Five college kids break into an abandoned cabin in the woods. What’s the worst that can happen? Die-hard fans of the Evil Dead trilogy can probably tell you word for word what happens next, but what if this epic tale was told through song? Evil Dead: The Musical, now playing at the Randolph Centre for the Arts, takes us through the storyline of the franchise’s first two films: The Evil Dead and The Evil Dead II. This time with a catchy, upbeat song catalogue and fully choreographed dance routines. Continue reading Review: Evil Dead: The Musical (Starvox Entertainment)→
Venus’ Daughter is near-perfect theatre, now gracing the Toronto stage
I have a confession: I’m always a bit afraid after a show, because I know I have to write a review, and as a writer, I’m always a bit afraid I won’t find the right words. After seeing Obsidian Theatre Company’sVenus’ Daughter tonight at The Theatre Centre, I’m a few notches below terrified.
After all, how does one even begin to describe seeing what may quite possibly be the most incredible piece of theatre in their personal theatre-going experience? Venus’ Daughter – a play about the intersections of history, objectification, pop culture, self-love, and the way women’s bodies are viewed – may be that play for me.
LOT brings Anything Goes to the stage, delivering a night of pizzazz to Toronto audiences
What do you do when the girl of your dreams decides to marry someone else? Why, stow away aboard her cruise ship and enlist the help of a lovable gangster and an evangelist turned lounge singer to split them up of course. And so begins Anything Goes, the 1934 musical by Cole Porter. The Lower Ossington Theatre‘s (LOT) 2016 production used period singing, costumes, and dancing to take us right into the glamorous style of the dirty 30’s. Continue reading Review: Anything Goes (Lower Ossington Theatre)→
The Two-Character Play is difficult but rewarding, now on stage in Toronto
The Two-Character Play is such a play — so metatheatrical, so self-referential, so muddy and grey and inclined to squint at its audience — that it almost defies description. In simple terms, your reading of its plot and message will depend heavily upon what you bring to the performance.
But there are, unquestionably, two siblings riven equally by trauma and folie à deux. There is a play within the play, and there is a hostile world from which the only escape is a two-storey house with veritable blockades of sunflowers. The rest, gentle reader, is up to you. Continue reading Review: The Two-Character Play (Good Old Neon)→
Toronto’s Red Sandcastle Theatre presents an evening of one acts with “something for everyone”
When you are experimenting with new works and going to present them in front of an audience, boy am I ever glad it’s in a one act format. Threesome: An Evening of One Acts playing at The Red Sandcastle Theatre claims to have something for everyone. This is true. Unfortunately though, everything is not for everyone.
Venus’ Daughter is near-perfect theatre, now gracing the Toronto stage
LOT brings Anything Goes to the stage, delivering a night of pizzazz to Toronto audiences
The Two-Character Play is difficult but rewarding, now on stage in Toronto