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iPhoto caption: (Front) Brefny Caribou, Trevor Duplessis, and (back) Cheri Maracle in 'Rose.' Photo by Curtis Perry.
REVIEW: Tomson Highway’s three-act musical Rose makes long-awaited world premiere at Ottawa’s NAC
Rose is, in many ways, a story oriented around grief — particularly queer and lesbian grief for Indigenous women. But it also centres humour and kinship.
iPhoto caption: Natasha Mumba and Kondwani Elliott Zulu in 'Copperbelt.' Photos by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Before heading to Soulpepper, Copperbelt strikes gold at the NAC
Natasha Mumba's debut play successfully navigates generations of personal and international histories and expectations, including an unflinching examination, through nice-guy Peter, of Canada’s own role in resource extraction in developing countries.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Lin Yu Huan.
REVIEW: The Storyville Mosquito buzzes brilliantly at NAC English Theatre
Although The Storyville Mosquito is about being happy with what you’ve got, I left the theatre itching to see it again.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Against a bloody backdrop, Trident Moon pays homage to the power of resilience
Playing at Crow’s Theatre and set during the 1947 partition of India, the intense fictionalized drama offers a graceful depiction of several women’s high-stakes struggle to resist.