The Importance Of Being Earnest At The Stratford Festival – A Review
The Importance of Being Earnest At The Stratford Festival Krista Jackson’s vastly entertaining production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, currently playing to packed houses at the Stratford Festival’s Avon Theatre, may not be absolute perfection, but it will more than do until something better comes along. Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people” […]
Love Us Most At Here For Now Theatre – A Review
Love Us Most At Here For Now Theatre First, a public service announcement: Please don’t read the programme for Love Us Most, Sara Farb’s world premiere play at Here for Now, before you see the show. I did and expected a very different play from the one I saw. Love Us Most is a sharply […]
Blyth Festival Podcast
The Blyth Festival Podcast I wanted to give a brief shout out to the Blyth Festival Podcast, an excellent way to keep abreast of what’s coming up at Blyth. Hosted by Joanne Wallace, Blyth’s Director of Development, these short (35 to 45 minute) episodes typically take the form of interviews with the playwrights of upcoming […]
Dry Streak At The Blyth Festival – A Review
Dry Streak At The Blyth Festival The Blyth Festival has mounted any number of terrifc comedies over the years – Liars At A Funeral and Cakewalk come to mind – but I can’t remember when I last laughed as hard as I did at the astonishing comic payoff of Leeann Minogue’s Dry Streak. Minogue is […]
Othello At The Stratford Festival – A Review
Othello At The Stratford Festival Othello by William Shakespeare, at Stratford’s Tom Patterson Theatre, is the third Shakespeare I’ve seen this season and the third one I have liked. I admired it every bit as much as I did the RSC production in 2024. In my book that makes this season exceptional. Director Haysam Kadri, […]
Sisters Of ’78 At The Blyth Festival – A Review
Sisters of ’78 At The Blyth Festival Sisters of ’78, the new play by Kristen Da Silva, now receiving its world premiere at the Blyth Festival, is a perfect example of what makes Blyth so special. The play fulfills Blyth’s mandate to present new Canadian plays that reflect the lived experience of the people of […]
The Bean At The Foster Festival – A Review
The Bean At The Foster Festival The Bean, by the prolific Norm Foster, is receiving a sprightly world premiere at the charming Sons & Daughters Winery, tucked into the countryside south of St. Catherines. Norm Foster plays are often reports from the front lines of the battle of the sexes. The Bean reports on one […]
The Tempest At The Stratford Festival – A Review
The Tempest At The Stratford Festival Departing Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino’s particular brand of rough magic is on fulsome display in his imaginative production of The Tempest by William Shakespeare on the Stratford Festival’s main stage. I have long maintained that Cimolino is, arguably, the greatest interpreter of the Bard in North America, perhaps the […]
And Then There Were None At St Jacobs Country Payhouse
And Then There Were None At Drayton Entertainment I didn’t add Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None at Drayton Entertainment’s St Jacobs Country Playhouse to my list of must-sees for a simple reason. I hate this kind of show. Why? you might ask. For the simple reason that, fiercely intelligent as I am, I […]
Waiting For Godot At The Stratford Festival – A Review
Waiting For Godot At The Stratford Festival If you have seen Waiting For Godot by Samual Beckett as many times as I have, you approach each new one with trepidation. So it is with relief that I am able to report that director Molly Atkinson’s take on this classic at the Stratford Festival is good […]