REVIEW: On the Other Side of the Sea toys with human desires and fears
The absurdist, magical play follows the unexpected relationship between an idealistic fisherman and a stubborn businesswoman.
The absurdist, magical play follows the unexpected relationship between an idealistic fisherman and a stubborn businesswoman.
Winner of Havana’s prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize for drama in 2010, On the Other Side of the Sea examines identity — not as a cultural construct, but as existential angst.
I love the smell of gasoline is that rare creature with heart, charm, and relatability well beyond the parameters of the performer’s own life.
All told, Rubble’s a chance to experience some gorgeous poetry and reflect on the real, all-too-relevant human rights crisis which continues to unfold along the Gaza Strip.
Theatre Passe Muraille has just announced their first full season since 2019, and the offerings for 2022-23 are eclectic, soul-stirring, and extremely exciting.
The House of Bernarda Alba succeeds in transporting its audience to the past while keeping the story firmly rooted in the present; indeed, after almost two years of isolation and lockdowns, it’s easy to relate to the stress of being trapped (a recurring theme in Toronto theatre post-pandemic, it seems).
In a life already full of fascinating chapters, Soheil Parsa has turned another page. Early this summer, Parsa stepped down as co-artistic director of Modern Times, the theatre company he co-founded three decades ago with Peter Farbridge. The “dream” now for Parsa, as he characterizes it, is to work as a freelance director, liberated from fundraising and administrative responsibilities.
“Our 40th season is an array of work that grapples with our collective history, cautions us on the precarity of our present, and calls us to action for our future,” says Artistic Director Kelly Thornton.
The delicious challenge of a single performer transforming and holding an audience’s attention still feels like magic to me.
These are the shows that are opening and closing the week of October 9, 2017.
“I don’t want to be considered an ‘Iranian theatre director’ or even an ‘Iranian-Canadian theatre director.’ I’m simply a director.”