Review: AFTER SHAKESPEARE at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
There are very limited chances left to see Slade Wolfe Enterprises Limited's production of After Shakespeare, starring Lexi Wolfe at the 2025 Ottawa Fringe Festival.
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Review: ARTHUR BAMPOT: THE CASE OF THE DEAD SILENCE at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
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: JACK AND DIANE VS. TECHNOLOGY at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
Jack and Diane vs.
Review: BOB MARLEY: HOW REGGAE CHANGED THE WORLD at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World is unlike other shows at the Ottawa Fringe Festival this year.
Review: Martin Dockery's THE BUNKER at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
What did our critic think of THE BUNKER at Odd Box? Head down into The Bunker until June 21st at the Ottawa Fringe Festival.
Review: HESPERUS, PHOSPHORUS! at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
What did our critic think of HESPERUS PHOSPHORUS! at Arts Court Theatre?
Review: AT DEATH'S DOOR at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
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
The Death of a Swan, presented by Moth & Firefly Theatre Collective, opens with great promise.
Review: Dahlia Lesh's STRINGS ATTACHED at the Ottawa Fringe Festival
Strings Attached is a gut-wrenching two-person play that explores themes of mental illness.
Review: Martin Dockery's 1 SMALL LIE at Odd Box During Ottawa Fringe Festival
Martin Dockery is a master storyteller.
Review: DIVINE MASCULINE: A RHAPSODY at Théâtre De La Nouvelle Scène during Ottawa Fringe
For my first show of the 2025 Ottawa Fringe Festival, I chose Divine Masculine: A Rhapsody at Theatre de la Nouvelle Scène.
Review: 37 POSTCARDS at Ottawa Little Theatre
Ottawa Little Theatre’s latest play, a presentation of Michaeal McKeever’s 37 Postcards, opened last night.
Interview: Lindsey Keene of 37 POSTCARDS at Ottawa Little Theatre
See Lindsey and the rest of the cast of 37 Postcards from June 11th through June 28th at Ottawa Little Theatre.
Interview: Lexi Wolfe and Andrew Slade of AFTER SHAKESPEARE at Odd Box during Ottawa Fringe
Lexi and Andrew shared their thoughts on the show, including the surprising relevance of Shakespeare 500 years later, and why you should see the show.
Interview: Karine Charland and Stephanie Haines of JACK AND DIANE VS. TECHNOLOGY at LabO during Ottawa Fringe
With so many options, it can be hard to decide which Fringe show to see, so Karine and Stephanie have made a case for why you should see theirs.
Theatre Collingwood Launches The Showstopper 50/50 Raffle
Theatre Collingwood is launching of The Showstopper 50/50, a brand-new fundraising raffle designed to support its mission of bringing professional live entertainment to South Georgian Bay.
Guild Festival Theatre Reveals Cast and Creative Team for World Premiere of THE VEIL
Guild Festival Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for The Veil, a new one-man play by Keith Barker and Thomas Morgan Jones, set to premiere at Crow’s Theatre this fall.
Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre's Presentation of THE MUSIC MAN
Orpheus opened its final show of its 2024-2025 season with its presentation of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man.
Review: BEETLEJUICE at National Arts Centre
What did our critic think of BEETLEJUICE at National Arts Centre?
Review: MAHABHARATA: PART 2 DHARMA - THE LIFE WE CHOOSE at National Arts Centre
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.
Guild Festival Theatre’s Family Fest Returns with Drumming, Puppets and More
Scarborough’s Guild Festival Theatre is bringing back its popular Family Fest this summer, running July 10–13 at the Greek Theatre in Guild Park & Gardens.
Review: The NAC English Theatre's Presentation of the Epic MAHABHARATA: KARMA - PART 1
The curtain closed on Mahabharata: Karma - Part 1 The Life We Inherit to an uproar of applause.
Review: MOMIX's ALICE at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
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
The world’s favourite Agatha Christie mystery, And Then There Were None, opened this week at Ottawa Little Theatre.
Review: Kanata Theatre's Presentation of I HATE HAMLET
Kanata Theatre premiered the final show of its 56th season, Paul Rudnick’s comedy, I Hate Hamlet to a full house
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