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

Vertigo Theatre’s ‘The Lodger’ is a thrilling story up until the very end.

Jack Grinhaus, director of The Lodger by Susie Moloney and Vern Thiessen, wrote a note in the program that resonates. He mentions a quote by Alfred Hitchcock: “There is a difference between surprise and suspense. Surprise is when a bomb goes off at the end of a story. Suspense is when the audience is told that the bomb […]

Stage West’s ‘Unnecessary Farce’ loses the thread of plausibility.

There is a whole lot going on in Paul Slade Smith’s Unnecessary Farce. There are mistaken identities, doors that aren’t quite closed, hidden cameras, lots of missing clothes, and people just not paying attention. It’s what farce is built on, and if the audience has bought in and is keyed up, farce is the funniest form of […]

Theatre Calgary’s ‘First Métis Man Of Odesa’ lacks tension.

“More people need to pay attention.” Theatre Calgary’s First Métis Man Of Odesa is a love story and a love letter. It’s a telling of the love story between Matthew Mackenzie and Mariya Khomutova, and it’s a love letter to the Ukraine. It feels like its purpose, it’s reason for being produced is to have […]