Coal Mine
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.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz
REVIEW: Dion: A Rock Opera is a cask of theatrical ecstasy in need of further fermentation
Coal Mine Theatre’s first-ever world premiere generates an otherworldly atmosphere and luxuriates in the Dionysian with glorious style.
iPhoto caption: From top left: The Seagull (Soulpepper), Hypothetical Baby (The Howland Company), As You Like It, a radical retelling (Crow's/Mirvish), Letters from Max (Necessary Angel), Maanomaa, My Brother (Canadian Stage/Blue Bird), Monster (Factory), Maggie (Theatre Aquarius), Casey and Diana (Stratford Festival), The Master Plan (Crow's). All photos except Casey and Diana by Dahlia Katz; Casey and Diana photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Our favourite theatre productions of 2023, in Toronto and beyond
These shows have stood the test of at least a few weeks, if not several months. Their pleasures are not transitory, but mature and long-lasting. We think of them often.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: In Prophecy Fog, Jani Lauzon ceremonially reclaims the Giant Rock
We are as significant as a star and a stone. A star and a stone are as significant as us. With this logic, Lauzon breathes life into the Giant Rock and reclaims its existence and sacredness.