Photo Maria Vartanova It is not very often that real magic happens in the theatre. It is only possible if all the stars align: an intriguing script, excellent acting, imaginative set and lighting, and skillful directing. Although it may happen rarely, it is happening right now at the Ottawa Little Theatre. Their production of …
Mending Fences is a most beautifully constructed play that appears to concern a dysfunctional family relationship dominated by an apparently angry, self centred patriarch who has given rise to a tortured young son and stubborn individuals who will have to learn how to listen to each other to eventually resolve their situation. As events …
Art Babayants, of Armenian origin, has a doctorate in theatre performance, he taught acting in the theatre department of the University of Regina, is a pianist and the artistic director of the Toronto Laboratory Theatre. But those are only a few of his many talents. He was invited by professor Meerzon to bring in his …
Sans se départir véritablement des orientations qui furent celles, il y a près de vingt ans, de Téyat Zabym, il semble bien que cette 7ème édition de Cap excellence en Théâtre affiche son ambition. Celle de se positionner sur le plan international, tout en maintenant le cap d’une thématique inchangée : creuser, afficher et défendre …
An abandoned high school in the village of Farrellton, Que., just north of Wakefield, seems an unlikely place to be charting the future of theatre and exploring the role of digital technology in live arts. But Nadia Ross is having a shot at it. Ross is the artistic director of STO Union, the independent theatre …
. J’ai eu l’occasion de voir cette production au Théâtre de l’île où je n’avais pas mis les pieds depuis des mois et quel choc de me trouver dans cette merveilleuse salle de réception, sous une belle toiture en verre et des fenêtres ouvertes à toute la verdure qui entoure la maison. On pouvait …
The Fiddle and the Drum, the title of an anti-war poem written by Canadian singer Joni Mitchell in 1969 is also the title given to this remount of the first of Alberta ballet’s “Portrait Ballets” created by choreographer Jean Grand-Maître in 2007. The poem, composed the same year as Woodstock, that ‘ Aquarian …
Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play now appearing at Boston’s SpeakEasy tells a tale of a group of six adolescent girls in their at the Aburi Girls Boarding School in Ghana in the 1980s. A comical show at times, it is also disturbing since it is deals with colorism which differs …
Which translation did you use I asked naively because I assumed that none of the team could read Greek. ‘There are so many …they are all so different, so we used a bit from each of them’ was the response. What was immediately notable was the magnificent orchestration by writer, director, designer Don Fex …
The NAC’s Between Breaths from St. John’s Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland theatre captures the life of animal behaviourist Jon Lien, who moved to Newfoundland to study storm petrels and ended up becoming known around the world for his ability to rescue whales from fishing nets. Before Lien, whales tangled in nets were routinely shot and …