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Production photo of a Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney at Soulpepper Theatre. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney ‘cuts to’ the core of the man behind the mouse

Soulpepper and Outside the March effectively drown Uncle Walt’s highly manicured public image in acetone, leaving the audience with a grotesque portrait that feels at once comically exaggerated and painfully accurate.

By Ryan Borochovitz / Apr 19, 2024
iPhoto caption: James Smith of Lessons in Temperament. Photo courtesy of Brampton On Stage.

For Lessons in Temperament’s James Smith, pianos are partners in vulnerability

“The act of tuning… allows me to find a good balance in terms of how deep I go into certain stories,” says Lessons in Temperament creator James Smith.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Feb 2, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: The Effect at Coal Mine Theatre

It’s not often I’m unable to summon the words for a theatrical review. But it’s also not often that a production swings so widely and hits so assuredly as in The Effect, presented in a dazzling Canadian premiere at Coal Mine Theatre.

By Aisling Murphy / Jul 18, 2023
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: No Save Points at Outside the March/Starvox Entertainment/Modern Times Stage Company

For both audience and actor, No Save Points is a gloriously playful theatrical event.

By Liam Donovan / Jun 18, 2023