The journey of life has its ups and downs, with each stage revealing new insights as challenges are met, strengths revealed, and skills developed. Esther de Monteflores brings an amazing gift for ignoring gravity while subtly delivering a nuanced performance in four dimensions. 

Narratively played out while Monteflores emotes the convolutions of each life stage, the recorded cast does a sterling job of moving the audience through the ages. Mixing tone, gender, age and range, the five narrators (Joanna Gaskell, Harrison Houde, Andrew Senay, Christine Bortolin and Sue Sparlin) smoothly guide the journey of life. 

Aaron Read has created a unique...

Maybe I needed that afternoon coffee after all. I found it challenging to remain engaged with A Weekend Near Madison. Was it just me, or was this play uncomfortably long? While there was no shortage of talent on the stage, and the script offered up some thought provoking and moving moments, I found the performance, as a whole, rather lacklustre. 

For the first fifteen minutes, I felt like I was watching a rehearsal. (Okay, it was a first performance.) The actors looked vaguely uncomfortable, delivering their lines without a great deal of commitment, and while the play never really transported...

   A collaborative project by Blackjacq Productions and Clockwork Theatre, The Green Room Theatre Project selects nine youth who get the chance to work with professional artists learning the entire process of creating a theatrical production. The Green Room Presents… is a devised play which is the culmination and final showcase of the program.  Created and performed by amateur youth artists, the show is far from professional quality theatre, but it has its share of shining moments. 

    The theme of the show is growing up, and it opens with a vocal montage of moments throughout a single life,...

I love a good story, especially if it is artfully delivered. It was only natural that I would fall in love with The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path. Written by and starring Nathan Howe, TWDWOTCP hooked me from its opening moments. Clever direction from Charlie Peters and simple, effective visuals by Brittany Lloyd make this a don’t-miss-it Fringe event.

Out to make a difference in the lives of his soon-to-be students, the naively optimistic new Principal takes us on his journey from...