Megan loves being in the thick of all things theatre, but her ultimate goal is to promote theatre to the world of non-theatre people. It was the same when she was the theatre writer for blogTO, or the Fringe Correspondent for CBC Radio One‘s Here and Now, as it is as the founder of Mooney on Theatre. Her basic belief is that there is theatre/performance out there for everyone to love, they just need to find it. This is not to be confused with the idea that everyone should love theatre for theatre’s sake, in fact, as obsessed as she is with theatre, even *she* doesn’t love all types of theatre.
Editor’s Note: In the review of Sherlock Holmes & The First English Gentleman by Sam Mooney she mentioned that she saw the show with "My 82 year old mother and 15 year old niece are fringing with me for three days" – Lauren is the 15 year old niece she was referring to. And now, without further ado, on with the review (see how that rhymed? pretty cool eh?)…
From the perspective of three generations, this play could have been worse, it could have been better. Sherlock Holmes & The First English Gentleman has potential, but also a broad area with room to improve (including cutting the painful chant at the beginning.) It also had a plethora of humorous moments.
I have been seeing so many shows that I haven’t had time to spend on my site. It’s both wonderful and sad at the same time. But tomorrow (Thursday) I have arranged it so that I’m not going to my first show until late afternoon, so I’ll be spending the majority of the day at Jet Fuel sipping lattes and pulling together content for this baby. I figured in the meantime though I’d reprint some of the reviews I’ve done for blogTO for the shows I highly recommend, since we’re running out of time for the festival. Please note, this is only a selection out of what *I* have seen. So I am no doubt missing some great shows in this list.
Keep reading for reviews re-posted from blogTO of:
– A Girl Named Ralph
– Exploding Breakfast
– JEM ROLLS: how i stopped worrying and learnt to love the mall
Okay, so, lets just get things started here by saying… GO TO THIS SHOW. Seriously. It’s a wonderful thing to behold.
Whether you agree with Panesh’s views or not, his passion and energy are infectious. Plus, the whole thing is bloody hilarious.
I debated about whether I should put a warning about ‘strong language’ after the jump. I decided I would, because if you can’t deal with ‘strong language’ you’re not going to enjoy this show, so you may as well skip the rest of the write-up.
Review of Damages: (Note: This is a longer version of my write-up on blogTO. The blogTO write ups include write-ups from multiple reviewers on multiple shows, check them out!)
I think this is a good play, but not executed as well as it could be. The two main actors in the show are veteran actors, I would put money on most people recognizing them. But there was something missing.
