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Tag Archives: Soulpepper
Kim’s Convenience
Ins Choi has something great in store for Soulpepper audiences this season
Written by Ins Choi
Directed by Weyni Mengesha
Ins Choi in Kim’s Convenience. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
After a hit run at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, Ins Choi’s Kim’s Convenience opened Soulpepper’s 15th anniversary season Thursday night to triumphant acclaim from audiences and critics alike.
The [...]
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 [...]
Posted by Lauren Gillett in Theatre
Tagged Best of 2011, Canadian Stage, Factory Theatre, Mirvish, Nightwood Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Soulpepper, The Company Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto-based indie theatre, Volcano Theatre
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Parfumerie
Soulpepper’s Dora Award-winning holiday production keeps on giving
Written by Miklos Laszlo
Adapted by Adam Pettle and Brenda Robbins
Directed by Morris Panych
Patricia Fagan and Oliver Dennis. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
The festive season is upon us and Soulpepper is celebrating with their current revival of Hungarian playwright Miklos Laszlo’s Parfumerie. Adapted by Adam Pettle and Brenda Robbins, [...]
The Word Festival: Q&A with Toby Malone
A few words on The Word Festival with Toby Malone
By Ava Baccari
Toby Malone.
Words alone can’t describe the singular importance of the two most influential texts in the English language: the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.
And after a year of planning, Soulpepper Theatre Company’s artistic director Albert Schultz, associate director Don Shipley [...]
Posted by Ava Baccari in Theatre
Tagged interviews, profiles, Shakespeare, Soulpepper, Young Centre
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Ghosts
Soulpepper raises the spectre of moral hypocrisy with Ibsen’s haunting family drama
Written by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and directed by Morris Panych
Michelle Monteith, Nancy Palk and Gregory Prest. Photo by Sian Richards.
What’s scarier than ghouls and goblins? According to 19th century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, the social mores of his time were much more frightening.
Like many of [...]
2011 Global Cabaret Festival: Q&A with Albert Schultz
The Young Centre comes alive with the sound of music October 28-30, 2011
Albert Schultz. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
Looking for a one-of-a-kind concert experience? The Young Centre for the Performing Arts will play host to 44 performances by 150 Canadian musicians next weekend (Friday, October 28 to Sunday, October 30) for the fourth annual Global Cabaret [...]
The Odd Couple
Two’s company in Soulpepper’s laugh-a-minute production
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Stuart Hughes
Kevin Bundy, Oliver Dennis, Diego Matamoros, Derek Boyes, Albert Schultz and Michael Hanrahan. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple opened on Broadway in 1965. More than 45 years later, the play that inspired a film, a TV series and countless spin-offs, [...]
The Price
Soulpepper’s talent-laden production is no hard sell
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Diana Leblanc
Jane Spidell, Stuart Hughes and Michael Hanrahan. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
No one does potent family drama quite like Arthur Miller. The Price (1968) is one of his lesser-known plays, but it’s one of his best — up there with All My Sons [...]
White Biting Dog
Soulpepper’s dog eat dog production leaves deep marks
Written by Judith Thompson
Directed by Nancy Palk
Mike Ross and Michaela Washburn. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Written in 1984, Judith Thompson’s White Biting Dog is as challenging as drama gets. Fortunately, first-time director Nancy Palk gives the Governor General’s award-winning play the unflinching treatment it deserves. Now on stage [...]
Exit The King
Oliver Dennis rules the stage in this absurdly funny and philosophical play
Written by Eugène Ionesco
Translated by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush
Directed by Albert Schultz
Brenda Robins, Oliver Dennis, William Webster and Karen Rae. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
“Why was I born if wasn’t going to be forever?” This is the question that plagues King Berenger, the unfortunate [...]
The Kreutzer Sonata
Ted Dykstra brings Tolstoy’s novella to life in an explosive stage adaptation
Written by Leo Tolstoy
Adapted and performed by Ted Dykstra
Ted Dykstra. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Ted Dykstra‘s adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata will pin you to your seat for 65 riveting minutes. Originally commissioned by Andrew Burashko, artistic director of the Art of Time Ensemble, and [...]
Posted by Lauren Gillett in Theatre
Tagged one-person shows, Soulpepper, Young Centre
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The Glass Menagerie
Soulpepper’s sparkling production reflects the power of memory
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Ted Dykstra
Nancy Palk, Gemma James-Smith and Stuart Hughes. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Soulpepper’s Summer Season is smoking hot. You can still catch Eric Peterson and John Gray in Billy Bishop Goes To War, and last week the company opened a first-class production of Tennessee [...]
