Remount city: Bliss and Cornered
Sometimes, a show is just too good to only run once. BLISS @ THÉÂTRE AUX ÉCURIES In Bliss, three people dressed as Walmart employees walk the audience through dramatic and much-publicized episodes in… Read More
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Trad @ Centaur Theatre
It’s a peculiarly Irish thing: the comedic work of art that makes you feel really, really uncomfortable. Directed by Andrew Shaver and written by Mark Doherty, Trad delivers both belly laughs and the… Read More
Iolanthe @ Moyse Hall
I think we can all agree that Gilbert and Sullivan operas belong to that select group of things – encompassing maple syrup and bubble wrap – that were put on this earth to… Read More
Macbeth @ Players’ Theatre
Adapting and recontextualizing Shakespeare is always going to be a conundrum. What do you keep? What do you toss? What do you emphasize? And if there’s a particular line that scholars have been… Read More
Oroonoko @ MAI
In celebration of Black History Month, Persephone Productions presents the epic tale of Oroonoko at the MAI. Based on the novel by Aphra Behn, this rendition of Oroonoko has been adapted for the… Read More
Kafka’s Ape @ Bain St-Michel
Currently running at Bain St-Michel, Infinitheatre presents Kafka’s Ape, a riveting presentation by an utterly convincing performer. Kafka’s Ape is based on Franz Kafka’s short story Report to an Academy, originally published during… Read More
Innocence Lost @ Centaur Theatre
In 1959, fourteen-year-old Steven Truscott was sentenced to hang for the rape and murder of his twelve-year-old schoolmate, Lynne Harper, making him the youngest person to sit on Canada’s death row. Maintaining his… Read More
Waiting for the Barbarians @ The Segal Centre
J.M. Coetzee’s novel Waiting for the Barbarians, as adapted for the stage by Alexandre Marine, has got a big, obvious, simple moral: when a hegemonic force oppresses and enslaves an “uncivilized” nation that… Read More
Ogoki Nights III @ Theatre Sainte Catherine
When I first walked into Theatre Sainte Catherine I took one long look at the taxidermied moose head on the wall. Then another look at the pine branches all over the stage. That’s when I… Read More
