Category Archives: Theatre

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Frances and Marybeth

Neale Kimmel’s charming comedy milks it at Factory Studio Theatre

Presented by (bracket) Theatre
Written by Neale Kimmel
Directed by Heather Keith

The cast of Frances and Marybeth. Photo by Christopher Muir.

Like humour and milk, Neale Kimmel’s ridiculously funny Frances and Marybeth does a body good. Act one of this quirky new play was the darling of Alumnae Theatre’s [...]

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Night Of The Iguana

David Ferry weathers a storm of passion at Hart House Theatre
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jermey Hutton

Kelly Bolt as Hannah Jelkes and David Ferry as Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon.

Tennessee Williams’ The Night of The Iguana brings the heat this month in a soulful new production at Hart House Theatre. The play—which premiered on Broadway in [...]

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Saturday, March 3, 2012

War Horse

A harrowing, heartrending story of a boy and his noble horse

Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo
Adapted by Nick Stafford
In association with Handspring Puppet Company

Albert Narracott (Alex Furber) with Joey (Adam Cook). War Horse Canadian cast 2012. Photo by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg.

The National Theatre of Great Britain’s award-winning production of War Horse, based on the novel by [...]

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Friday, March 2, 2012

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Eugene O’Neill’s all-consuming family drama sojourns at the Young Centre

Presented by Soulpepper Theatre Company
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Diana Leblanc

Gregory Prest and Evan Buliung. Photo by Michael Cooper.

A heavy, melancholic fog hangs over Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play on stage this month at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. [...]

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Seeds

Seeds is a politically-charged hybrid of theatre, journalism and science

Presented by Crow’s Theatre and Porte Parole
Written by Annabel Soutar
Directed by Chris Abraham

Eric Peterson in Seeds. Photo by Guntar Kravis.

Annabel Soutar’s Seeds, the engrossing new docudrama now on stage at the Young Centre for the Arts, is based on the four-year legal battle between biotech giant [...]

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

High Life

The latest Soulpepper production of a classic heist play is criminally, emotionally Canadian

By Ava Baccari
Written by Lee MacDougall
Directed by Stuart Hughes

Mike Ross, Michael Hanrahan, Oliver Dennis and Diego Matamoros. Photo by Michael Cooper.

In pursuit of faithful story rendering, the all-star cast of Canadian Lee MacDougall’s High Life in the latest Soulpepper production has let themselves [...]

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Dani Girl

This magical, heartbreaking new musical is a modern fairy tale
By Ava Baccari
Book and lyrics by Christopher Dimond
Music by Michael Kooman
Directed by Richard Ouzounian

Gabi Epstein in Dani Girl. Photo by Susan Benoit.

In that unambiguous, disarming manner through which children perceive the world, the nine-year old eponymous character in the new musical, Dani Girl, probes: “If prayer [...]

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Potted Potter

Toronto audiences fall under the spell of British comedy duo Dan and Jeff
Written and  performed by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner
Directed by Richard Hurst

Jefferson Turner and Daniel Clarkson in Potted Potter.

Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience explores all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes. The parody is the brainchild of Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson [...]

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Dani Girl Q&A: Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond

Gabi Epstein and Jonathan Logan in Dani Girl. Photo by Susan Benoit.

Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond‘s Dani Girl returns to the stage this month in a new co-production by Show One Productions and Talk Is Free Theatre. Directed by Toronto theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, and starring Jeff Madden, Amanda LeBlanc, Jonathan Logan, and Gabi Epstein, [...]

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Hughie

Alley Theatre Workshop gambles to win with Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie
Presented by Alley Theatre Workshop
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by David Ferry

Michael Kash in Hughie. Photo by Alley Theatre Workshop.

Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie takes place in a shabby New York City hotel lobby circa 1928. Presented by Alley Theatre Workshop, the moody two-hander directed by David Ferry is [...]

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Pomme Is French For Apple

Pomme pomme girls: Liza Paul and Bahia Watson breeze out at the Tranzac

Liza Paul and Bahia Watson. Photo by Zahra Siddi @ zahrasiddi.tumblr.com.

Pum (n): West Indian slang for a woman’s private parts (short for pum pum).
Liza Paul and Bahia Watson have uncovered a real gem with Pomme Is French For Apple: an honest, intelligent and [...]

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Monday, February 13, 2012

In The Heights

Dancap Productions brings some Latin heat to chilly Toronto 
Presented by Dancap Productions
Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Directed by Thomas Kail

Cast of In The Heights. Photo by John Daughtry.

Stories about hardworking immigrant families living in North America–Ins Choi’s Kim’s Convenience, for example–are guaranteed crowd pleasers in a culturally diverse city like Toronto. [...]

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