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goblin macbeth iPhoto caption: Goblin:Macbeth production still by Jae Yang.

REVIEW: Goblin:Macbeth might just leave you gobsmacked 

While most of the entertainment comes from the goblins’ antics whenever the Shakespearean text is paused or subverted for comic effect, the secret sauce to this whole endeavour is that it really is an honest-to-goodness staging of that text, designed to showcase the performers’ near-virtuosic mastery of the material.

By Ryan Borochovitz / Oct 7, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz

REVIEW: 1s1 Theatre’s Qalb marries autobiography with ASL poetry

Since much of Qalb is about distance — between mind and heart, justice and reality, me and you — it’s a powerful statement of hope to conclude with the bridging of a gap.

By Liam Donovan / Sep 13, 2024
iPhoto caption: Image courtesy of 1s1 Theatre.

Dawn Jani Birley to debut new show in the Tarragon Extraspace this September

This fall, internationally acclaimed Deaf actor Dawn Jani Birley will premiere a new work, Qalb: A Journey of the Ego, at the Tarragon Extraspace.

By Aisling Murphy / Aug 7, 2024
iPhoto caption: Troy Adams image courtesy of Tarragon Theatre.

The Legend of Daddy Hall makes music from an epic life and a neglected history

Come Home — The Legend of Daddy Hall, written by Audrey Dwyer and staged by Tarragon artistic director Mike Payette, pays tribute to the extraordinary life of John “Daddy” Hall.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / May 10, 2024