522 stories by "carly Maga - Theatre Critic"
Donaldson, a long-time collaborator with the feminist company, takes over from Kelly Thornton in May.
The relationship in this play about a First World War romance would border on the almost manipulatively saccharine if not for the chemistry between the real-life couple playing the leads, wr…
The show about love, money and how we invest in relationships is part of the Progress Festival of international work, writes Carly Maga.
One has to surrender to a narrative that doesn't always make sense, but the Soulpepper cast and its warm heart make it easy to overlook the faults of this new musical, writes Carly Maga.
The Great Hall's stateliness is fitting for a rendezvous with rich, powerful and mysterious Count Dracula, but the written text needs improvement, writes Carly Maga.
Fournier was beginning to feel her trilogy of plays about a fictional imperial civilization was 'unstageable,' but a New Chapter grant helped kick-start a project that includes The Scavenger…
Damien Atkins' one-man show brings a lot of low-budget creativity to framing his colourful tales, though there's no clear resolution to the mystery here.
Matthew MacKenzie's followup to the award-winning Bears gives us a sometimes alienating journey, as two couples cope with the aftermath of the Fort McMurray fire, writes Carly Maga.
It's not even clear that the writer of Nightwood Theatre's production of Grace at Streetcar Crowsnest, directed by Andrea Donaldson, was present at Thursday's opening night, since no one kno…
Immersive theatre has been arguably the biggest stage movement of the last decade, but its purveyors worry the word is starting to lose its meaning, writes Carly Maga.
Cycle of stories brings unusual choices and structures to Tarragon stage, to solid effect.
The controversial play, which opened in Paris last week, 'would have been better with us' in it, says the maker of the documentary Ce silence qui tue.
Cancelled and then resurrected by the Théâtre du Soleil, the play seems well-intentioned but presents a simplistic view of Canadian Indigenous inequality and the steps needed to address …
How hard can it be to play a musical instrument? Carly Maga got a lesson on the bass from 11-year-old Leanne Parks, a cast member in the musical now onstage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre.
It's full of warm nostalgia but a flawed story and a whiff of tokenism hold back show at Scotiabank Arena.
The play is the first in Susanna Fournier's Empire Trilogy and evidence of a journey worth completing, writes Carly Maga.
Deepening, twisting story of self-help entrepreneur is closing soon, and theatre fans looking to be made uncomfortable should check it out.
Slava's cause is coming to clown: the veteran performer Slava Polunin makes the case for the spirit his Academy of Fools company brings to Bluma Appel Theatre this month with Slava's SnowSho…
As charming as the concept is, playwright Duncan Macmillan's focus on a list of brilliant things skirts over the nitty gritty of his own story, and having audience members read off cue cards…
Gilbert claims company is no longer a gay and lesbian theatre, but Carly Maga writes that the controversy isn't really about Gilbert, it's about addressing systemic inequality and deeply ing…
Pizano treats both her own history and her parents' as well as the emotionally complicated issue of euthanasia with softness and humour, writes Carly Maga.
With her sophomore effort, the young playwright show she has lots to say, and she's going to say it loud and fast.
The touring version of the new musical doesn't always work, but the Oompah Loompahs are a treat, writes Carly Maga.
