Onegin: more
Leave a Comment When I write reviews, I try to cram in as much information as possible—but there’s almost never enough room, so, right here, I’m going to cram in a little bit more about the Arts Club’s production of Onegin. Director Amiel Gladstone has done a...
Quick thought on race and casting
Leave a Comment Let’s not racialize actors of colour all the time. Do they always have to be in shows that are about race or racially specific experience? I was glad to see Carl Kennedy playing the neighbour in Common Grace at Pacific Theatre recently. Kennedy is...
Wish list: artists of colour
19 Comments Let’s help the Arts Club out. Seriously. The company announced its 2016/2017 season this week, and artistic director Bill Millerd has been receiving criticism for including only one writer of colour in his core season, and no directors of colour. Anosh...
The Gay Heritage Project: show this show some love, Vancouver
Leave a Comment Okay, Vancouver, we need to talk. What’s up? Why aren’t you turning out for The Gay Heritage Project, which is playing The Cultch until March 19? It’s a really good show, and word has it that, as of today, ticket sales suck. If you’re straight and you...
This weekend, go gay
Leave a Comment I don’t care who you’re having sex with, as long as nobody is getting hurt—well, as long as nobody is getting hurt non-consensually—go see The Gay Heritage Project at the Cultch. In this production from Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, three...
Going to the theatre with kids: I highly recommend it
Leave a Comment Yesterday, I took my six-year-old neighbour, Abraham, to see Carousel Theatre’s Go, Dog. Go! It was the first time that Abraham had ever seen a play. The script is very simple. Based on P.D. Eastman’s book, it’s a lot like the old Dick and...
The Motherfucker and other options
Leave a Comment The Motherfucker with the Hat is still the best thing on this weekend. It’s closing tomorrow night, (Saturday, January 30), so get in there if you can. Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis’s take on addiction is both darkly comic and moving. And the actors...
Cats: the pleasures of feline drag
Leave a Comment I never thought I’d live to hear myself say this, but the show to catch this weekend is Cats. I have never been a fan of Cats, which has always struck me as commercially gimmicky—and mostly tuneless. But seeing Fighting Chance Productions mounting in...
You know that screenplay you’ve got kicking around?
Leave a Comment Recently, I received a testimonial from screenwriter Douglas Ronald Ellis. Yes, this posting is an ad, of sorts. But, if you want to write a screenplay, or you’ve got one knocking around, I can help. Here’s what Doug had to say. (It’s very, very...
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