Theatre Articles

The Shakespeare Company’s Goblin: Macbeth is creepy improvised fun

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The Shakespeare Company with the generous support of Hit and Myth Productions fulfills its promises when it comes to their production of Goblin: MacBeth. It’s horror, fantasy, improvisation and Shakespeare all mashed together. The play is conceived by and stars Rebecca Northan and Bruce Horak in full goblin masks, involving the audience and improvising as […]

Vertigo Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble is warm and familiar

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This year’s production of Vertigo Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble by R. Hamilton Wright, focuses on Edith Hudson (Kathryn Kerbes), the landlady of 221B Baker Street. And the story and production shine because of the direction and nuanced performances on stage. Vertigo Theatre is exploring the complexity of the character of Sherlock Holmes […]

Stage West Theatre’s ‘Screwball Comedy’ is a delightful homage to the genre

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Stage West Theatre’s latest production Screwball Comedy is a homage to the genre of… you guessed it… screwball comedy. The genre was popular during the Great Depression and usually satirizes the traditional love story. During the 1930s there was a rise in demand for films and storylines that critiqued social class, and screwball comedy was […]