The play is "a confection," Edwards says, differing from Coward's other work in its clip as well as its propensity for humour, some of it slapstick
All around this is the blithest Blithe Spirit I have seen.
Reviews of Florence Gibson MacDonald's How Do I Love Thee? and atmospheric thriller Abyss.
Robert Cushman reviews Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Twisted that are both running in Toronto this month
'I remember taking the commission thinking it was a relatively simple way to make a few thousand dollars'
The play is a classic in its own country, and over the last forty years or so has begun to establish itself in England
The problem with plays about illness is that there's no one to blame
Atom Egoyan was sharing in the acclaim of a hugely successful revival of the Canadian Opera Company production of Wagner's Die Walküre Saturday night in Toronto
Mozart's Don Giovanni is one of the most messed-around-with operas in the standard repertoire. And the COC's latest production is no exception
The producers of Canada 300 want Canadians to dream, and to share those dreams with the rest of the country
This week, Toronto welcomed tree plays on momentous topics, all presented with a high level of skill " and all suffering from a lack of focus
It was once said " by Peter Ustinov, who was half-Russian himself " that teamwork and Chekhov are incompatible
The 17th annual show welcomes big stars and soon-to-be stars
The people at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra have reasoned for years that Mozart is what we need in bitter mid-January
The wit and humour that landed him roles on CBC radio programs and television variety shows such as 'Hee Haw' continued to define Harron to the very end
So, there's this medieval thug called Robin Hood and he robs the rich. Period. He's obviously operating on the sensible maxim espoused by thieves of a later generation
The Next Stage Theatre Festival is an ambiguous animal. It began, or so I've always assumed, as a way of giving a second airing to shows that had proved successful
The best that can be said about Just for Laughs Gags is that it's fairly easy to ignore
From Franz Kafka a sartorially specific motherf--ker, the country's theatre scene was awash in outstanding works this year " so much so that no mere Top 10 list could hold every deserving sh…
'She's trapped in this world where arranged marriages are a thing and you stay in your pretty pink box and you do your pretty pink things'
I had always thought the imaginary child to be a crutch for the playwright rather than for the characters. This production has changed my mind
Having reviewed James Kudelka's Nutcracker many times, Dana Glassman thought: Wouldn't it be fascinating to hear a critique by children?
YPT's production of James and the Giant Peach, a musical based on the Roald Dahl book and directed by Sue Miner, has two great things going for it
Yes, Virginia, there is an opera called William Tell attached to the overture we love so well
Andy Kindler is a professional comic. Yes, it's a profession