Recent Blog Posts

Why Alberta Audiences are different from any other in Canada.

Read my Q&A with Jean Grand-Maître, Nicole Mion, Les Sereda and Brian Webb on The Dance Current website.


The Art of Balance: Life of a Theatre Professional

My guest series blog post for Arts Commons.


Recent Reviews

The Seafarer is a multilayered story about love and faith in dark times.

The Seafarer is an old English poem about a man alone at sea. Scholars suggest that it’s told from the point of view of a seafarer, who is reminiscing about his life, and how life’s “earthly happiness will not endure,” and you must fight “the devil with brave deeds.” The play of the same name, […]

Theatre Calgary’s The Lehman Trilogy is an long look at the American Dream.

Here are things that you will know about Theatre Calgary’s production of The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini. It is a five time Tony award winning play, it’s presentation style is direct address, meaning it is taken in like a radio play, or podcast, and it’s a behemoth of a production, running at three hours […]

Stage West’s Deathtrap is well crafted, but a bit much.

Deathtrap, the 1978 play by Ira Levin is considered a major Broadway hit. It’s a play within a play, with all the elements of a murder mystery and horror: deceit, dialogue that has double meaning, multiple murders, and plot twists. It was adapted into a movie in 1982, starring Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon and Christopher Reeve. […]