In my review of director David Mackay's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, I said that his take is vulgar. Because it is. There's a fart joke, a cunt joke (yep using the word), and a penis joke (see the above photo). Rather than concentrating on Wilde's...

If you're a writer, you might want to know what I actually do when I'm editing your work. Basically, I read your manuscript three times. THE FIRST READ The first read-through is all about my visceral responses to your story. On this reading, I take very few notes, but...

If you can get in, the show to see this week is Bob Frazer's production of Hedda Gabler at Roedde House in the West End. Anna Cummer (above) plays Hedda and, in Cummer's interpretation, Hedda feels almost sociopathic; it's clear that she just doesn't understand the...

Max Reimer can't be held responsible for the death of the Playhouse. I don't think Max was the right person for the job, but nobody has been the right person since Larry Lillo; Glynis Leyshon wasn't and Susan Cox certainly wasn't. The Playhouse couldn't have had a...

The teachers' job actions, which I fully support, may have an unintended casualty: Carousel Theatre's production of A Year with Frog and Toad. I saw this production last season and it's lovely. Todd Talbot is a charmingly effervescent Frog, and Josue Laboucaine is...

Michael Redhill's script, Goodness (pictured above) has been touring internationally for seven years. Both the production and the script have been getting rave reviews everywhere from Edinburgh to New York. The play is about a recently divorced guy who travels to...

When I sent out my theatre pick yesterday, I FORGOT that Chelsea Hotel is still playing till March 3. My apologies to both Leonard Cohen. whose songs are the basis of the script, and Tracey Power, the powerhouse behind this remarkable production. The material is, of...

I was nervous about interviewing Nina Arsenault about her solo show, Silicone Diaries; I knew I wanted to ask some tough questions—including why such a glamourous transsexual woman decided to keep her penis—and I was worried about offending her. I needn't have been....

Every so often, I have the privilege of addressing the students in the Studio 58 theatre program. I love these talks, partly because I love theatre and students, but also because it gives me a chance to establish a relationship with emerging artists that is both...