The Canadian Theatre Critics Association has announced the 2022 winners of the Nathan Cohen Awards for excellence in Critical Writing. Nathan Cohen is widely regarded as Canada’s pre-eminent theatre critic and widely credited with playing a key role in raising professional standards for Canadian Theatre in the postwar era. This year’s awards were adjudicated by …
Cottagers and Indians by Drew Hayden Taylor Reviewed by Barbara Gabriel, Photo Terry Manzo. James Dallas Smith as Arthur Copper, the aboriginal neighbour. A lazy afternoon on a cedar deck that could be anywhere in Ontario cottage country. A casually dressed, mature woman …
reviewed by Natasha Lomonossoff The third production to play in the Springer Theatre at the 1000 Islands PLayhouse, Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man, continues the feel-good theme for the Playhouse’s 40th season. Directed and choreographed by Stephanie Graham (who was also responsible for the 2019 production of Anne of Green Gables), The Music Man tells …
The opening play of the Blyth Theatre Season, Michael Healey’s Canadian classic, The Drawer Boy, has once more come home. Photo by Terry Manzo. l.to r. Jonathan Goad, Randy Hughson and Cameron Laurie. Set in a farming community in Huron County, its starting point is the legendary The Farm Show directed by Paul Thompson, the …
by Alvina Ruprecht Margo MacDonald t Margo Macdonald and Maryse Fernandes Photos Andrew Alexander Heartlines closes the spring season of 2022 in the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. It is a memory play which foregrounds not only interesting …
\Photo Yves Renaud Mise en scène de Serge Denoncourt Théâtre du Nouveau Monde Montréal, 3-28 mai 2022/ Ottawa CNA 17-19 novembre Distribution : Anne-Marie Cadieux, Isabelle Vincent, Maud Guérin, Henri Chassé, Mikhaïl Ahoodja, Patrick Hivon, Hubert Proulx, Gilles Renaud La pièce de Tremblay intéresse par sa construction. À une extrémité de la scène, en retrait …
Photo: Candice Fiorentino Anatolia speaks takes us back to the Bosnian conflict that took place 30 years ago. A flood of refugees was forced to leave the country at the time and find a new homeland. Many of them found home in Canada. The story takes place in an ESL class, where Anatolia is talking to …
Erin Scott Kadafer –Alexander Richardson Photo Marc Ruddick Grapic design Alex Richardson This is exactly why I love the Fringe Festival. Every year among the many attempts to create and put a twist on the classic, there is a chance that you will find a gem. This year, the Ottawa Fringe brought a gem with a …
Ah, theatre! It is not called a “play” for nothing. Just remember the time when we all, as children, played in our backyards and basements developing all kinds of stories with our friends. Jamine Ackert and Pierre Brault’s “Ready or Knot” brings with it the lighthearted creativity of that time. So, let’s play! At the …
Directed by William Beddoe* Dramaturgy/Workshop Direction (The Ring) & Photography by Andrew Alexander Fight Direction by Zach Counsil* Lighting Design by Graham Price Stage Manager Donna Price Assistant Stage Manager Kenney Vandelinde Produced by Andrew Alexander & William Beddoe We have been waiting for two years, and we can finally say: ‘Welcome back to …