by Colin Thomas | Jun 1, 2018 | Review
I attended 40 Days and 40 Nights last night. It’s an exploration of love from theatre artists Kim Collier and Daniel Brooks, who are romantic partners. I was going to review it but, after the show, Kim asked me not to, saying that 40 Days is intended as a gift....
by Colin Thomas | May 31, 2018 | Review
Bloody. Good. In Macbeth Muet, two actors from the Montreal company La Fille du Laitier tell the story of Macbethin about 45 minutes. Although they don’t do it wordlessly, as advertised, they do it without speaking. (At various points, the performers hold up cards,...
by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2018 | Review
You know that expression about shooting fish in a barrel? Reviewing The Only Good Indian is like trying to shoot a fish in the ocean from an airplane. At least in the performance I witnessed, The Only Good Indian is hard to get a bead on. Jivesh Parasram, Tom Arthur...
by Colin Thomas | May 24, 2018 | Review
Geologic Formations is a show about embodiment, but it is rarely viscerally embodied. In Geologic Formations, mia susan amir explores the multigenerational psychological and physical effects of trauma. Her saba (grandfather) survived the Bialystok Ghetto in Poland...
by Colin Thomas | May 18, 2018 | Review
Corey Payette and his collaborators are reinventing the story of Canada—in ways that respect First Nations and women. It’s thrilling. In last year’s musical, Children of God, Payette took on the residential school system. He wrote, directed, and composed that piece,...
