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Review: ARTHUR BAMPOT: THE CASE OF THE DEAD SILENCE at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: ARTHUR BAMPOT: THE CASE OF THE DEAD SILENCE at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 19, 2025
Do you love a good detective story? Imagine yourself sitting by the fire, playing chess against a certain pipe smoking, violin wielding brainiac? Or perhaps dining on a Nile River cruise with a mustachioed gentleman who has a self-proclaimed abundance of little grey cells? Hopping into a psychedelic...
Review: BOB MARLEY: HOW REGGAE CHANGED THE WORLD at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: BOB MARLEY: HOW REGGAE CHANGED THE WORLD at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 18, 2025
Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World is unlike other shows at the Ottawa Fringe Festival this year. Duane Forrest combines storytelling, history and music and creates a feeling of warmth and harmony within the audience in one short hour....
Review: HESPERUS, PHOSPHORUS! at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: HESPERUS, PHOSPHORUS! at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 17, 2025
What did our critic think of HESPERUS PHOSPHORUS! at Arts Court Theatre?...
Review: Martin Dockery's THE BUNKER at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: Martin Dockery's THE BUNKER at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 17, 2025
What did our critic think of THE BUNKER at Odd Box? Head down into The Bunker until June 21st at the Ottawa Fringe Festival. In this play within a play, we meet two brothers; one (Andrew Broaddus) is an actor and the other (Martin Dockery) is a playwright. Together, they are supposed to be putting o...
Review: AT DEATH'S DOOR at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: AT DEATH'S DOOR at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 16, 2025
What happens if you die, but you are not quite ready to face judgment? What are your options? Can you choose to hover at Death’s door, never crossing the threshold? How long will Death let you linger?...
Review: THE DEATH OF A SWAN at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: THE DEATH OF A SWAN at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 15, 2025
The Death of a Swan, presented by Moth & Firefly Theatre Collective, opens with great promise. The apparent apparition of William Dorsey Swann (the first drag queen in America, played to perfection by Aurel Pressat) sets the stage for a history lesson....
Review: Dahlia Lesh's STRINGS ATTACHED at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: Dahlia Lesh's STRINGS ATTACHED at the Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 15, 2025
Strings Attached is a gut-wrenching two-person play that explores themes of mental illness. The show delves into how it feels to have a monster in your head. Even as you attempt to rationalize and to fight against it, it haunts every waking moment, filling your head with feelings of inadequacy and s...
Review: Martin Dockery's 1 SMALL LIE at Odd Box During Ottawa Fringe Festival

Review: Martin Dockery's 1 SMALL LIE at Odd Box During Ottawa Fringe Festival

by Courtney Castelino — June 14, 2025
Martin Dockery is a master storyteller. With a self deprecating humour, sincerity and charisma, Dockery’s shows are always a must-see for me. A staple on the fringe circuit now for years, Dockery has mastered his technique....
Review: DIVINE MASCULINE: A RHAPSODY at Théâtre De La Nouvelle Scène during Ottawa

Review: DIVINE MASCULINE: A RHAPSODY at Théâtre De La Nouvelle Scène during Ottawa Fringe

by Courtney Castelino — June 13, 2025
For my first show of the 2025 Ottawa Fringe Festival, I chose Divine Masculine: A Rhapsody at Theatre de la Nouvelle Scène. Written and directed by Navneel Agnihotri and presented by Agni Creative, The synopsis sounded intriguing: “With a soundtrack ranging from Kendrick Lamar to Bollywood classi...
Review: 37 POSTCARDS at Ottawa Little Theatre

Review: 37 POSTCARDS at Ottawa Little Theatre

by Courtney Castelino — June 12, 2025
Ottawa Little Theatre’s latest play, a presentation of Michaeal McKeever’s 37 Postcards, opened last night. With the show’s entire run coinciding with the Ottawa Fringe Festival, OLT needed to pick a show that can compete with the mass of theatre offerings around the city over the next two wee...
Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre's Presentation of THE MUSIC MAN

Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre's Presentation of THE MUSIC MAN

by Courtney Castelino — June 2, 2025
Orpheus opened its final show of its 2024-2025 season with its presentation of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man. The Music Man centers around Professor Harold Hill (Kody Cannon), a travelling salesman-slash-con artist, who has newly arrived in sleepy River City, Iowa....
Review: BEETLEJUICE at National Arts Centre

Review: BEETLEJUICE at National Arts Centre

by Courtney Castelino — May 28, 2025
What did our critic think of BEETLEJUICE at National Arts Centre?...
Review: MAHABHARATA: PART 2 DHARMA - THE LIFE WE CHOOSE at National Arts Centre

