Hailey Gillis
iPhoto caption: Hailey Gillis and Gray Powell in 'A Doll's House.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Canadian Stage’s A Doll’s House weighs the burden of our inherited roles
Hailey Gillis' Nora is not so much a doll as she is a gifted actor, reeling through daffy comedy, seductive calculation, and suicidal ideation with ease.
iPhoto caption: Brendan Healy in rehearsal for 'A Doll's House.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Canadian Stage’s A Doll’s House marks the second entry in a trilogy of productions about marriage
“At 50, thinking about marriage and love, and [their] place in my life, I wanted to do an artistic deep-dive into the idea of partnership,” says director Brendan Healy.
iPhoto caption: Design rendering for 'A Doll's House,' set designed by Gillian Gallow and directed by Brendan Healy for Canadian Stage.
In Canadian Stage’s A Doll’s House, the house is a window within
“It is more about how Nora feels inside the space,” says set and costume designer Gillian Gallow. “It's also that difference between house and home — the house is the object, but the home is actually the feeling.”
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Dave Malloy’s Octet vibrates with sublime vocal beauty at Crow’s Theatre
Malloy’s intricate a cappella compositions, rich with complex harmonies, are the hymns and confessionals in a show about a support group for internet addiction. Regardless of what form their ego-feeding or doomscrolling compulsions take, the characters know it’s actually about appeasing what they call “the monster” inside — that gaping maw of emptiness that begs for shiny treats in the absence of real connection.