Arsenic and Old Lace By Joseph Kesselring; Kanata Theatre
Directed by Jim Clarke
Judging from the packed houses and the enthusiastic audience response, the Kanata Theatre production of Joseph Kesselring’s dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace has been unaffected by another local company (Ottawa Little Theatre) mounting the show earlier in the same season. …
By Anthony Shaffer, a Kanata Theatre production, directed by Beverley Brooks
There’s more than one reason for seeing Kanata Theatre’s revival of Sleuth.
The first is Dale MacEachern’s robust performance as the scheming Andrew Wyke, a flamboyant crime novelist with a deadly penchant for game playing.
The second is provided by Jarrod Chambers as the hapless victim of this gamesmanship, a guy named Milo Tindle who’s been messing about with Andrew’s wife and ends up being drawn into an infernal web as a result. …