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Ottawa Theatre Review: Ottawa Little Theatre Presents: Hilda’s Yard

On Friday night, I had the pleasure of taking in Hilda’s Yard by Norm Foster at the Ottawa Little Theatre. Before the play even begins, David Magladry’s beautiful set design takes the audience back in time to the 1950s, to a fully-realized backyard in small-town Southern Ontario. While she does the laundry, the titular character, […]

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Ottawa Theatre Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre Presents The Wizard of Oz!

The 2023-24 theatre season is wrapping up this month, and to kick-off June, Orpheus Musical Theatre is presenting The Wizard of Oz at Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe. This is their third and final show of the season, and after a disappointing run of Showgirls, they’ve returned to form with a vengeance and put on an

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Ottawa Theatre Review: Sock’n’Buskin Presents: Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express is a classic Agatha Christie murder-mystery. From Sock ‘n’ Buskin’s website: “Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in

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Ottawa Theatre Review: Steel Magnolias by Three Sisters Theatre Company

The latest Three Sisters Theatre Company production is now running at The Gladstone Theatre. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harding is based on a true story of ‘unpredictable and undefinable’ southern women and the strength of both womanhood and their friendship. The Venue: The Gladstone Theatre is in the heart of Ottawa’s Little Italy and although

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Ottawa Theatre Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre Presents: Dreamgirls

This weekend saw the opening for Orpheus Musical Theatre’s second show of the season: Dreamgirls. I haven’t seen the film or the stage production before, which I think is a good thing; I enjoy seeing live shows without prior knowledge of them that might influence my review! The Venue: Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, if you’re

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Ottawa Theatre Review: Mary Poppins by Orpheus Musical Theatre

Orpheus Musical Theatre, Canada’s OLDEST community musical theatre organization, kicked of its 2023/24 season last week with their presentation of the Broadway musical Mary Poppins. This musical is based on the Mary Poppins children’s books by P.L Travers, as well as the hugely popular (and for many: nostalgic!) 1964 Disney film starring Julie Andrews and

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