Andrew Prashad’s one-person show lands on the Toronto stage

You know how once in a while you leap to your feet at the end of a performance and it’s almost an involuntary reaction? That was me – and the rest of the audience – on Saturday evening after seeing Andrew Prashad in his one-person show One Step at a Time at the Randolph Theatre. Continue reading Review: One Step at a Time (Andrew Prashad) →

My Night with Reg is “fantastic” and “nuanced”, on stage at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto

My Night with Reg, a Studio 180 production, had it’s Canadian premier on Wednesday as part of the Off-Mirvish series. Based on the pull quotes on the poster at the theatre you could be forgiven for expecting a rollicking comedy. It’s witty and funny but it’s also honest and heartbreaking. It’s much more than a gay drawing room comedy. Continue reading Review: My Night With Reg (Studio 180) →

A “marvelous performance” by Beatriz Pizano, now on stage in Toronto

On Wednesday I saw Alien Creature: a visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen at Theatre Passe Muraille. Linda Griffiths wrote the play in 1990, and it’s actually quite depressing how relevant and topical it is 27 years later. Not that the play is depressing; just how little the challenges of living as an artist in Toronto have changed. Continue reading Review: Alien Creature: a visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen (Theatre Passe Muraille) →

The Wedding Party is “big, sprawling, funny,” now playing on stage at Crowsnest Streetcar.

Thursday evening saw two theatre firsts in Toronto: the world premiere of Kirsten Thomson’s The Wedding Party, a Crow’s Theatre and Talk is Free Theatre production, and the official opening of Crowsnest Streetcar, the new permanent home of Crow’s Theatre. Both are lovely. Continue reading Review: The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre and Talk is Free Theatre) →

Tetsuro Shigematsu’s tale is “entertaining” and “well performed”, at the Factory Theatre in Toronto

Tetsuro Shigematsu’s Empire of the Son opened to a full house on Wednesday at Factory Theatre. It’s the last stop on the current tour of Eastern Canada for the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre production. Shigematsu’s autobiographical show is an engaging tribute to his father, Akira Shigematsu. Continue reading Review: Empire of the Son (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre) →