Review: MAHABHARATA: PART 2 DHARMA - THE LIFE WE CHOOSE at National Arts Centre

by Courtney Castelino — May 22, 2025
What did our critic think of MAHABHARATA: PART 2 - DHARMA THE LIFE WE CHOOSE at National Arts Centre? See it on stage in Ottawa until May 24th,  before it heads to Manhattan’s Lincoln Center. Tickets are available at the link below....
Review: The NAC English Theatre's Presentation of the Epic MAHABHARATA: KARMA - PART

Review: The NAC English Theatre's Presentation of the Epic MAHABHARATA: KARMA - PART 1

by Courtney Castelino — May 16, 2025
The curtain closed on Mahabharata: Karma - Part 1 The Life We Inherit to an uproar of applause. Upon exiting the theatre, the air was filled with loud, excited chatter, as is always the case at the National Arts Centre when the audience is deeply appreciative of what they have just seen. ...
Review: MOMIX's ALICE at Ottawa's National Arts Centre

Review: MOMIX's ALICE at Ottawa's National Arts Centre

by Courtney Castelino — May 11, 2025
The National Arts Centre Dance’s final show of the season is MOMIX’s Alice, a piece that takes us on a journey down the proverbial rabbit hole into a beautiful, bizarre, and surreal world....
Review: Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at Ottawa Little Theatre

Review: Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at Ottawa Little Theatre

by Courtney Castelino — May 9, 2025
The world’s favourite Agatha Christie mystery, And Then There Were None, opened this week at Ottawa Little Theatre. Ten people have gathered on Soldier Island, ostensibly to attend a party, despite having no former acquaintance with each other or their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Owen. ...
Review: Kanata Theatre's Presentation of I HATE HAMLET

Review: Kanata Theatre's Presentation of I HATE HAMLET

by Courtney Castelino — May 9, 2025
Kanata Theatre premiered the final show of its 56th season, Paul Rudnick’s comedy, I Hate Hamlet to a full house...
Review: Peeping Tom's DIPTYCH: THE MISSING DOOR AND THE LOST ROOM at Ottawa's Nationa

Review: Peeping Tom's DIPTYCH: THE MISSING DOOR AND THE LOST ROOM at Ottawa's National Arts Centre

by Courtney Castelino — April 12, 2025
Multiple award-winning Belgian dance theatre company, Peeping Tom, brought a new style of dance to Ottawa this week, displaying their signature blend of dance, theatre, and acrobatics with their production of Diptych: The missing door and The lost room at the National Arts Centre....
Review: NOW AND THEN at Ottawa Little Theatre

Review: NOW AND THEN at Ottawa Little Theatre

by Courtney Castelino — April 6, 2025
What did our critic think of NOW AND THEN at Ottawa Little Theatre?...
Review: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet's JEKYLL AND HYDE at Ottawa's National Arts Centre

Review: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet's JEKYLL AND HYDE at Ottawa's National Arts Centre

by Courtney Castelino — April 6, 2025
What did our critic think of JEKYLL AND HYDE at National Arts Centre?...
Review: TRIDENT MOON at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa

Review: TRIDENT MOON at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa

by Courtney Castelino — April 4, 2025
What did our critic think of TRIDENT MOON at National Arts Centre?...
Review: Kanata Theatre's HOME, I'M DARLING at the Ron Maslin Playhouse

Review: Kanata Theatre's HOME, I'M DARLING at the Ron Maslin Playhouse

by Courtney Castelino — March 28, 2025
The opening scene of Kanata Theatre’s presentation of Laura Wade’s Home, I’m Darling introduces us to Judy (Katie Torresan), housewife extraordinaire. Judy, decked out in a frock and frilly apron waits patiently in her checker tiled kitchen for her husband Johnny (Phillip Merriman) to come hom...
Review: Sock 'n' Buskin's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY at Kailash Mital Theatre

Review: Sock 'n' Buskin's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY at Kailash Mital Theatre

by Courtney Castelino — March 25, 2025
What did our critic think of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY at Kailash Mital Theatre?...
Review: Three Sisters Theatre Company's SILENT SKY at The Gladstone Theatre

Review: Three Sisters Theatre Company's SILENT SKY at The Gladstone Theatre

by Courtney Castelino — March 23, 2025
What did our critic think of SILENT SKY at The Gladstone Theatre?...
Review: VIERGE at Great Canadian Theatre Company

Review: VIERGE at Great Canadian Theatre Company

by Courtney Castelino — March 21, 2025
What did our critic think of VIERGE at Great Canadian Theatre Company?...
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