Kate Hennig’s The Virgin Trial is a must-see gritty political crime drama that upends expectations of innocence and victimhood The Great Canadian Theatre Company’s production of The Virgin Trial by Canadian playwright Kate Hennig is a stunning gritty political crime drama that centers on a treason scandal in the young Queen Elizabeth I’s life …
The Virgin Trial By Kate Hennig. GCTC Directed by Eric Coates Violence, political and religious intrigue and power seizures were the norm through much of the Tudor era. From peasant to prince, marriages were economic unions focused on increasing land holdings and influence. Rumours swirled around those in power, those who sought power and …
Sylvia By A.R. Gurney, Ottawa Little Theatre Directed by Chantale Plante Full disclosure first: The bookcase by my window has a full row of dog books with a day-by-day dog calendar on top. My dog is sitting on a chair beside me as I write and, of course, I talk to her (and to …
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The thing to remember about the late A.R. Gurney’s charming comedy, Sylvia, is that it’s a love story — admittedly an unorthodox one, but a love story nonetheless. On the one hand we have Greg, a Wall Street financier heading for a mid-life crisis. On the other hand hand we have Sylvia, the irrepressible …
By Jamie Portman | July 14, 2017 reviewed last summer at Stratford The Virgin Trial. Photo Cylla von Tiedemann I decided to post this review as well because of the background detail that could interest the public. A.R. STRATFORD, Ont. — Tudor England in all its drama and turbulence continues to attract a huge following …
Photo. Christophe Delarue .Le Monstre d’Agota Kristof. Production L’Autre bord Compagnie, Martinique. Mise en scène Guillaume Malasné. Gillaume Malasné est le jeune directeur d’une compagnie martiniquaise. Il connaît toutes les vicissitudes qui sont le lot des comédiens et des troupes basés sur une île trop peu peuplée (400 000 habitants) pour assurer un public suffisant, même …
Kate Hennig’s The Virgin Trial is a stunner of a play. Hennig’s whip cracking dialogue, laced with tart humour, is delivered with precision by a uniformly excellent cast taking the audience on a perilous journey through the fecund hedge maze of sexual desire and political intrigue. Based on the pre-Queen adolescent life of Elizabeth the …
Ottawa – September 9, 2018 – First produced in 2001, The Last Five Years tells the story of a young New York couple from two very different points of view. Created by Tony award winning composer and playwright Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years will captivate Ottawa audiences as his characters sing through the …
By Thom Fitzgerald, TotoToo Theatre. Directed by Sarah Hearn My colleagues have already expressed their admiration for this production and I can only agree with their opinions. Not that this was a surprise because Toto Too is in the habit of giving us excellent performances under the steady hand of inspired and creative directors and …