Friday, March 10, 2017
A riff on “The Provoked Wife,” “The Millennial Malcontent” hearkens back to a form of comedy that’s far too broad for our modern, ironic tastes.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:58AMSunday, March 20, 2016
Up the Garden Path, Don't Speak and The Judas Kiss.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:30PMTuesday, March 15, 2016
Any improv show that takes direction exclusively from 6 to 10-year-olds is going to be entertaining.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:59PMMonday, March 14, 2016
”The Just” is Camus’ intricate grapple with the pointlessness of terror, and while passionate and tense in parts, it leaves the audience aloof.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:27PMWednesday, March 9, 2016
Roy is still arresting in play about class and gender inequity getting a remount from Theatre Passe Muraille.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:27PMTuesday, March 1, 2016
Laugh at Sketchfest, enjoy the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater or see Anusree Roy's Pyaasa.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:18PMFriday, February 26, 2016
Ravi Jain at Factory Theatre reminds us why David French's play is a classic.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:10PMSunday, February 14, 2016
Betroffenheit returns, Venus’ Daughter gives black history lesson and the 37th Rhubarb Festival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30AMThursday, February 11, 2016
Twisted comedy Mustard explores boundaries between adulthood and childhood, love and pain, fantasy and reality.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:26PMMonday, February 8, 2016
Soulpepper production is a twist on Cyrano de Bergerac in which skin colour is what keeps lovers apart.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:51AMSunday, January 31, 2016
Kiss & Cry, Going Home Star and Mustard are the three shows not to miss this week.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:30AMFriday, January 29, 2016
Stratford Festival vet Graham Abbey shows directorial promise in Groundling Theatre debut.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:33PMSunday, January 24, 2016
Bad Dog Repertory Players allow their audience to laugh at their city out of joy, rather than cynicism.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:37PMFriday, January 22, 2016
Belgian theatre creator Valentijn Dhaenens explores famous political speeches from The Grand Inquisitor to George W. Bush.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:49PMThursday, January 21, 2016
Despite the fine theatrics of Owen Teale and Ian McElhinney, this vintage thriller doesn’t entirely make the case for its revival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:06PMWednesday, January 20, 2016
Play expands upon story of French noblewoman Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval who is left to fend for herself on the Isle of Demons.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:28PMSunday, January 17, 2016
France's Germinal is a highlight of the World Stage season; and Art of Time's take on Sgt Pepper's returns.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMFriday, January 15, 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Dinner party drama fueled by an awkward theme: one couple is inadvertently pregnant with the other couple's child in this new show at Tarragon Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:10PMMonday, January 11, 2016
Three indie shows at the Next Stage Theatre Festival to catch before they hit the big time.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:39PMSunday, January 10, 2016
Hedda Gabler, Within the Glass and the second annual Progress Festival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMFriday, January 8, 2016
Human acts in show inspired by Avatar feel like afterthoughts, swallowed by the venue and overshadowed by puppets.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:53PMSunday, January 3, 2016
Catch the best of the Fringe, revisit The Gay Heritage Project, thrill to live Avatar prequel Toruk — The First Flight
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
Show uses circus to explore oppressive social conditions in the not-so-distant-future, while underlining the essence of portraying performers as humans and humans as performers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:47PMSunday, December 13, 2015
Daring, romance and a flying canoe.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PMThursday, December 10, 2015
The king of boos is being cheered for the last time before he retires from the annual role as pantomime villain.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30AMSunday, December 6, 2015
A touring Phantom, a mashed-up Messiah and a Cree cabaret.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMSaturday, November 28, 2015
David Fox is a standout as Lear, but technical aspects of this production are needlessly overblown
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00PMTuesday, November 24, 2015
As a commentary on war, Colleen Murphy's play about two traumatized young people is a bit toothless.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:14PMActresses share heartbreaking stories of abuse and rape in Yael Farber's theatrical production, on now at Harbourfront.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00PMMale actor Kawa Ada is compelling in female role of Apsara in Anosh Irani's play, now on at Factory Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:41PM 
