Native Earth Performing Arts
iPhoto caption: Lisa Nasson and Nicole Joy-Fraser in 'Mischief.' Photo by Jae Yang.
REVIEW: In Tarragon and Native Earth’s Mischief, the jokes aren’t the point
Mischief may not fully cohere into a singular statement, but it leaves behind something quieter and more human: the feeling of having spent time inside a community, listening to its jokes, its arguments, and its silences. It is a play full of questions — some answered, many not — and it trusts the audience enough to live with that uncertainty.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Blaire Russell.
The 40-year career of Alanis King began much the same way that so many careers in theatre do: in front of very small audiences. “The show must go on if you have the same amount of audience members as in the cast,” was King’s motto in the early days. But today, the multihyphenate Odawa artist has no difficulty finding people interested in her work.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Kate Dalton.
REVIEW: Women of the Fur Trade makes a heartthrob of Louis Riel
There’s a war going on out there somewhere, and Louis Riel isn’t here.
iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Good Old Neon.
REVIEW: With cuts, Dead Elephants could be a stunner of a play
There's a pearl of a play embedded somewhere in Dead Elephants, and with further workshopping, I'd be thrilled to see it again. But at its present length, I'm left craving a less arduous journey to the payoff of the play's final breaths.