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Production still from Studio 180's A Public Display of Affection at Crow's Theatre. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: A Public Display of Affection simultaneously holds your hand and breaks your heart

Like a disco ball shimmering to a Donna Summer hit, playwright-performer Jonathan Wilson illuminates and refracts detailed memories about absent friends whose names, struggles, and lives have otherwise vanished, while walking through modern streets where a little gay hand-holding in Starbucks goes completely unnoticed.

By Ilana Lucas / Apr 2, 2025
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz

REVIEW: Studio 180 Theatre’s Four Minutes Twelve Seconds stirs one moment and puzzles the next

As the script ties itself in narrative knots, Megan Follows never loses sight of the dramatic situation’s overwhelming nature; it’s as if her character is fending off a panic attack at every moment, grabbing onto any scrap of hope she can.

By Liam Donovan / Apr 29, 2024
Rosie Simon in The Chinese Lady. She wears blue and white and sits in a wooden chair, using chopsticks to eat from a small blue and white bowl. Original Photo by Dahlia Katz. iPhoto caption: Deanna H. Choi (left) Photo by Anja Cui / Monica Esteves (right) Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: The Chinese Lady at Studio 180/fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company/Crow’s Theatre

The play resonates as a moving character study subtly laced with cautionary reminders of the distance between performance and truth.

By Liam Donovan / May 8, 2023

Openings & Closings – Week of February 20

These are the shows that are opening and closing in Toronto the week of February 20, 2017.

Feb 20, 2017