Downton Abbey Lite Those who are enamoured with the popular TV show Downton Abbey, longing for the days of the British aristocracy, are not likely to enjoy A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Unless, they have a good sense of humour, and in that case they will love it. This witty musical, a tongue-in-cheek […]
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The Making of Romeo & Juliet This stage play is a re-creation of the 1998 movie Shakespeare in Love, which is a delightful fictional tale of the writing of Romeo and Juliet – a true rom-com. It is surprising that it’s taken this long to bring this movie to live theatre, but finally it’s reached
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As You Like It on the Rock This year marks the third time As You Like It has been revisited at Stratford Festival since 2005. But on each visit, the Festival has taken the audience on a different journey. In 2005, we went back in time to the 1960s, with a cast of hippies in
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Narnia Business There is magic and mystery in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, this year’s Schulich Children’s Play at the Stratford Festival, now on stage at the Avon Theatre. From the beginning when the children are leaving the World War II air raids in London and getting on board a train to live
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The Sins of the Fathers All My Sons, now on stage at Stratford’s Tom Patterson Theatre is a testimony to the sin of greed. Arthur Miller’s thought-provoking play shows how one man succumbs to war profiteering, leading to the complete decimation of two families and the destruction of more. It’s 1946 in Ohio. Joe Keller
What I Did for Love A Chorus Line is a true story from the 1970s: Dancers, who want to nail this audition so much they can taste it, reveal their personal lives to the director in hopes of getting a part in the chorus. Now on the Festival Stage in Stratford, A Chorus Line has
When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? Stratford Festival opened its 2016 season with all the usual red carpet pomp and circumstance. But as soon as the audience settled, the festivities were over and the horror that is Macbeth began. In today’s movie vernacular, Macbeth would be billed as a
Family Members and Other Moochers Uncle Vanya, now playing at Shaw Festival’s Court House Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake is a fresh translation of the 1897 play. And the language is refreshing. Annie Baker came up with this 2012 version by going back to a literal translation along with the original Russian, and putting their colloquialisms into
Were the Good Old Days ever that Good? Our Town is an actor’s play. With the ghost light (a bare bulb on a floor lamp) shining in the middle of the stage as we enter the theatre, the audience hopes that some back stage secrets may be revealed. Instead, we are taken on a nostalgia trip,
Down the Rabbit Hole Alice in Wonderland, now on stage at the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake is a feast for the eyes. The extravagant costumes are interesting, the sets amazing, and the projections marvellous. Any child, familiar with the story of Alice in Wonderland, will be mesmerized by the vivid array on stage. The
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