Jillan Mueller as Alex Owens in the famous water scene. Flashdance the Musical.

Mirvish Presents: Flashdance, the Musical

Actor Sydney Morton does well at overcoming the deficits in the script and music. I grew up in the 80s and one of my favorite films was Flashdance.  It captured that time period perfectly—the fashion, the m...
Nancy Beatty, Julie Stewart, Eric Peterson and Michael Healey in Dead Metaphor. Photo Credit: Cylla von Tiedemann
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Theatre Review: Mirvish’s Dead Metaphor

Dean returns home from the war in Afghanistan, only to discover that his remarkable military skills don’t get him very far in the working world. He readjusts to non-bunker life by moving in with his increasingly agitated parents and pregnant ex-wife, then reluctantly takes the only job he can get.

Soulpepper: Road to Mecca

Diana Leblanc & David Fox The Road to Mecca, written by Athol Fugard, is a three person play that examines the life of an eccentric old woman, Miss Helen (Diana Leblanc) and her desire to remain in her ...

The Last Confession

David Suchet as Cardinal Benelli, the Confessor. It was Sunday afternoon when a congregation of theatre goers converged on the Royal Alexandra to listen in on The Last Confession. The hushed crowd sat looki...
Spoon River, Soulpepper.Brendan Wall, Alana Bridgewater, Richard Lam, Mike Ross and Miranda Mulholland, photo: Cylla von Tiedemann

Theatre Review: Spoon River

"Is your soul alive? Then let it feed!" Edmund Pollard – Spoon River Anthology Soulpepper's mounting of Spoon River is a theatrical feast.