First Métis Man of Odesa: Fall in love with it

by | May 26, 2023 | Review

First Métis Man of Odesa is such compelling — and funny — storytelling. It’s charmingly performed, and exquisitely directed and produced. I hope The Cultch and Punctuate! Theatre can find pull quotes in those two sentences to use in their advertising because I want to...

Unexpecting: You’ve been warned

by | May 7, 2023 | Review

I hated this show so much that thinking about writing this review gave me a stomach ache. I don’t want to be cruel but, if I’m not frank, I’m not doing my job. I first encountered playwright Bronwyn Carradine’s Unexpecting in early 2021 when it was an audio play...

The Legend of Georgia McBride: Toot

by | May 5, 2023 | Review

The script is mixed up and the production is inconsistent, but this show is fun — and that counts for a lot. In The Legend of Georgia McBride, playwright Matthew López tells the story of an Elvis impersonator named Casey who’s struggling — and failing — to make a...

Under Milk Wood: sensuality and wonder

by | Apr 22, 2023 | Review

I don’t know if language gets more glorious than this. The poetry in Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, a radio play from 1954 that was adapted for the stage, is unabashedly beautiful. In it, two narrators introduce us to the fictional Welsh town of Llareggub...