Theatre

One would be forgiven for not having heard of Canadore College (based in North Bay, Ontario), nor their graduate theatre company, Rep 21.

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

At the beginning of after homelessness, David Diamond, Artistic Director of Headlines Theatre, tells us to view the piece with an open heart, and I did just that. Unfortunately, by the end of the night, the strain made me in danger of suffering an aneurism.

after homelessness

I remember a review for an REM album – I think it might have been for New Adventures in Hi-Fi – where the reviewer started his critique with the following: “You already know whether you’ll like this album or not”.

Check out the frocks! Monique Lund and Sara-Jeanne Hosie wearing jaw-droppers in White Christmas. Photo by David Cooper.

Pi Theatre and Rumble Production’s joint presentation of after the quake is a stunning piece of theatre.

Manami Hara, Leina Dueck and Testsuro Shigematsu are seen after the quake, photograph by Ken Bryant

I was very fortunate to attend the opening night of Touchtone Theatre’s world premiere Demon Voice.

Stephanie Belding and Kevin K James are wrestling with each other and their demons; photo by Tim Matheson

The Laramie Project creatd by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project, presented by Theatre at UBC at the Fredric Wood Theatre, is in need of a good editor.

Tich Wilson in The Laramie Project; Photo Credit: Tim Matheson

The Winter’s Tale, currently in production at Studio 58, is supposed to be one of Shakespeare’s “problem” plays.

Benjamin Elliot in Studio 58's The Winter's Tale, photo: David Cooper

One Little Goat Theatre Company continues its tradition of contemporary poetic theatre in its most recent project Talking Masks.

Talking Masks (Oedipussy); photo by: Sai Sivanesan

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