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REVIEW: Into the Woods signals a promising way forward for musical theatre in Ottawa

It’s wonderful to have companies like Ovation Productions bring in strong talent as well as highlight the great artists already living in our midst.

REVIEW: Interior Design sparkles with zillennial wit

Interior Design watches its Peloton-using, social media-obsessed heroines from an empathetic vantage point, holding space for these women and their problems.

REVIEWS: Next Stage Festival explores a wide range of stories and styles

Over the past several years, Intermission and the Toronto Fringe Festival have partnered on the New Young Reviewers program, a workshop series and writing group for emerging theatre and performance...

PlayME releases trailer for new audio drama Tunnel Runners

Launching on October 30, the series follows Cam, a 16-year-old gifted student whose struggles with anxiety and depression lead him into a labyrinth of hidden subway tunnels beneath Toronto.

REVIEW: Canadian theatre has a thing for The Lehman Trilogy. Does it work at Theatre Calgary?

The real drivers of Theatre Calgary’s production are its three performers. And boy, do they ever drive. Each performance pulses with unmatched and unrelenting vivacity, made all the more impressive by the stamina required from the ambitious three-and-a-half-hour runtime.

REVIEW: Excellent singing elevates lacklustre productions in Faust and Nabucco

Both operas in the Canadian Opera Company’s current fall repertoire, Faust and Nabucco, include stellar performances from world-class singers in productions featuring directorial and design choices that abandon historical accuracy and realistic mise-en-scène to varying degrees of success.