Diana Bentley
iPhoto caption: Amy Keating, Zorana Sadiq, Katherine Cullen, and Jean Yoon in 'Dance Nation.' Photo by Elana Emer.
REVIEW: Coal Mine Theatre’s Dance Nation vaults into the feral, ecstatic mess of girlhood
Played by a cast whose ages range widely, the characters exist in two tenses at once: present-day adolescence and retrospective memory, living these tender years shadowed by the adults they’ll become.
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: Appropriate is a masterclass in controlled chaos at Coal Mine Theatre
Coal Mine has reclaimed its spot as one of the punchiest, most daring theatre companies in Toronto.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Tim Leyes
REVIEW: Yerma at Coal Mine Theatre
Coal Mine Theatre has made a memorable return to the stage, confidently christening their new home with the Canadian premiere of Simon Stone’s Yerma.