Seventh Stage and Nightwood Theatre’s production of Stockholm is a disturbing and thrilling piece of theatre. Bryony Lavery, best known for her Tony nominated play Frozen, makes the interesting choice of having the characters speak about themselves in the third person and in verse. This not only gives the piece a poetic quality but...
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A play on drug abuse is not new; it’s an afterschool special we’ve all seen before. So why should High cause such interest? It’s more. It’s a power struggle between an angry teen Cody Randall (Evan Jonigkeit) who knows how to push buttons and hustle his way through any situation and a nun, Sister...
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This double bill presented by the Canadian Opera Company doubles the pleasure and doubles the fun. One could say that these one-act operas only have the setting of Florencein common; however we find out that what lies beneath the Tuscan sun is the human experience. A Florentine Tragedy takes place in the darkness...
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Birdland Theatre’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is a haunting, textured piece written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph. The story follows two close friends, Doug and Kayleen’s relationship from age 8 into their late 30′s. The short, intimate scenes weave backward and forward in time. Doug endures an incredible number of injuries in his life...
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Bring It On: the Musical not only brought it, they knocked it out of the playing field. This is a fantastic show which I am sure is destined to have a Broadway run. I would be surprised if anyone found this hip, cool and current musical anything but thrilling. I was actually dreading...
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Soulpepper’s current production of You Can’t Take It With You is a delight from start to finish. The play was written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. You Can’t Take It With You is old fashioned fun with lots of laughs and some magical theatrical...
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I have attended several Canadian Stage productions and The Game of Love and Chance is definitely my favourite production to date. The play written by Marivaux was first performed nearly 300 years ago in Paris and has been freshly adapted and translated by Nicolas Billon. The plot of this madcap farce is simple enough....
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Jack Rennie as Love and Peggy Kriha Dye as Armide Opera Atelier returns to the Elgin theatre for their second production of the 2011/2012 season with Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Armide. This French Baroque opera provides all the joys that come with live theatre; it is a sensual feast for the eyes, ears and heart. Armide...
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Though the weather may not feel like it, Spring is in the air and the Canadian Opera Company blossoms back on stage with The Tales of Hoffmann for the first time since 1988. It is interesting to note that the composer Jacques Offenbach died before this opera was completed. Each company’s adaptation allows the...
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Many of us will remember the 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon as the blonde sorority queen who makes it her mission to enter Harvard law and win back her boyfriend, only to discover there’s much more to her blonde hair and pink nail polish – a knack for law. Many will have the full...
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