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 Megan Mooney
I got to go to another CrossCurrents show last night. My Granny The Goldfish is the most recent offering of playwright Anosh Irani. This public reading was a delight to watch. I’d call this play a comedy with substance. But no matter what you call it, it was an evening of much laughter and great fun.
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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