Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three Tony Awards, including Best Score, Next to Normal is a groundbreaking musical that shatters expectations of what theatre can be. With raw intensity and searing honesty, it delves into the lives of a family struggling to hold itself together in the face of mental illness and loss. Driven by […]
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Are you ready kids?…I can’t hear you! Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh! Opening this past week at The Gladstone Theatre was TotoToo’s highly anticipated Spongebob: The Musical, featuring the beloved characters from the hugely popular, cult-classic television show on Nickelodeon. Directed by Lisa Dunn, this show has garnered a lot of hype since it was announced as being part
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On Thursday night, I had the privilege of attending the world premier of Beowulf in Afghanistan by Laurie Fyffe, and directed by Kate Smith at the GCTC. This subject matter is close to my heart as I spent some time in Afghanistan supporting the military for six months, and have worked closely with the military
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on the novel by Mark Haddon is a dog-murder mystery and its subsequent investigation by a peculiar teenager who often struggles with day-to-day life and typical social interactions. Sprinkled with literal humour and very intense, real-life situations, it is a unique and engaging adventure. The
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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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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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“There is no ‘I’ in marriage!” – Stag and Doe by Mark Crawford comedically demonstrates how weddings and their planning bring out the worst in us all. Packed with a host of familiar-feeling characters – we do, indeed, know someone just like each one of them – this uproariously funny play directed by Greg Hancock
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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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When I first heard that Greely Players Musical Theatre had decided on Monty Python’s Spamalot for their annual production, I was so excited to see it! The time has finally come, and I attended opening night Wednesday. As a child, I have fond memories of watching the Monty Python Flying Circus TV series on VHS…
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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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