Reviewed Monday, June 20, 2022, by Laurie Fyffe A shipwreck! A deserted island! A tale of betrayal, revenge, magic and love! Welcome to William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. When a timely storm, whipped up by the mighty Prospero, a being possessed of the magic arts, lands a shipped wrecked crew on an Island, thus begins …
Thousand Island Playhouse’s production of Robin Hawdon’s farce Perfect Wedding (directed by Krista Jackson) at the Springer Theatre marks not only the return of live theatre in much of Ontario but also the 40th anniversary of the playhouse itself. As a production, Perfect Wedding is emblematic of the kind of enjoyable, feel-good comedies that …
Miss Caledonia, the final show in Thousand Island Playhouse’s 2021 season, provides a cheerful story for the increasingly cold month of November. It indeed aims to warm hearts not merely in a literal sense, but also on an emotional level, with its tale of a young girl growing up in Caledonia, Ontario who dreams of …
Serving Elizabeth, written by Marcia Johnson and directed by Marcel Stewart, deals with contemporary concerns of historical representation and cultural accuracy in Western media. The inspiration for the play’s investigation, an episode of season 1 of The Crown in which a then Princess Elizabeth visits Kenya, provides a recognizable event for viewers to learn …
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Claudia Carroll, the author of “The Secrets of Primrose Square”, travelled 5,000 miles from her home in Dublin to attend the official premiere of her play at the Gladstone Theatre in Ottawa May 26. Quite a treat for the audience and especially for director John P. Kelly who after two years of not being able …
The Black Theatre Workshop is partnering with NAC English Theatre in an unprecedented new shared curation model for the national stage. NAC English Theatre has committed to the annual appointment of a co-curating company in residence, beginning in 2021-2022 with the invitation for a Black-mandated theatre organization to envision their mandate through a national lens. …
ONCE UPON A TIME IN BIM: ATHEATRE RESUSCITATION IN THE TIME OF COVID-19I Denise Phillips.The Nation, Barbados Independence in Barbados is not without its many activities in celebration. We are accustomed to the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts [NIFCA] with its plethora of artistic works in dance, music, visual art, drama, literary arts, film, …
El proceso – Le procès D’après le roman de Franz Kafka Adaptation vers l’espagnol et mise en scène Jaroslaw Bielski Au Teatro Replika à Madrid Novembre 2020 Une nouvelle adaptation de ce roman qui fait ressortir l’impuissance de l’homme actuel dans ce monde qu’il ne comprend plus. Il ne sait plus s’il est vraiment coupable …
November 26, 2020 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Ntlaka’pamux playwright Tara Beagan has been named the 2020 laureate of the Siminovitch Prize, the largest and most prestigious theatre prize in Canada. Ms. Beagan will receive $75,000, and $25,000 will go to her selected protégée, Joelle Peters. Ms. Beagan, who is based in Mohkinstis (Calgary), is proud …