Narnia is a wonderful and dangerous place. Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe illustrates this succinctly. With a delightful cast and grand puppets, this performance is a work of wonder. Narnia is a wonderful and dangerous place. Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe […]
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is argued to be an antisemitic play. It is full of language and dialogue that demonizes the sole Jewish character in the story, Shylock. In the decision for the Shakespeare Company, with support from Hit & Myth and the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts, Division of […]
Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced is quiet. It gets under your skin. It’s uncomfortable and charged. The cast is talented and their performances are nuanced but the play could go deeper. It brushes on deep rooted anger and racism but once it gets interesting the play seems to turn away from the […]