yet feels limited by a script that delivers a package it never fully opens.

By jonnie lombard / Nov 24, 2025
Ted Dykstra and Alexander Thomas in 'Waiting for Godot.' iPhoto caption: Ted Dykstra and Alexander Thomas in 'Waiting for Godot.' Photo by Elana Emer.

REVIEW: Coal Mine Theatre’s Waiting for Godot is lucid and unpretentious

Directed by Kelli Fox, this Waiting for Godot embraces the bodily sensibilities of Beckett’s dark humour, grounding his abstract poetics in the kidneys, the feet, and the dirt.

By Ferron Delcy / Sep 23, 2025
Diego Matamoros and Charlotte Dennis in Job at Coal Mine Theatre. iPhoto caption: Photo by Elana Emer.

REVIEW: Coal Mine Theatre’s Job is terrifyingly evocative and layered with suspense

Playwright Max Wolf Friedlich unpacks tensions around age, gender, politics, race, and class, painting a truthful yet unflattering portrait of the world we live in today.

By Gus Lederman / Apr 30, 2025
Production photo of People, Places and Things at Coal Mine Theatre iPhoto caption: Photo by Barry McClusky.

REVIEW: Contact highs mix with rehab lows in Coal Mine’s People, Places and Things

Louise Lambert embodies the caustic, recoiling Emma with extraordinary physical and emotional stamina, hands thrust in her hoodie pockets as if they might contain keys to another, less excruciating world.

By Naomi Skwarna / Feb 18, 2025