Spontaneous Theatre is a structured improv where we see a play built in front of our eyes. In Murder-on-the-Lake an audience member becomes a rookie police officer in search of a killer in the funniest and most inventive production of the Shaw Festival season.
The Shaw Festival continues its showcase of Black playwrights with Pearl Cleage’s powerful Blues for an Alabama Sky. Virgilia Griffith gives a simply magnificent performance surrounded by a marvellous supporting cast.
To say that Wait Until Dark was a grave disappointment is an understatement. Other than actor Sochi Fried and her depiction of blind Susy, nothing about this place really worked.
In Gnit, esteemed American Playwright Will Eno has given Ibsen’s classic verse drama Peer Gynt a modern facelift that pays homage to the original while damning aspects of modern society with a great deal of ironic humour.
Nobody puts on farces better than the Shaw Festival and this year’s offering,Tons of Money is simply one of the best. The riotous production is laugh out loud funny, and not to be missed.