…is now online at the Regina LeaderPost. An excerpt: One of the challenges for many members of the cast is the classic problem of being adults portraying children, and the one facing the greatest challenge is Toni MacRae, who plays Anne. The show would fail if the audience couldn’t suspend its disbelief enough to accept …
Tag: Globe Theatre
Examining autumn, reviewing Shakespeare
I have two pieces in today’s Regina LeaderPost. On the front page of the Weekender section you can read my article on the science of autumn, which comes complete with a rather odd picture of me holding up a leaf and looking slightly deranged. Then, in the Arts and Life section, I’ve got a review …
Preview of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is online
My preview of Globe Theatre‘s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is online now at the LeaderPost. An excerpt: For audiences, it’s not physical vocabulary but Shakespeare’s 400-year-old verbal vocabulary that may intimidate. But Geoffrey Whynot, who plays Theseus and Oberon, points out that “in real life we don’t necessarily hear every word someone speaks. …
Theatre on the Web
Last week’s CBC Web column… *** The gala opening of the new Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon last week had Saskatchewan people thinking about live theatre. Of course, I think about live theatre all the time, since I’m often involved in one production or another as an actor or director, so this week I compiled a …
Why we’re not going to see Sandra Shamas
In the past few years, Sandra Shamas has made a point of bringing her current work-in-progress to the Globe Theatre to workshop in front of a live audience. Shamas is an internationally acclaimed comedian, and she is, indeed, very, very funny. My wife and I had a blast the first time we went, and made …
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