Fields of Chekhov, with a Canadian twist
Sequel to Leaving Home is worthy of revival, but too sentimental
Debating Judas makes great theatre
Using Judas's story as a metaphor for the struggle that goes on within everyone, every day
Admirable goals, but where's the drama?
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
Peterson takes cantankerous to a new level
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
A fantastically successful book loses a lot in this particular translation
A Macbeth neither fair nor foul
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
Oscar Wilde's classic gets an edgy new staging at Stratford. Lampooning hypocrisy, it seems, never goes out of style
Theatre
McAnuff lets his sillies out
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