This review also appears at Regina Reviews, which I edit. Globe Theatre’s production of Man of La Mancha is a beautifully directed, acted, and sung exploration of the power, necessity and limitations of the one trait that truly makes us human: our ability to imbue the world with meaning through the telling of stories. Imprisoned …
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Writing for an audience
My wife and I have had season tickets to the Globe Theatre here in Regina for many years. One of the great things about having season tickets is that you go to shows you might otherwise not have chosen to attend, because you’ve committed yourself to taking in whatever the artistic director decides to present. …
Saturday Special from the Vaults: Three Writers in Search of a Character
For two or three years, several years ago now, Globe Theatre ran something called “On the Line: A Freefall Through New Work.” Authors submitted scripts, which were given a staged reading. Below is the first script I ever submitted. It was a blast seeing it given life by the actors! Oh: the following contains scenes …
My review of Globe Theatre’s production of Marion Bridge…
…has already shown up online, even though it won’t appear in print until tomorrow. This is the first time I’ve seen something I’ve written pop up that far ahead of the ink-on-paper version, though maybe I just haven’t noticed until now. The review begins: I confess that I went into the opening night performance of …
My preview of Globe Theatre’s upcoming production of Marion Bridge…
…is in today’s Regina Leader Post. It begins: The 18th-century French poet Jacques Delille famously noted that while we can choose our friends, “Fate chooses our relatives.” More than one family has fractured because siblings discover they have nothing in common with each other … which is exactly what has happened to the family in …
My review of Globe Theatre’s production of Doubt, A Parable
This is the review I’ve sent to CBC’s Afternoon Edition and is more or less what I’ll be saying on the radio this afternoon (probably about 4:10 p.m., though I haven’t heard for certain). As they say, check against delivery! *** Globe Theatre is closing out its mainstage season right now with Doubt, A Parable, a …
My LeaderPost review of Globe Theatre’s Mesa
My LeaderPost review of Globe Theatre’s Mesa, which oddly enough has striking similarities to my CBC review of the same production–go figure!–is online this morning. It begins: Mesa, Globe Theatre’s new mainstage production, is the story of a road trip — a physical journey from Calgary to Arizona, and the metaphorical journey from youth to …
My review of Globe Theatre’s Mesa
Here’s my review of Globe Theatre‘s latest mainstage production, Mesa. This is the script I’ve sent to CBC. Check against delivery today at 4:13 p.m. on the Afternoon Edition.Globe Theatre’s lastest mainstage production is Mesa, by Calgary writer Doug Curtis. It’s a play that takes the audience along on a road trip from Calgary to …
My preview of Globe Theatre’s production of Mesa…
…is in today’s LeaderPost. It begins: The premise of Mesa, which opens at Globe Theatre on March 18, sounds like the setup to a joke: “So this 30-something guy and his 93-year-old grandfather set out on a road trip together to Mesa, Ariz. …” And sure enough, Mesa is a comedy — but not, says …
My CBC review of Wingfield’s Inferno
Here’s the written version of my review for CBC’s Afternoon Edition today of last night’s opening performance of Wingfield’s Inferno at Globe Theatre. As they say in the political-speech-writing-biz, “check against delivery.” *** Globe Theatre’s latest mainstage offering, Wingfield’s Inferno, opened last night in Regina, and Edward Willett was there to see it. Q. So, …
My review of Globe Theatre’s Sexy Laundry
Last night I attended the opening of Globe Theatre (Regina’s professional theatre-in-the-round)’s latest mainstage offering, Sexy Laundry, directed by Ruth Smillie, in order to review it for CBC Radio’s Afternoon Edition today. Here’s the script I sent them. (It’s not really a transcript, because I didn’t read this word for word, but it’s the gist.) …
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