I’ve been looking forward to Vertigo Theatre’s production of Heist by Arun Lakra since it was announced. Lakra’s last play won many awards and his follow-up is much anticipated. This play does not disappoint, but it takes a lot of investment to get to the nugget at the center of the narrative. Who can you trust? Who […]
Last year Arun Lakra’s Sequence premiered as part of Downstage’s theatre season and the play won both the Betty Mitchell Award for Best New Play and the Calgary Critics Award for Best New Script. Sequence has been the winner of numerous awards since and is now getting published by Playwrights Canada Press. I think it’s important to […]
My preview of PlayWorks Ink’s presentation of the 2011 Alberta Playwriting Competition winner, Arun Lakra’s Sequence for GetDown.ca