All Theatre Reviews

Hart in the right place, but with the wrong script

Backstage. Not so fun from out front.

May 19th, 2010

For Karl Hart’s fourth play, “Backstage”, to succeed, the show-within-the-show should be more of a failure.

Not enough work, so not enough play.

Appropriate Behaviour. Not enough work, not enough play.

May 10th, 2010

If you work in an office, you will recognize the narcoleptic environment of “Appropriate Behaviour”, where management is overstaffed, the ledgers matter less than the lunch menu, and no one does any work.

Time marches on

Tick Tock. Time marches on.

May 5th, 2010

As a new generation of artists take over, Owen Ellis tries to stay relevant with his performance piece ‘Tick Tock’. Are his days numbered?

Young, gifted and black—there's a world waiting for her

Slim Actress. A vanity check.

April 26th, 2010

Sabrena McDonald is one of the most talented thespians under 30, and one of the few capable of carrying a one-woman show.  But she does not carry ‘Slim Actress’. Why?

Priming the pump for a creative wave?

The Plumber. Rebirth of a nation.

April 20th, 2010

Does ‘The Plumber’ in particular, and roots plays in general, deserve the unsavory reputation the supposed intelligentsia have given it?

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