Miss Shakespeare is Not to be Missed

 Photo credit: Andrew Alexander It was symbolic that the latest Gladstone show opened on the 100th anniversary of when women got the federal vote in Canada, particularly given the play Miss Shakespeare is about girl power in Elizabethan times when there were basically no women’s rights. (I always find it

Fill your Soul with The Clean House at the Gladstone

 Photos by Robin Guy There are four days left to The Clean House and if you can, head to the Gladstone to see it.  It almost feels like cheating when, as a theatre writer, you walk in to see a Pulitzer Prize-winning play because you know the content of the play

Jumpin’ Joel Flash & The Magic Machine

 Photos by helensphotography.ca and ryanlindseyphoto.com Let’s time travel! For lack having a readily available DeLorean, we’re gonna’ jimmy-rig a blender, some duct tape and a couple wire I found in Uncle Eddie's toolshed. Kids, don't forget to ask your parents’ permission before building intricate mechanisms that could bend time and

State of the (Dis)Union: Michael Healey’s Plan B Comes to Ottawa

 The issue of Quebecois separatism in Canada is no laughing matter. Unless we’re talking about Michael Healey’s award-winning play Plan B, that is. Part of Ottawa’s Phoenix Players 2016/17 season, Healy’s Plan B poses the question: what if Quebec voted in favour of separation? It follows four politicians – Senator