Tim Motley isn’t reinventing magic with Crazy for Dick Tricks, but he is practising it with a lot of charm. Some of the formats are familiar: a series of “failed” attempts at mindreading come together in a big finish, for instance. There are too many magic scarves and...

Solo performer Carlyn Rhamey has charm to burn: she engages easily and confidently with her audience, inviting everybody in and capitalising on the liveness of the event. But, in Scaredy Cat, most of the stories that she tells about her own fearfulness aren’t as...

Writer and solo performer Nyla Carpentier is charming: playful, friendly, and relaxed. And she can dance. In Dissection of a Indian Aboriginal First Nation Full-Blood Status Non-Status Halfbreed Métis Rez Urban Mixed Heritage Woman, Carpentier explores her French,...

Diagnose This! feels like two shows. I prefer the second. In the first, writer and performer Donna Kay Yarborough regales us with stories based on her experience as a standardized medical patient (an actor who pretends to be a patient to help train healthcare...

Melanie Gall can sing, but she doesn’t know how to tell a story, so what starts out as a recital with some great insider dish devolves into a recital with narrative interruptions. The program promises an exploration of the relationship between Judy Garland and Deanna...

The story is about an American couple traveling in Ireland but, stylistically, this show has no idea where it’s going. Central characters Tom and Mary, who are married and middle-aged, rent a car and search County Clare for Mary’s ancestors in the graveyards and...