The Theatre staged Appropriate, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, from the 20th of March to the 4th of April, 2026. The play is the recipient of a Tony Award and has some riveting themes: grief, the psychological fault lines between siblings, race and prejudice, forgiveness (or lack of) and the weight of history that can bring families together…
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Seven Reasons why a Theater Blogger is more than just a Blogger with an opinion
Below is my response to something that I recently came across in the local ecosystem, something arguing for the interpretive primacy of the classical theater critic. The implicit idea in this being that bloggers are not qualified to be theater critics, and that their work is littered with opinions that are unsubstantiated. Though the content…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Autopsy of a Puppet
Updated: Nov 9, 2025 Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with the Banff centre for Arts and Creativity, is staging The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Martha Cohen Theatre from October 22nd to November 9th. The play is a modern adaptation of Washington Irving’s 19th-century version. In Irving’s version, we follow the travails of Ichabod Crane…
The Drawer Boy: Hermes On the Farm
Updated: Nov 5, 2025 “OH! the fond links that bind us to this earth, strong as bands of iron-yet fine as gold; partings and tears oft mingle with our mith, If loving much love can never grow cold!” John Imrie (Canadian poet) The Theatre is staging Michael Henley’s The Drawer Boy at 101, 215, 14 Ave,…
Laughter in the Ruins: Psychic Architecture in the Affections of May
Updated: Oct 29, 2025 *spoilers included in this review Scorpio Theatre is staging The Affections of May (Norm Foster) at the Pumphouse from October 17th to the 25th. The play is a romantic comedy (set in the 90’s) with dramatic undercurrents. It follows the tumult of May, abandoned by her husband Brian (affair), to run a…
Workshop Theatre, Spider’s Web: Small Moments, Big Truths
Updated: Oct 19, 2025 Workshop Theatre is staging Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web at the Pumphouse Theatre from the 17th to the 25th of October. The play lies in the comedy-thriller genre and is markedly different from Christie’s other work. There is intrigue, half-truths, outright lies and farcical duplicity, but it never descends into moral darkness. Though…
There Goes the Bride: Heritage without Heat
Updated: Oct 18, 2025 Morpheus Theatre is staging There Goes the Bride at the Pumphouse Theatre from the 3rd to the 11th of October. The play is a standard British Farce with all of the double entendres to be expected in a Ray Cooney zinger. On the day of his daughter’s wedding, advertising executive Timothy bumps…
The Brothers Paranormal: The Haunted Polis
Updated: Nov 4, 2025 “Though the rose is crushed, the scent remains.” – Sufi proverb Vertigo Theatre is staging The Brothers Paranormal from September 27th to October 26th. The play follows the lives of two brothers (Max & Visarut) & their mother (Tasanee), and an African American family (Delia & Felix), brought together by a haunting (Ghost…
Scintilla and the Enjoyment of Loss
Updated: Sep 27, 2025 The Theatre is staging Scintilla at 101, 215 14 av SW, from the 12th to the 27th of September. The play draws on domestic drama themes enveloped by broader questions of environmental crisis and generational trauma. The play follows Marianne, a reclusive artist and vintner, clinging to her home in the midst…
Made In Italy: Between Inheritance & Absence
Updated: Oct 19, 2025 Theatre Calgary is staging Made in Italy at the Martha Cohen Theatre from the 26th of August to the 27th of September. Written and performed by Farren Timoteo, a true solo ensemble (one-person show), channeling the voices of multiple generations in this story of Italian immigrants. Timoteo is an evocative and brilliant…