Soulpepper Theatre’s opening of A Delicate Balance a success, on stage in Toronto

Soulpepper Theatre Company has never shied away from embracing intriguing and engaging theatre, and their latest production of Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance is no difference. This sardonic, sarcastic and highly entertaining piece of theatre features fantastic performances, a stunning set, sharp and witty dialogue, and a plot that will have you experiencing a wide range of emotions from irritation and shock to laugh-out-loud amusement. It all makes the show’s three-hour run time fly right by.

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Playing at the Theatre Centre in Toronto, Bears explores our environmental impact

Matthew MacKenzie’s Bears, presented by Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! (in association with Native Earth Performing Arts) and currently playing at The Theatre Centre, is a rich and beguiling theatrical experience.  Continue reading Review: Bears (Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts/Punctuate!) →

Crow’s Theatre presents True Crime on tour in Toronto until January 20, 2018

Torquil Campbell‘s one person show True Crime is on tour and Wednesday night was the opening of a short Toronto run at Streetcar Crowsnest‘s Scotiabank Community Theatre. It’s the story of Campbell’s interest in (or obsession with) Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter aka Clark Rockefeller, a conman who’s now in prison in California.

It’s a play about a play, specifically about Campbell making this play; about going to see Gerhartsreiter in prison, or not going to see Gerhartsreiter in prison. The audience doesn’t really know what’s true and what isn’t. It doesn’t matter. It’s about the play and the performance and both were wonderful. Continue reading Review: True Crime on Tour (Crow’s Theatre presents The Castleton Massive Production) →