Review: Outside Mullingar (Toronto Irish Players)

The Toronto Irish Players presents John Patrick Shanley’s generational family drama Outside Mullingar Up until last night, my only experience of Irish theatre was seeing The Playboy of the Western World at Shaw twenty years ago. I was nineteen then and doubt I fully appreciated John Millington Synge as I remember hardly anything about the play. … Continue reading Review: Outside Mullingar (Toronto Irish Players)

Review: The Numbers Game, Episodes 3 & 4 (The Pulp Collective)

The Numbers Game continues with episodes 3 and 4, now on stage in Toronto A few weeks ago, I binged episodes one and two of The Numbers Game, the multi-part play series currently running at Toronto’s Storefront Theatre. The idea is to replicate the experience of a Netflix-style miniseries, the type you can burn through episode-by-episode. When … Continue reading Review: The Numbers Game, Episodes 3 & 4 (The Pulp Collective)

Review: This Is Why We Live (Open Heart Surgery Theatre)

This is Why We Live brings collage, poetry, music, and onions to Toronto’s Theatre Centre stage This is Why We Live — produced by Open Heart Surgery Theatre, and on stage now at The Theatre Centre — is a multi-lingual collage, combining dance, live music, and poetry. It draws inspiration from the poems and art of Polish poet Wisława … Continue reading Review: This Is Why We Live (Open Heart Surgery Theatre)

Review: The Maltese Bodkin (Trinity College Dramatic Society)

The Trinity College Dramatic Society brought Shakespeare and Noir together on the Toronto stage The George Ignatieff Theatre looks like any other campus building, until you walk through the front doors and see the beautiful stage. I was excited to attend the Trinity College Dramatic Society’s production of The Maltese Bodkin directed by Matthew Fonte. … Continue reading Review: The Maltese Bodkin (Trinity College Dramatic Society)