Review | Shaw Festival’s ‘The Apple Cart’ is a startling speculative… The Apple CartBy George Bernard Shaw, directed by Eda Holmes. Until Oct. 7 at the… Read More...
Shaw Festival’s ‘Playboy of the Western World’ is a century-old play… The Playboy of the Western WorldBy J.M. Synge, directed by Jackie Maxwell. Until Oct.… Read More...
Review | Kate Hennig is a commanding Momma Rose in the Shaw Festival’s… GypsyBook by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,… Read More...
Review | Epic ‘Mahabharata’ at the Shaw Festival feels urgent yet… MahabharataWritten and adapted by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes, using poetry from… Read More...
Shaw Festival fundraising efforts take centre stage After years of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, it would appear theatre fans’… Read More...
Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Gypsy’ and Sanskrit epic ‘Mahabharata’ set for… A Stephen Sondheim musical, a contemporary adaptation of a traditional Sanskrit epic… Read More...
Two George Bernard Shaw plays get ultra-topical in these pandemic… “Man, I’d like to be a microbe.” That was Shaw Festival actor Travis Seetoo’s thought… Read More...
Review | The Shaw Festival’s ‘Damn Yankees’ isn’t a home run, but… Damn Yankees (out of 4)Words and music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, book by… Read More...
Review | Tweaked ‘Gaslight’ at Shaw Festival is skilled and… Gaslight By Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson, based on the play “Angel Street” by… Read More...
This performer faced racism in the arts. She channelled it into a show… Nicky Lawrence left the Shaw Festival nearly a decade ago under a storm cloud. The… Read More...