Monthly Archives: January 2011

Swan Song of Maria: (A Tragic Fairytale)

stephanie hutchison, john blackwood, lili francks There have always been three people in Joe’s marriage: him, his wife Jillian and the fantasy of Maria, a ballerina that he met and became enraptured with as a young man. Thus begins Swan … Continue reading

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Eating With Lola: A Satisfying Meal

catherine hernandez Sulong Theatre’s Eating With Lola, which played as part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival, centers on a young woman, Grace, and her relationship with her sometimes cantankerous, sickly grandmother (or Lola in Filipino), Ruffina, for whom she … Continue reading

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Alabanza

michael langham (from the guthrie theatre archives) Once again the Canadian theatre community has suffered a loss with the death of influential director Michael Langham, who passed away, succumbing to a lingering chest infection contracted before Christmas, at his home … Continue reading

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Tom’s A-Cold is Deliciously "Canadian"

shane carty and matthew macfadzean It seems absurd to me now, but the truth is that before 2004 and the exceptional Dr. Roberta Barker’s Canadian Theatre History courses at Dalhousie University, the concept of a “Canadian play” had never really … Continue reading

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