Fields of Chekhov, with a Canadian twist

3 Stars

Sequel to Leaving Home is worthy of revival, but too sentimental

Debating Judas makes great theatre

3.5 Stars

Using Judas's story as a metaphor for the struggle that goes on within everyone, every day

Admirable goals, but where's the drama?

2 Stars

A one-act play inspired by the case of Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer, whose conviction in the mercy-killing of his severely disabled daughter Tracy was at the centre of a long public debate over euthanasia

AfterImage illuminates the body electric

Actors are literally part of the lighting as they complete electrical circuits with their own bodies

A spirited Twelfth Night

3.5 Stars

It's easy to fall for this performance

Peterson takes cantankerous to a new level

3.5 Stars

Good thing, too, because Soulpepper's regular company doesn't really have the stones for Mamet's profanity-spewing, hyper-masculine Americans

On stage, Morrie doesn't carry the same weight

2 Stars

A fantastically successful book loses a lot in this particular translation

A Macbeth neither fair nor foul

2.5 Stars

There's Colm Feore, playing an emaciated, emotionless Macbeth in a show that opens with a bang, but ultimately runs cold

McAnuff optimistic on Stratford season

'During a recessionary time, unless you're completely imploding artistically, you're bound to hit some stress'

Maybe a bit too earnest, but still delightful fun

3 Stars

Oscar Wilde's classic gets an edgy new staging at Stratford. Lampooning hypocrisy, it seems, never goes out of style

THE WEEK IN THEATRE

Thriller musical put on hold

THIS WEEK IN THEATRE

Theatre

McAnuff lets his sillies out

3.5 Stars

The Stratford festival's artistic director is at his best when he doesn't over-think classics

Unexpected buyer offers $5,000 for Dora Award

Retired corporate financier extends helping hand to television writer-cum-playwright David Finley