The 2012 King Edward Tea Society (KETS) Awards for Theatre were compiled on Sunday, December 23, 2012, during high tea in the lobby of Le Meridien King Edward Hotel, Toronto. The jury members were Paula Citron and Lynn Slotkin. THEY BROUGHT GLORY TO THE STAGE CATEGORY It’s All Greek to Us Award: THE […]
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare is terrific entertainment. The new musical stamps Theatre 20 as a force to be reckoned with in the city. The company, under artistic director Adam Brazier, is committed to story-driven music theatre. Winnipeg composer/lyricist Joseph Aragon chose as his story, the trial of Burke and Hare. The two […]
The Broadway touring show of Sister Act is a win win situation. It’s better than the 1992 movie that starred Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith. Like a lot of commercial shows, Sister Act went through major revisions between the West End run (2009) and Broadway (2011), but who cares. The final product is just plain […]
Between the Sheets is Jordi Mand’s first full-length play. She is a definitely talent to watch. The play was developed with the help of the feminist Nightwood Theatre, and Mand’s two-hander certainly fits the company’s mandate. The set is a Grade 3 classroom in a posh private school, realistically created by designer Kelly Wolf who […]
There are circles within circles in reference to Why Not Theatre’s presentation of Dear Liar. First, the very name of the company comes from a quote by George Bernard Shaw from his 1921 play, Back to Methuselah. “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why […]