Anna Fuerstenberg

Crash

Fantastic production about physical assault and its aftermath. [read more]

Review: White Lion, Brown Tiger

White Lion, Brown Tiger written by Vishesh Abeyratne and directed by Michelle Soicher takes place in a thrift store where there a heated exchange between two Sri Lankan employees—Lasantha, a Sinhalese-Canadian, and Rishan, a recent [read more]

Stone and Bone Spectacular

Anna Fuerstenberg

Stone and Bone Spectacular, written and directed by Ange Loft, was a mixture of cabaret, traditional storytelling, and burlesque which revealed the mixed and sometimes terrifying history of Tiohtià:ke or Montreal. The stage was dominated [read more]

Shakespeare in the Park: The Importance of Being Earnest

Anna Fuerstenberg

There is a wonderful tradition in the theatre that when you are mounting a comedy the pre-show music should somehow get the audience in the right frame of mind by playing something light and appropriate [read more]

Fringe Reviews #6: A Love Unbecoming, Jem Rolls

Anna Fuerstenberg

A Love Unbecoming The essence of a good farce is pacing and good comedy that is full of real belly laughs. Although the actors in A Love Unbecoming are decidedly talented, the script leaves a great [read more]

Review: For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again

Anna Fuerstenberg

Michel Tremblay’s For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again is written with wit, humour, and compassion by a mature and confident playwright. Tremblay unveils the magical relationship he enjoyed with his enchanting frustrating and delightful [read more]

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Review: Keffiyeh/Made in China

Anna Fuerstenberg

The play is mounted in Teesri Duniya’s studio theatre. The black box space allowed the director to use a terrific configuration with half the audience facing the other half. The performances are played in a [read more]

Review: Three Women of Swatow

Anna Fuerstenberg

Don’t miss this play about intergenerational trauma among three unconventional women. [read more]

Review: Two Birds One Stone

Anna Fuerstenberg

I admit it was difficult to go to a play about the Middle East. Friends have dropped me, not for my opinions, but because of their assumptions about my opinions. I did not expect the [read more]