For the love of Opera: Puccini’s La Bohème

These Bohemian bachelors are handsome and available for 12 performances at the COC. Classics are classics for a reason—they are timeless, wonderful little masterpieces that resonates with the people. That b...

For the love of Opera: Peter Grimes

Jakob Janutka as John, Peter Grimes’s apprentice, and Ben Heppner as Peter Grimes in the Canadian Opera Company production of Peter Grimes, 2013. Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten is not a happy or redemptiv...
Rick Miller and Carly Street in Venus in Furs Photo David Hou

Theatre Review: Venus in Fur

Rick Miller and Carly Street are powerful in Canadian Stage's Venus in Fur I would like to thank David Ives for writing such an exquisite piece of theatre, and especially for conceiving such a complex, sexy...

Theatre Review: The Best Brothers

Best Brother Daniel MacIvor Last season's hit Stratford Festival Production of The Best Brothers launches Tarragon Theatre’s 2013-14 Season. Sad, grief-struck, anguish describe most funerals, yet here la...

Theatre Review: The Best Brothers

Daniel MacIvor is one of my favorite playwrights who has won many well-deserved awards for his work, including the Governor General’s Award. Marion Bridge and You are Here are two plays that I adore, so it pains me to say that I did not care for this script and I really wasn’t a fan of the acting either.