Peace. Nations want it but few can maintain it. Conflict. No one wants it but everyone gets stuck with it on one political level or…
The thing about paternal figures is that they’re rarely on the same page as the rest of us. Needs and priorities are frustratingly just never…
Truth be told, it wasn’t until the 5th time that TorontoStage.com writing staff passed through customs and were flagged for full body cavity searches that…
The purpose of any project is to achieve a specific outcome determined in a meticulous planning stage. If the objective of CrossCurrents’s verbatim theatre creation…
Some say that mistakes are the only thing that any of us can truly call our own. And when we take possession, we do so…
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG by Henry Lewis, Johnathan Sayer and Henry Shields ED MIRVISH THEATRE, 244 Victoria Street, Toronto DATES January…
You have to give it up for theatre’s movers and shakers at Soulpepper. When they strive to create ‘Family Festival’ fairing to entertain the masses…
Some works of art cry out for large canvases. Though it is sparing in its use of scenery or anything approaching spectacle, Kate Hennig’s The…
No need for any of the rough stuff in the Tarragon Theatre presentation of Kiviuq Returns where Unuit culture has come ashore with remarkable song,…
A political power play like no other in Canadian history, Christopher Hunt as Pierre Trudeau (left) lays it all on the table for a discouraged…
What is the true meaning of the holidays anyway? A time to celebrate the birth of an infant who would only 33 years later be…
Death is a bit of a tricky subject matter for theatremakers when the vast majority of entertainment loyalists prefer a compelling drama, a rib-tickling comedy…
Noah Weisberg, the fine young actor playing Willy Wonka in the musical version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has a tough gig. He has…
Musical making phenom Des MacAnuff knows better than anyone if it’s not broke don’t fix it. Which is why Ain’t Too Proud follows the same…
Attention Theatre Nation: Everything that can be done on the city stage has not yet been exhausted. Case in point: We Keep Coming Back. While…