It’s no secret that theatres all over the country are struggling to fill seats. Few will dispute the quality of the work that theatre-makers are producing, but aside from the big-budget musicals it can be difficult to persuade audiences to take a chance on a show. Ther...
As most of you know, I also write reviews for the (brilliant) Wee Review online magazine. What you may not know is that, for a remarkably short time, I wrote for another magazine, The Skinny. This was a recent development but due to creative differences, I won’t be wri...
How much do we care about what will happen? Primarily a product of the dawn of the internet, “spoilers” have become a dreaded fear for fans of films, TV shows and books when they scroll through social media. I, too, have been outraged in the past by having a dramatic e...
A few weeks ago I went to see WITCH's adaptation of "Spring Awakening". Going into it, I knew very little about the musical; only that it was a hit on Broadway and had apparently inspired many young theatre-goers upon its 2006 opening. As I watched the romance unfold...
"Every aspect of society sets rules and expectations." That was one of the more insightful quotes from Intervention Theatre's "The World We Live In" while it was discussing class, and it got me thinking about the rules and expectations surrounding theatre. It is no sec...
Fans of theatre know how difficult it can be to go and see a show you are dying to see. You need to be in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time, and once that window has passed the opportunity is gone. But then again, if you are a fan of theatre, odds are...
Over the last week, I have been helping backstage with costume in my local school’s production of “Annie Get Your Gun”. A lot of hard work and enthusiasm has been put into this show by students (both on and off stage), staff, and out of school volunteers, and speaking...
