Don’t be fooled: Kids’ theatre can really pack an emotional punch
by Jenna Rocca
The Invisible Girl is a poignant and charming look at peer pressure and bullying. It’s pretty meditative and psychologically driven for a children’s show, and the fact that it’s a one-woman show is already a pretty clear obstacle to keeping a group of fifth graders’ attention sustained for over 40 minutes. But it succeeds.
Amy Lee plays Ali with vulnerability and force which makes for some great physical comedy but also some scary internal conflicts. Michele Riml ‘s challenging piece follows Ali over the course of a week, over which she must make some serious choices on her path to independence. Continue reading The Invisible Girl (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People)→
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of October 24, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out.
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of October 24, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out.
The Canadian Opera Company’s presentation of Aida for the first time in 25 years is the example of opera at its best. Based on a French text by Camille du Locle, taken from a scenario by Auguste Mariette, it is considered by many to be Giuseppe Verdi‘s masterpiece, with the libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. It was first presented in 1871.
Following the class defying relationship between the great Egyptian warrior Radames and the servant Aida, the plot examines the internal conflict between romantic love and familial love; devotion to the heart or to the homeland. Continue reading Review: Aida (The Canadian Opera Company)→
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of October 24, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out.
