drama
Agokwe: Romeo and Juliet in Fair Canora
Incredible Dora award winning show puts a First Peoples and LGBT spin on Romeo and Juliet.
Solos Festival : Going Solo on the Stage
Clowns, the Apocalypse, and being stuck on a ship with Sloan’s Chris Murphy some of the things to expect at the Solos Fest.
Caregiving At the Edge: Review of Another Home Invasion
Another Home Invasion focuses on dementia and the difficult role of the caregiver.
Shortstanding Festival Lineup D : Short Works in Development
It’s a theatre treat to check out short works that range from finished to en route. Angela reviews Line Up D of the Shortstanding Festival here.
Review: Diving Bell and the Butterfly
McGill’s student drama organization takes on relevant topic with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Wildside Festival 2015 Round Up
Review of Spotlight: Journalists Expose Sins of the Church
Tom McCarthy’s new film shines a light on an investigative journalism team called the Spotlight
Truth: Our Existential Pursuit
Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford shine in James Vanderbilt’s new film on the scandal surrounding GW Bush’s campaign
Review of Burnt: If You Can’t Take the Heat…
John Wells’ kitchen drama focuses on one cook’s road to redemption
Bridge of Spies: Spielberg and Hanks at Their Best
This Cold War drama deals with the challenges of human relationships during a divisive wartime.
Girls Night Out: Better Off Staying In
Problems mar what could have been an enjoyable night out with piece about five women in a karaoke bar.
Review of Freeheld: The Fight For Equality
Peter Sollett’s new film depicts a gay couple’s struggle for equal rights
Anticipating Progress!: Interview with Alyson Grant
As the Royal Vic shuts its doors, a new play takes place in the building about the theme of progress. That, and there are two vaudeville performers in it.
Madame Butterfly : That Old Opera!
The story is a familiar one of love and betrayal, but it has plenty to keep an opera noob interested.
1,000 Times Good Night: Choosing between career and family
One woman, two realities: the life and family struggles of a war photographer were never explored or delivered in a film as sensibly before!
The Dybbuk: A Haunting Yiddish Tale On Love & Exorcism
The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre brings a legendary Yiddish tale of love and demon possession to the Montreal Segal Center in quite a chilling production.