As the Friar, Alex Bulmer strongly anchors and roots this play in durable believability. This friar never leaves the stage at all. Alex is blind but this does not detract at all from an energized performance level…

Covid has brought the live theatre industry to a screeching halt, but Soulpepper’s audio drama is alive and well as ‘Moonlodge’ is in extremely capable hands under Jani Lauzon’s graceful and compassionate direction.

Mr. Nance soulfully sings each number with a clear understanding of the songs’ messages that still resonates within my very being even as I sit here writing this commentary an hour later.

Anita Majumder’s ‘Flower Girl’ challenges the viewer to consider what the world should look like after the Covid-19 lock-down. It had me thinking what my responsibility is in making those changes come about. These questions might not be top of mind during a conversation between a bride and her wedding planner, but that is just what Ms. Majumder’s story gives us.

For a piece written in such a short time Dyer wrote a twenty-minute play of character depth which became emotional for me. From the moment Carrie enters the room and pulls the duvet over her, I was pulled in. The stress she shares with the audience is sharply felt.

“Coal Mine has a winner here.  It’s riveting, revealing, and reeling with emotional understatements. ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ is going to sell out quickly so rush to get a ticket.”

“This is not the whimsical song of rose-cheeked von Trapp children skipping over mountains escaping Nazis.  Christopher Morris and Daniel Brooks’ project is a harsh and blinding invasion of hypocrisy – the audience is not meant to be comforted.”