Richard III
Colm Feore’s portrayal of Richard III is exceptional.
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Review: Flush – A Dog’s Life
An evocative tale, from the perspective of a cocker spaniel, about his life with Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Hello Again!
This theatre buff cannot help herself: I must comment. I miss the experience of writing about the plays I have seen. The reality is that the revision of this current manuscript requires more creativity than I had expected. I’m trying to develop my ability to show more and tell less. Time is too scarce to…
A Theatre Buff Says Good-bye For Now
My muse returned this March; I’m thrilled. I began a new manuscript — fiction— that addresses literacy. I also revised the second manuscript on aging. This latter one has just come back from my editor and there is more work to do. Time set aside for the keyboard is now strictly reserved for creation and revision.
Next To Normal Offers Hope
Next To Normal is a play about a family who may never achieve ‘normal’, but it is a family who will be content to live as close to normal as they can.
Review: The Last Ship
A compassionate take on the demise of a British shipyard.
A Theatre Buff Reviews Elf – The Musical
Brent Thiessen’s smile radiates light, love and good-will.
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Whips Up Delicious Confections
I’ll begin with a confession. My husband and I drove into Toronto this week to see Charlie And The Chocolate Factory having never read the book, nor seen the movies*. The thought at top of mind as we sat in traffic was, Why are we going to see another bloody musical, and a children’s production…
A Theatre Buff Reviews The Father
There are public nightmares, and then there are private terrors. We know the former well, or think we do, as they repeat themselves on the news cycle. But a diagnosis for which there is no treatment can be equally harrowing as it slowly and persistently shreds the core of self and family. Dementia is one…
A Theatre Buff Reviews O’Flaherty V.C.
O’Flaherty V.C. is the quintessential Shavian play. The time period is World War I; the setting is just before tea-time in the courtyard of a general’s manor house. In the space of a forty-five minute one act play, Shaw skewers religion, politics, education, war, and the British class system. O’Flaherty V.C. is fast, funny, and provocative;…
Bonnie Lendrum 