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charlie and the chocolate factory iPhoto caption: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory production still by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: YPT’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is appropriately sweet

Director Thom Allison’s production embraces Charlie’s many incarnations and tones in a slick rendition that’s both fun sugar high and candy overload.

By Ilana Lucas / Nov 15, 2024
wendy and peter pan iPhoto caption: Wendy and Peter Pan production still by David Hou.

Wendy and Peter Pan explores the power of love — and grief

“Part of what gets me through the very emotionally tumultuous ending of the story is remembering that Wendy has to live for the family members who are still there,” says Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks, who plays Wendy in the Stratford Festival’s production of Wendy and Peter Pan. “I just think that that's such a beautiful part of this adaptation.”

By Amira Benjamin / Aug 30, 2024
Poster for Snacey! at the Toronto Fringe iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Dos Mundos

A whimsical TYA solo show about a talking snake is coming to the Toronto Fringe

Written and performed by Priscila Gonzalez, Snacey! is a high-energy tale right out of an early-2000s TVOkids television program.

By Liam Donovan / Jun 27, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photo by Foreshots Photography.

REVIEW: Cahoots Theatre’s Sweeter balances sunshine and rain

Wholly, Sweeter balances the rain and the sunshine, but doesn’t necessarily contrive its characters into blind optimism. It’s a narrative that allows for darkness and grief, and declares that it is okay to not be okay.

By Andrea Perez / Dec 13, 2023