Theatre

Theatre/Dance Mini Reviews: Three Shows That Close Nov. 10, 2024 – Phantasmagoria 3D (Eldritch Theatre), Dead Broke (Lost Dreams Collective), & Seven Gates Immersive Dance Film (Yasmina Ramzy Arts)

A quick look at a 3D horror show, a horror comedy play, and a mystical immersive dance film.

Theatre Review – Theatre Passe Muraille / The Flin Flon Cowboy

A compelling and brutally honest
autobiographical musical about gay disabled artist, actor, singer, Ken Harrower.

Dancetheatre Review – Corpus & The KIO Company/Mukashi, Mukashi (Once upon a time)

An entertaining exploration of Western and Japanese folklore featuring the wolf and the crane.

Shaw and Stratford Festivals 2024: Plays for Young People: The Secret Garden (Shaw) & Wendy and Peter Pan (Stratford)

A look at the rather disappointing plays for young people at the Shaw and Stratford Festivals 2024.

Reviews of Luminato Festival On Stage Productions, June 5 to 16, 2024

Featuring the new and the different from around the world – HOME, Afrikan Party and 360 Allstars.

Theatre Review – Blyth Festival/The Team on the Hill by Dan Needles

Posted on August 14, 2019, updated on August 23, 2019 by pcitron

An engaging play about three generations of a farm family in conflict.

Theatre Review – 4th Line Theatre/Carmel by Ian McLachlan and Robert Winslow

Posted on August 9, 2019, updated on August 21, 2019 by pcitron

4th Line Theatre, located on a farm near Millbrook ON, describes its playbill as “making our history come alive”, and, in fact, for 25 years, the company has been producing original plays whose stories are anchored in Peterborough County and environs. The Carmel of the title refers to the Carmel Line, Cavan Township, where the […]

Theatre Review – Soulpepper/Fool for Love by Sam Shepard

Posted on July 19, 2019, updated on August 2, 2019 by pcitron

Soulpepper has given Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love an electrifying production.

Theatre Review – Blyth Festival 2019/Jumbo by Sean Dixon

Posted on July 12, 2019, updated on August 2, 2019 by pcitron

The kindest thing to say about the Blyth Festival’s world premiere of Jumbo is that the play is not ready for prime time. Yet it should have worked, given the talent behind the project such as accomplished writer Sean Dixon and talented director Gil Garratt. I suspect that a lot of time was spent on […]

Theatre Review – Blyth Festival 2019/Cakewalk by Colleen Curran

Posted on July 11, 2019, updated on July 24, 2019 by pcitron

Apparently, Cakewalk by Colleen Curran, which premiered at the Blyth Festival in 1984, and was remounted in 1986, has been one of the company’s most requested revivals. I actually saw both those shows and remember them fondly, so Curran’s zany comedy redux was welcome news. Happily, I can report that this 2019 production is right […]