Theatre Review: True West
Sam Shepard is a great writer. With 50 published plays and a Pulitzer Prize under his belt there is no disputing that. His characters are never run of the mill—they are usually damaged in some way. The situa...
Theatre Review: La Ronde
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...
Theatre Review: This
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...
In the City: Cinéfranco International Francophone Film Festival
It’s that time of year again when we come together to celebrate all that is French language cinema. The arrival of this all Franco film festival always signals the real coming of Spring to me. Yes, that’s rig...
Theatre Review: William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying”
A tragic satire of unearthed secrets...
A mother is ill and passes, leaving her family to take of the funeral arrangements and bring the house in order. Not an over dramatic story and a quite simple plot li...
