Medea
iPhoto caption: Griffin Hewitt in 'Cyclops.' Photo by Matthew Reid.
REVIEW: Kill Your Father and Cyclops: A Satyr Play ask audiences to revise Euripides
Rather than directly adapt their source texts or merely place them in a contemporary context, both plays sought to turn myths on their head by implicating the audience.
iPhoto caption: Maria Paula Carreño-Martínez in 'Kill Your Father.' Photo by Galactticaaa.
Q&A: How Expandido Arts Collective is reimagining the Medea myth
Originally written in Portuguese as Mata Teu Pai, Passô’s play reimagines the myth of Medea through a contemporary feminist lens.
iPhoto caption: Sara Topham in Hedda Gabler at the Stratford Festival. Photo by David Hou.
Gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss: The delight of female rage in theatre
Personally, I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs — especially when it comes to my girl Hedda. And it seems that at least two Ontario directors share my viewpoint, with Hedda Gabler opening twice in the same month at Stratford and at Coal Mine Theatre in Toronto. What makes her story so appealing?
iPhoto caption: Photo by Michael Cooper
REVIEW: Chiara Isotton burns like a supernova in COC’s Medea
Isotton is riveting, offering a masterful vocal and physical performance that swings wildly from one emotional episode to the next.