What a splendid day I had catching the first three shows of this exciting new festival all in one go. The brainchild is Beatriz Pizano – writer, director, actor and artistic director of Aluna Theatre. Her mandate is the presentation of Latin American artists with an emphasis on human rights. What follows is just a […]
I had a very interesting conversation with an elderly lady after the show. It started in, where else, the washroom. She asked me how I’d enjoyed Stockholm, and I said I thought it was brilliant. She, on the other hand, hated it because she thought it was about nothing. But nothing couldn’t be further from […]
David Storey is problematic. There are many scholars who regard him as a great playwright, one who really understands the tenor of his times. And then there are others who find him limited. The one truism is that Storey is not easy. Home, which he wrote in 1970, is a metaphor for post-war England. His […]
The time has come to acknowledge that West Side Story is a dated museum piece. The production currently playing in town is the touring version of the acclaimed 2009 Broadway revival. The New York critics went gaga. One can only assume that the show is such a sacred cow, that tunnel vision sets in. In […]
(Note: The first part of this interview is Lavery talking about her life and times. The second part is our conversation about her play Stockholm, where we are joined by choreographer Susie Burpee.) Acclaimed English playwright Bryony Lavery came to town to see the North American premiere of her blockbuster play Stockholm. Produced by Seventh […]
