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Berlin, Day 3: Enemy of the People (Ibsen / Ostermeier), Schaubuehne

By On 04/05/2013 · Leave a Comment

Third day, third totally different kind of theatre. The smallest auditorium yet and the smallest stage; an audience somewhere between those at the DT and the Volksbuehne. And stylistically, easily the most naturalistic approach to acting. No wonder Ostermeier’s productions travel so well.

After just a few days in Berlin, what’s [...]

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Toronto Theatre: A Response to Jacob Zimmer

By On 22/08/2012 · 6 Comments

Before I respond to Jacob Zimmer’s thoughtful and generous comments on my “5 Points of Contention,” I first have to give him, or rather his company, Small Wooden Shoe, massive kudos for staging a reading of, would you believe it, Kleist’s Prince of Homburg on Monday — by sheer coincidence, one [...]

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Toronto Theatre: Responses, Part 1

By On 18/08/2012 · 3 Comments

I was a little overwhelmed by the response to my “Five Points of Contention” post. Despite its relentlessly local focus, it quickly saw almost as many hits as my less-than-jolly review of Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous and my attack on Sherlock-author Stephen Moffat’s sexist scripts. Thank you all for reading, for sharing on Twitter [...]

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Toronto Theatre: Five Points of Contention

By On 13/08/2012 · 15 Comments

Toronto is a great theatre city. All year long, a wonderful variety of performances are on offer here, from commercial, production-values-driven Mirvish musicals to the fantastic range of shows staged essentially for free and driven by little more than love of the art during the summer festivals, the Fringe and SummerWorks. We have a number [...]

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