Theatre review: A Charlie Brown Holiday Double-Bill is family-friendly seasonal fun
Expanding on the Charlie Brown universe it originally created back in 2016, Carousel Theatre for Young People has paired a remount of A Charlie...
Theatre review: Doubt: A Parable is masterful
Seven Tyrants Theatre has produced a masterful production of Doubt: A Parable with a tight design that packs a punch.
Written in 2004 by John...
Theatre review: Soul Samurai is a knock-out
Despite its unnecessary length and too much exposition, Soul Samurai packs a punch. It is exciting theatre: gritty, alive, and dangerous; a queer love...
Theatre review: Hir finds a perfect balance
The family dramas playing out across the United States this weekend must be off the charts. As millions of American families gather south of...
Theatre review: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is simple and sugary sweet
Written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, this “sequel” to Jane Auten’s classic Pride and Prejudice follows the Bennet children (minus sister Kitty) during...
Vampires, lesbians, and swordplay
Last seen at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2017, Vancouver's Affair of Honor remounts its production of Qui Nguyen's Soul Samurai.
Defying easy description, Soul Samurai is the story...
Hir turns the dysfunctional family drama on its head
The dysfunctional family drama is no stranger to the stage. From Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, and even more recently Stephen Karam, the genre has...
Theatre review: Mortified is magnificently multi-layered
Amy Rutherford’s Mortified is a magnificent exploration of a teenage girl’s shame around sexuality, after she experiences sexual assault at an early age. Packed...
Creating a soundtrack for the Bennets
According to American Theatre, Lauren Gunderson’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley was one of the top ten most-produced plays in 2017. No doubt its...
Theatre review: The Enemy misses its mark
The Enemy, a contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, asks us to consider what it means to speak the truth in...
