Soulpepper’s annual Christmas Carol returns to the Toronto stage

It’s that time of year again. The holidays are upon us, and a regular army of Dickensian ghosts have begun to haunt the city–specifically, those of Christmases Past, Present and Future, found in a myriad of Christmas Carol adaptations across Toronto. When it comes to Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story and moral fable, Soulpepper‘s annual adaptation is a dependable tradition down in the Distillery District. And for good reason. Continue reading Review: A Christmas Carol (Soulpepper) →

Toronto’s Filament Incubator presents The Tenth Muse, a play by Julie Foster

It is easy to walk past the black door of 56 Kensington Avenue and not notice it’s there. Yet downstairs in a small concrete basement, known as Kensington Hall (said with tongue in cheek one assumes) an exciting indie performance of budding playwright Julie Foster’s The Tenth Muse, presented by Filament Incubator, is taking place. Continue reading Review: The Tenth Muse (Filament Incubator) →

Toronto’s playwright Shannon Bramer’s multi-layered play explores the theatre community

This play can be taken in so many different ways.

That’s intentional. There’s a scene in The Hungriest Woman in the World where Julie and Nathan (Tammi Freeman and Arun Varma), shout out a series of statements hinting at what this play could actually be about. They shout it out at Rob (Christopher Sawchyn) when he comes to pick up his wife Aimee (Nora Williams), who has spent the night with Julie and Nathan after going to the theatre.

But that’s ahead of the point.

Continue reading Review: The Hungriest Woman in the World (Pencil Kit Productions) →