OTTAWA THEATER REVIEWS

This production highlights what Orpheus does well: quality vocals, simple, yet effective sets, and great chemistry among the cast that keeps the audience invested....

Tackling the stage adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption would be a daunting task for anyone, so it was with equal parts anticipation and apprehension that I approached the theatre for the opening night performance at Ottawa Little Theatre....

Fables is a co-production between the National Arts Centre and Montreal’s Compagnie Virginie Brunelle that is presented as a series of tableaux, where embattled women become larger than life in their grandeur, strength, and resilience....

​​​​​​​Giselle may be dubbed 'the ballerina's Hamlet' because of the complexity of the title role, but Tirion Law effortlessly tackles the challenges and uses them to showcase her talent as principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada....

NAC English Theatre presents the Stratford Festival’s production of Salesman in China, written by Canadian playwrights, Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy for two weeks only at the National Arts Centre. Arthur Miller’s acclaimed play, Death of a Salesman, was written in 1949. The story is about Willy ...

What did our critic think of QAUMMA at National Arts Centre?...

Isn't Ottawa magical at this time of year with all the glistening snow, twinkle lights, and vanishing acts? Yes, you heard that right. Ted and Marion Outerbridge, the duo behind Outerbridge Magic, are getting Ottawa's new year off to a magical start with their Mysteries of the Keyhole House at Ottaw...

What did our critic think of Broadway Across Canada's Presentation of MJ THE MUSICAL at the National Arts Centre?...

What did our critic think of OTTAWA MUSICALS' THE HUMBUG HUSTLE at Great Canadian Theatre Company?...

What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: SOLO at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe?...

What did our critic think of FLOP! AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL FIASCO at Great Canadian Theatre Company?...

What did our critic think of BEAR GREASE at National Arts Centre?...

What did our critic think of ON THE FARCE DAY OF CHRISTMAS at Ottawa Little Theatre?...

What did our critic think of NAC Dance's Presentation of Les Grands Ballet Canadiens' THE NUTCRACKER?...

What did our critic think of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at The Gladstone?...

What did our critic think of BEOWULF IN AFGHANISTAN at Great Canadian Theatre Company?...

What did our critic think of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at Orpheus Musical Theatre?...

Kanata Theatre opened its 56th season this week with Dangerous Liaisons, a steamy historical play set in pre-Revolutionary France, written by Christopher Hampton and directed here by Sarah Hegger. The play is based upon a novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, entitled Les Liaisons Dangereuses, publis...

What did our critic think of SNOW IN MIDSUMMER at National Arts Centre?...

Arthur Jamison (David McIntyre) wants nothing more than to kill his wife. A criminal attorney by profession, as he obsesses on the couch in his New York City townhouse, he realizes he has a big problem. ...

Ovation Productions presents one high quality musical theatre show per year in Ottawa. Last year’s presentation of Cabaret was outstanding, and I had high hopes for Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods this year. This production shares its run with Broadway Across Canada’s presentation of Disney'...

What did our critic think of DISNEY'S THE LION KING at National Arts Centre?...

What did our critic think of Chamber + Silent Tides + Bolero X at National Arts Centre? Read the review. ...

What did our critic think of FIRST MÉTIS MAN OF ODESA at National Arts Centre?...

What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at National Arts Centre?...