Elevated State’s production of James Graham’s play The Angry Brigade is playing at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. The play is based on the search for, and arrest of, members of The Angry Brigade, a left-wing revolutionary group, in London in 1971. It’s a long play – two and a half hours with a 15 minute intermission. I left feeling as if I had seen two plays with the same cast. Continue reading Review: The Angry Brigade (Elevated State)
George Brown Theatre presents a cast of up and coming talent in Cavalcade playing in TorontoGeorge Brown Theatre’s production of Noel Coward’s Cavalcade, playing at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, is a big play. It covers the big events in English life from New Year’s Eve 1899 to New Year’s Eve 1929 including the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and World War l. This production has a cast of 23. That’s a really nice thing about a School of Performing Arts – you have a big talent pool to draw from and you can produce plays with large casts. Continue reading Review: Cavalcade (George Brown Theatre)
Playwright Nick Payne provides a glimpse into quantum possibilities in Constellations, which opened Thursday at the Bluma Appel Theatre. At the end of the play my friend Elaine said “I wish that had lasted longer, it just zipped past.”
Not really something you’d expect to hear about a play that includes string theory and quantum physics. It wasn’t that she felt it was too short or unfinished; she liked it so much that she didn’t want it to end. Continue reading Review: Constellations (Canadian Stage and Centaur Theatre)
Fight Night, the fist show in the 2016/17 Off-Mirvish series, opened at the Panasonic Theatre on Friday evening. Developed and presented by Belgium’s Ontroerend Goed Theatre Company, the show examines how we choose who we vote for or, more accurately, the show lets the audience examine how they choose who they vote for. Exquisite timing, given this coming Tuesday’s US election. Continue reading Review: Fight Night (Mirvish/Ontroerend Goed Theatre Company)
Factory Theatre kicked off its 2016/17 season on Thursday with Acquiesce by David Yee. If it’s any indicator, the rest of the season is going to be fabulous. It has everything you could want in a play. Terrific writing, engaging characters, an interesting plot, excellent acting, and impressive direction. Can you tell that my friend Elaine and I really loved it? Continue reading Review: Acquiesce (Factory and fu – GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company )