Tag Archives: Canadian Stage

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Cruel and Tender

Atom Egoyan’s offbeat production provokes mixed feelings
Presented by Canadian Stage
Written by Martin Crimp
Directed by Atom Egoyan

Abena Malika and Arsinée Khanjian in Cruel and Tender. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

The Toronto debut of British playwright Martin Crimp’s Cruel and Tender left some audience members scratching their heads on Thursday night, despite a star-powered cast and a talented director [...]

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Q&A: Cruel and Tender Actor Jeff Lillico

Atom Egoyan, Jeff Lillico, Arsinée Khanjian. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Jeff Lillico has established himself as one of the most versatile young actors in Canada. With an impressive list of credits from the Shaw Festival and Soulpepper (to name a few), and a Dora Award for outstanding male performance in a principal role for Acting Up [...]

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Best of Toronto Theatre 2011

Theatromania’s top 12 picks

December 6, 2011: 244 Victoria Street renamed the Ed Mirvish Theatre (formerly the Canon).

Looking back, 2011 has been an outstanding year for theatre in Toronto. Here’s a list of our 12 favourite shows in celebration of the coming year. Happy 2012!
1) Another Africa (Volcano Theatre in association with Canadian Stage): Featuring high-energy music, top-notch [...]

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Red

A cardinal portrait of Mark Rothko and his young assistant
Written by John Logan
Directed by Kim Collier

Jim Mezon and David Coomber in Red. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

A great luminous cube opens to reveal an artist’s studio—high ceilings, exposed brick walls, red canvases in progress—in New York City during the late 1950s. The dramatic set, created by [...]

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Test

Burning questions and desires ignite in this searing tragicomedy
Presented by The Company Theatre in association with Canadian Stage
Written by Lukas Bärfuss
Directed by Jason Byrne
Translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte

Philip Riccio and Eric Peterson. Photo by Guntar Kravis.

What happens when a man doubts the paternity of his own children, or when political ambitions trump family values? Contemporary Swiss-German playwright [...]

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Orpheus and Eurydice

Ballet, a full-body workout and a tragic love story of mythic proportions
By Ava Baccari
Presented by Canadian Stage
Choreographed and directed by Marie Chouinard
Music by Louis Dufort

Carol Prieur and Manuel Roque in Orpheus and Eurydice. Photo by by Marie Chouinard.

Think back to the earliest story of temptation: Adam and Eve are promised an ethereal paradise for ever [...]

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Q&A: The Company Theatre

Co-Artistic Director Philip Riccio talks about The Company’s latest production

The Company Theatre Co-Artistic Director Philip Riccio.

Hot off of their 2011 Dora Award for Outstanding Independent Production (Through The Leaves), The Company Theatre brings the English-language premiere of of Swiss-German playwright Lukas Bärfuss’ The Test to the Berkeley Street Theatre (Oct. 31 to Nov. 16, 2011). This is the first [...]

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

I Send You This Cadmium Red

Art of Time Ensemble and Canadian Stage unite with flying colours
Presented by Art of Time Ensemble in association with Canadian Stage
Music by Gavin Bryars
Texts by John Berger and John Christie
Directed by Daniel Brooks

(From left) Julian Richings, Andrew Burashko and John Jay in I Send You this Cadmium Red. Photo by John Lauener.

Now on stage at [...]

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Another Africa

Two thought-provoking plays, one memorable theatre experience

Shine Your Eye
Written by Binyavanga Wainaina
Directed by Ross Manson

Milton Barnes and Dienye Waboso in Shine Your Eye, Another Africa. Photo by John Lauener.

Canadian Stage opened their 2011/12 season last week with Another Africa, a presentation of two plays from Volcano Theatre’s The Africa Trilogy (originally part of the 2010 [...]

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

2011 Dream In High Park: The Winter’s Tale

Canadian Stage lights up High Park with Shakespeare’s Bohemian Rhapsody
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Estelle Shook

Cast of The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Chris Gallow.

Now in its 29th year, Canadian Stage’s Dream In High Park is quite possibly the perfect way to spend a summer’s eve. Thursday night’s opening of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale proved to be, [...]

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Cosmonaut’s Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union

David Greig’s cosmic play struggles to make contact
Written by David Greig
Directed by Jennifer Tarver

Tony Nappo in The Cosmonaut’s Last Message. Photo credit: Bruce Zinger.

Toronto critics are divided when it comes to Scottish playwright David Greig’s The Cosmonaut’s Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union (yes, the long title is a [...]

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Our Class

Lest we forget: Tadeusz Slobodzianek gives us a lesson in tragedy
Presented by Studio 180 Theatre in association with Canadian Stage
Written by Tadeusz Słobodzianek
Directed by Joel Greenberg

The ensemble. Photo credit: John Karastamatis.

The first act was a punch to the gut, and when we returned to our seats after a quiet intermission the people next to us [...]

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