Here's the second part of Justin Haigh adventure at Toronto’s Next Stage Festival. The Festival finishes this weekend.

Gas
This intense play from writer/director Jason Maghanoy presents a familiar yet contemporary depiction of modern warfare (in this case using Iraq as his creative sandbox) by incorporating age-old ideas, such as the hyper-masculine soldier, as well as relatively new ones, such as the importance of the unfiltered recorded image (an idea that also played an important role in Maghanoy’s last play, Dust). Gas is splintered into two narratives; the first of a unit whose chain of command is thrown...

There is something quite special in seeing a good Canadian play for the first time; especially when it features two fine Canadian actors at the top of their game.

Fun and frivolity come to mind. I have to admit, I really enjoy a good musical. I like the new ones, the oldies and the goldies.