DANCEBOY: WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

DANCEBOY: WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

I have very little to say about Danceboy because, as far as I can tell, there isn’t much to it. In Danceboy, writer and performer Munish Sharma tells us about his lifelong love of dancing, which started when he was a toddler and Bollywood movies taught him that “This...
WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE: Not This Time Either

WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE: Not This Time Either

One of these days, I hope to see a fully realized production of playwright Fraces Končan’s Women of the Fur Trade, a production that might allow me to see the script’s true potential — or lack thereof. This remount of the National Art’s Centre’s interpretation is not...
BEHIND THE MOON: EXTRAORDINARILY WELL REALIZED

BEHIND THE MOON: EXTRAORDINARILY WELL REALIZED

It’s been two years since Behind the Moon premiered in Toronto. Since then, it’s had only one production, in Victoria. That’s kind of nuts. Anosh Irani’s script should be getting produced across the country. So thanks to director Lois Anderson and the impeccable...
Hurricane Mona: downgraded to tropical storm

Hurricane Mona: downgraded to tropical storm

Just a simple family meal with a frog (Photo by Augusto Meza) I’m grateful to every artist who takes on climate change and there are striking elements in Pippa Mackie’s script. Overall, though, Hurricane Mona is a mostly unfunny comedy and its structure sucks. That...

Ominous Sounds at the River Crossing: There are no bridges

Especially if you’re over 50, don’t bother with this play; you don’t have that much good time left. Jason Sherman’s new script Ominous Sounds at the River Crossing; or, Another Fucking Dinner Party Play is funny — but only for about the first ten minutes. After that,...