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Canadian Stage’s ‘Twelfth Night’ offers ensemble comedy and a considered emphasis on Love as the centre of Shakespeare’s festive world.
In his Director’s Note, Director Gregory Prest places Twelfth Night’s importance in context for audience understanding. It is a celebration,...
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VOICE CHOICE. Stratford’s ‘Othello’ offers a forceful account of Shakespeare’s tragedy, anchored by disciplined performances and a sustained sense of foreboding.
This Stratford Festival production of Othello earns that attention through a measured build toward tragedy and a series of performances...
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Stratford’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ offers a visually rich staging of Wilde’s enduring comedy.
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Stratford’s Avon Theatre emphasizes both the play’s verbal wit and its visual...
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Stratford’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ presents challenges in its overlapping subplots and extended running time. This production addresses them through sleek contemporary staging and visually sophisticated theatrical design.
The production relies on the audience’s willingness to accept the play’s supernatural framework and enter its world of fairies, sprites...
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VOICE CHOICE: Stratford’s return of ‘Something Rotten!’ arrives sharper, wittier and more confident. A joyous, silly and irreverent production that embraces its own absurdity.
The Festival’s return of Something Rotten! invites repeat viewing, not only for its energy but for its juicy wordplay and...
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Sara Farb’s Fanny Brice in Shaw’s ‘Funny Girl’ grabs the role with both fists and makes it her own. Babs who?
A striking production of ‘Funny Girl’ – loosely based on the story of Fanny Brice, a comedic star of the...
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A visually arresting staging of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ sends Stratford Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino out on a high note.
As he nears the end of his tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival, Antoni Cimolino leaves on a...
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VOICE CHOICE: Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’, at the Stratford Festival, receives a deeply felt and finely tuned production.
Still a fixture in many high school English classrooms, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman remains a searing examination of...
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A ‘Hobbit’ that dazzles the eye more readily than it stirs the heart
At its official Stratford Festival matinee opening, The Hobbit draws exactly the audience one might expect: families, children, and devoted...
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VOICE CHOICE. Stratford’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ remains a must-see at the top of your theatre list this summer.
Does Guys and Dolls still work on a twenty-first-century stage, even if the title may strike some as slightly sexist?...
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