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iPhoto caption: Ma-Anne Dionisio, Nikko Angelo Hinayo, Kennedy Kanagawa, and Kelsey Verzotti in 'The Tale of the Gifted Prince.' Photo by Harder Lee.
REVIEW: Theatre Calgary’s The Tale of the Gifted Prince is a dazzling new musical
The world premiere production stuns, delivering audiences a larger-than-life musical flush with Broadway splash.
iPhoto caption: Ma-Anne Dionisio for Intermission Magazine. Photo by Tim Nguyen.
“Art has a very significant healing aspect to it,” says Ma-Anne Dionisio. “The performance aspect, for me, always comes secondary.”
Will female stories ever have a place in Canadian theatre?
A season of less than 50 per cent female playwrights, directors, and actors means the female-identifying population is not being fully represented. Programming becomes a question of this play or that play, as opposed to this and that, resulting in some narratives receiving short shrift.
REVIEW: Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Stratford Festival
You’d need a heart of stone to resist Spamalot's rafter-shattering enthusiasm.