What’s Christmas without a few good carols?
Taking the stage for a third year in a row, married couple Sharron Matthews and George Masswohl belt out all the holiday classics in their perennially popular spectacular, Sharron and George’s Super Fun Christmas Sing-A-Long.
With the holidays just around the corner, it’s really quite fitting that the Bad Dog Theatre Company’s latest production is all about the frenzy often associated with Christmas celebrations. The Pageant – A Very Special Holiday Episode of a Totally Improvised Sitcom – opened Friday to a packed house.
And like the other plays I’ve seen from this company, viewer discretion is strongly advised.
Continue reading Review: The Pageant (Bad Dog Theatre Company)
As I Lay Dying, at Factory Theatre, Deserves its AcclaimIn celebration of Factory Theatre’s 45th anniversary, Theatre Smith-Gilmour has revived their Dora nominated production, Take Me Back to Jefferson (formerly billed as As I Lay Dying, the title of the 1930 William Faulkner novel on which this production is based).
It’s a morbid, touching look at the Bundren family’s attempt at honouring the death of their matriarch and their emotionally volatile journey to return her body to the town of Jefferson, her hometown and desired final resting place.
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Sometimes, you just need a good laugh.
Onesies, presented by Daisy Productions, features four one-act comedies that tackle subject matter ranging from infidelity to being too attractive for your own good.
And with a spread this eclectic it doesn’t matter whether your comedic preferences lean more towards smart and sophisticated – or downright crude – you’re sure to see something that tickles your funny bone – even if just a little bit. Continue reading Review: Onesies (Daisy Productions)
By now, I’m sure you’ve probably been told by somebody, “You don’t know what you have until it’s actually gone.” But have you ever stopped to wonder how this principle would apply to those abstract things that can’t be quantifiably measured?
Currently playing at the Campbell House Museum, Birth is a dystopian fantasy in which playwright Tom Arthur Davis explores the question, “In a world without death, is there any room for birth?” Continue reading Review: Birth (Pandemic Theatre)