Theatre Review: Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium

Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium is not merely a play but a visual feast.  His use of stagecraft is awe-inspiring.  Two of Lepage’s shows are on my top ten list: The Far Side of the Moon, his electrifying one-...

Theatre Review: The Double

TheatreRUN's The Double, playing at the Tarragon Theatre, is a nouveau adaptation of the Fyodor Dostoevsky novella of the same name. Created and performed by TheatreRUN Artistic Director Adam Paolozza (who also...
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.