Alex Heeney reviews Lester Trips’ inventive and invigorating production of HONEY I’M HOME, part of the Factory Theatre’s season of shows about AI and technology.
Theatre
Here you will find reviews of local theatre productions the world round, with a particular focus on the Greater Toronto Area and the San Francisco Bay Area. We also review many "Digital Theatre" productions — live recordings of theatre — and explore how this new medium presents theatre productions, for better or worse. We especially focus on NTLive, RSC On Screen, and Globe Theatre On Screen productions. And we have a soft spot for modern Shakespeare productions.
Theatre Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at Soulpepper in Toronto
Alex Heeney reviews the Soulpepper Theatre’s remount of their 2019 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Artistic Director Weyni Mengeshi. The production updates the performances to reflect modern mores to mixed results as the interpretation clashes with Tennessee Williams’ text in the second half.
All About Eve at 70: A closeup on Joseph Mankiewicz’s classic and its stage adaptation
On the 70th anniversary of Joseph Mankiewicz’s All About Eve, we dissect why Ivo Van Hove’s recent stage revival, and its attempts to be ‘cinematic’, pales in comparison.
Review: The Globe’s A Midsummer (Mid)night’s Dream
Combine Shakespeare’s Globe, Shakespeare’s most performed play, and a riotous group of groundlings (they heeded the BYOB on that RSVP) and you have all the ingredients for an entertaining night at the theatre.
Et Tu, Bathos? Julius Caesar underwhelms at the Stratford Festival
Despite strong performances from a gender blind cast, Scott Wentworth’s production is a confusing and misguided adaptation.
Stratford’s An Ideal Husband is timeless in the worst sense of the word
This solid, entertaining, and funny production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband at Ontario’s Stratford Festival is nevertheless inert, old-fashioned, and often tone deaf.