DEAD DRONE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL

DEAD DRONE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL

Dead Drone is one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen thousands of shows. It’s the writing. Even scripts this bad often start off with the best of intentions, of course. In Dead Drone, playwright David Mott takes on climate change, the toxicity of social...
DEAD DRONE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL

DEAD DRONE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL

Dead Drone is one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen thousands of shows. It’s the writing. Even scripts this bad often start off with the best of intentions, of course. In Dead Drone, playwright David Mott takes on climate change, the toxicity of social...
BURNING MOM: DIDN’T LIGHT MY FIRE

BURNING MOM: DIDN’T LIGHT MY FIRE

It’s not terrible. That’s the best I can muster. Playwright and director Mieko Ouchi’s Burning Mom, which is based on her own mom’s experience, is about a 63-year-old Calgary woman named Dorothy, who heads off to Burning Man with her adult son Kevin and his pal...
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: MY LIFE — UNIQUELY REWARDING

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: MY LIFE — UNIQUELY REWARDING

Talk about innovation. Talk about risk. Talk about reward. Talk about writer and director Niall McNeil’s Beauty and the Beast: My Life. Be patient with me. I want to get into the thematic content of this piece — because I find it so compelling — before I try to give...
BEHIND THE MOON: EXTRAORDINARILY WELL REALIZED

BEHIND THE MOON: EXTRAORDINARILY WELL REALIZED

It’s been two years since Behind the Moon premiered in Toronto. Since then, it’s had only one production, in Victoria. That’s kind of nuts. Anosh Irani’s script should be getting produced across the country. So thanks to director Lois Anderson and the impeccable...