Reviews of theatre, dance, opera, comedy and festivals. Performances can be in-person or streamed remotely on the web for social-distancing.
By Crystal Wood
By Dana Lacey
I won’t lie—despite the Oscar buzz, I never bothered to see Doubt on the big screen. It looked boring and weighty and depressing.
Nuns and pedophilia? No thanks.
Yet, somehow, with only 4 cast members and very minimal sets, Bluma Appel Theatre’s production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play was fantastic.
Weighty, yes, with an overdose of hit-you-over the head morality… but also intelligent and funny (never thought I’d find myself laughing at Lent-related humour.)
By Henry Smith
Balls – a comedy about testicular cancer – was the second performance of the “Show Us Yours” series that Kathy and I attended. (See Kathy’s review of Giant Invisible Robot here.)
A big fan of inappropriate humour, and terrible puns, I found myself laughing wholeheartedly through the entire performance. That is, until the final scene, which held the silent audience rapt, reminding us of the seriousness of the topic.
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By Kathy Morgan
Before attending the “Show Us Yours” Series playing at the Lower Ossington Theatre I was quite hopeful. Having seen a number of exemplary fringe shows, an evening of the best of the fringe circuit seemed to have a lot of potential. I started with Ten Foot Pole Productions’ Giant Invisible Robot.
Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed.
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By Olya Ryabets
The Cleansing of Constance Brown is the last show of this year’s World Stage Festival at the Harbourfront Centre. It’s created and performed by the members of the experimental British company Stan’s Cafe and is well worth seeing. The company tells us that the performance “has been made with love” and it shows.
This is one of those shows you should rush out and get tickets for this minute, because not only is it a VERY short run – the show closes May 9th – but there is only room for 35 audience members per show.
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