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 – Soulpepper/Almighty Voice and His Wife by Daniel David Moses

Posted on October 21, 2019, updated on November 6, 2019 by pcitron

An important Canadian classic that looks at the impact of White colonization from an Indigenous point of view. Both beautiful and satiric at the same time.

Theatre Review – Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company/ Ghost Quartet, music, lyrics and text by Dave Malloy

Posted on October 13, 2019, updated on October 19, 2019 by pcitron

A surreal song cycle that deals with love and death, and is not to be missed as a theatrical experience.

Theatre Review – Cahoots Theatre & b.current Performing Arts/Hilot Means Healer by Jo Simalaya Alcampo

Posted on October 11, 2019, updated on October 17, 2019 by pcitron

An atmospheric play embracing Filipino Indigenous culture and music set both during World War ll and in mythological times.

Theatre/Dance Review – Canadian Stage/Un Poyo Rojo created by Luciano Rosso, Nicolas Poggi. Alfonso Baron and Hermes Gaido

Posted on October 9, 2019, updated on October 11, 2019 by pcitron

A cheeky physical theatre show from Argentina that explores all things male.

Theatre Review – Factory Theatre & Nightswimming/Broken Tailbone by Carmen Aguirre

Posted on October 6, 2019, updated on October 6, 2019 by pcitron

In the guise of a salsa lesson, charismatic Carmen Aguirre dispenses her musings on Latinx history, politics and love. The audience has to dance.