Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Fight to Save Canadian Programming

sherry smith By Sherry Smith Growing up in the isolated northern town of Happy Valley – Goose Bay, Labrador, we had one channel – CBC – and my Dad worked for them! He was head of technical services and he … Continue reading

Posted in canadian broadcasting company, canadian television, hockey night in canada, mary walsh, sherry smith, sidney crosby | 1 Comment

Rocking The Cradle is a Little Bit Rocky

didi gillard-rowlings, ruth lawrence (photo: justin hall) When a play freely adapted from Lorca begins with a gunshot, you know with almost one hundred percent certainty that the story is going to end badly. Such is the case with RCA … Continue reading

Posted in andrea romaldi, des walsh, frederico garcia lorca, graeme s. thomson, greg king, rca theatre company, ruth lawrence, tarragon theatre | Leave a comment

7 Stories Hasn’t Lost Its Edge

peter anderson as man, damien atkins as percy, melody a. johnson as jennifer, christopher hunt as al What is funny about a man in a bowler hat standing on the ledge of the 7th storey of an apartment building and … Continue reading

Posted in christopher hunt, damien atkins, dean paul gibson, ken macdonald, melody johnston, morris panych, peter anderson, rebecca northan, the canadian stage company | Leave a comment

August: Osage County: EAT THE FISH, BITCH!

estelle parsons It seems as though lately Toronto’s stages are alive with world-class alcoholics. After entering Martha’s Dystopia in Nightwood Theatre’s production of That Face, I soon found myself in the equally gin sodden madhouse of Violet Weston in the … Continue reading

Posted in amy warren, angelica torn, emily kinney, estelle parsons, jon devries, mirvish productions, shannon cochran, tracy letts | Leave a comment
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