All posts by Diana Manole

Checkpoint 300 (Tamaya Productions) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Liz Mynhardt and Brittany Cope in CHECKPOINT 300 photo by Adrianna ProsserDo you want to see a winner? Go see Tamaya ProductionsCheckpoint 300 written and directed by Michelle Wise, this year’s winner of the Fringe’s First Play Competition. It is indeed very well-crafted and it continuously surprises us with unexpected facts and plot twists. I will not go into details, no need for spoiler alerts.

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Review: THE BLACK DRUM (Soulpepper/ DEAF CULTURE CENTRE)

Photo of Ensemble of Black Drum at Soulpepper

The World’s First Entirely Deaf Musical Is Now on Stage in Toronto

The Black Drum is a fairy tale that feels like Alice meets Dracula in a black & white wonderland –  and sharing the music and love we carry in our hearts and bodies defeats the evil, at least for the moment. Sounds familiar? Maybe, but I can assure you that what you can see and feel at this show is truly extraordinary.

Produced by Soulpepper and the DEAF CULTURE CENTRE, a project of the Canadian Cultural Centre of the Deaf (CCSD), The Black Drum is a visually stunning spectacle and an emotionally-engaging performance. It is also the world’s first entirely Deaf musical.

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