Author Nicole Fairbairn

I love the adaptation by Jason Sherman of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde currently on stage at Soulpepper.  So much of Schnitzler’s original was implied but Sherman’s version has a much harder edge.  It is unapol...

The Canadian Stage production of This is a unique theatrical experience.  Set designer Astrid Janson, has stripped the Berkeley Street Theater down to the bones and brought it back as close as possible to i...

Bent, Martin Sherman’s haunting 1979 play, looks at the persecution of gays in Nazi, Germany.   The original London production starred Ian McKellan.  This must have been risqué theater at the time, when mos...

There is a reason Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize.   Bruce Norris’ look at race, relationships and real estate is smart, funny, and thought provoking.  This piece drew me in immediately and never...

For anyone who has spent time perusing some of the odd, fascinating, and downright bizarre ads on Craigslist (or is that just me?), you will appreciate Acting Up Stage Company’s production of Do You Want Wh...