Nancy Palk
iPhoto caption: Nancy Palk, Tatjana Cornij, and Oliver Dennis in Bremen Town. Photo by Jae Yang.
REVIEW: Tarragon’s Bremen Town gives the golden years a Grimm twist
Prest’s adaptation doesn’t shy away from the darker aspects of Grimm’s fairy tales nor of life, and instead explores life's absurd humour with a sprinkling of schadenfreude. The show inspires guilt-tinged laughter as the characters cheerfully discuss the merits of turning their late mothers into candles.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Psychology and ideology collide in Necessary Angel’s austere Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice left me in a state of tension — pondering whether, in a similar situation, I’d be more likely to flirt with or kill a potentially evil man.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Rose Napoli writes the world of Mad Madge with a glittery, fun-filled gel pen
Overall, Mad Madge is a hoot, a compelling story rendered accessible and charming by Napoli’s text and Donaldson’s realization of it.
Alan Dilworth is on a journey. An educator who became an actor who became a writer who became a director who became an artistic director, he articulates his relationship to theatre as one of continual discovery.