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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.

Thomas Ostermeier, Richard III, Lars Eidinger, Ostermeier Richard III

Alex Heeney / October 31, 2017

Review: In Thomas Ostermeier’s Richard III, the bunch-backed toad goes rogue

Thomas Ostermeier’s inventive Richard III starring Lars Eidinger made its US debut at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival this month. Even in German with English ad-libs, this is Shakespeare through and through.

Cloud Nine, Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company

Debbie Zhou / August 24, 2017

Sydney Theatre Company’s rollicking Cloud Nine subverts stereotypes

With fast-biting dialogue and quasi-slapstick humour, Sydney Theatre Company’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine is full of kinetic energy, 38 years after its premiere. A satirical portrait of colonial Africa that shows how Western values stifle authentic expression, director Kip Williams invigorates his production’s contrasting two-act movement with radical, vibrant humour that presents a […]

Glass Menagerie, Lisa Portes

Alex Heeney / August 5, 2017

Review: A surprisingly optimistic The Glass Menagerie from Lisa Portes

At CalShakes, director Lisa Portes reimagines Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie as a story of a well-intentioned but dysfunctional African American family.

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Alex Heeney / July 5, 2017

Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is inventive — to a fault

Marianne Elliott’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time takes us inside the mind of Christopher Boone, a sixteen-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome who loves maths.

Drunk Shakespeare

Noemi Berkowitz / June 28, 2017

Drunk Shakespeare is a riveting mix of Macbeth and tequila

Drunk Shakespeare is an abridged 90-minute whirlwind version of Macbeth full of jokes, drinks, and audience participation.

Speakeasy

Noemi Berkowitz / June 15, 2017

Review: San Francisco’s beautiful The Speakeasy is more bar than theatre

San Francisco’s site-specific The Speakeasy from Boxcar Theatre invites you into a Prohibition-era haunt with amazing period costumes and design but fall shorts on story.

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