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Since last week's Drama Club, two very interesting shows have opened near Queen and Bathurst. Katherine Mansfield opened at Factory on Friday, while Tijuana Cure had its debut at Passe Muraille on Wednesday. Both shows use very minimal props and costumes, often relying on physicality to aid their storytelling. Both shows are rentals from impressive local companies (if ones at different stages in their careers). Theatre Smith-Gilmour, whose current play is a reworking of last year's The Mansfield Project, have been critical darlings since the 1980s and have wowed audiences with their stage adaptations of Chekhov's prose fiction. Theatre Smash is a much younger company that's only been producing plays since 2006, but it has already started getting attention for solid productions such as Norway, Today.

Tarragon Theatre is poised for a banner year, kicking things off with a remount of their highly-acclaimed production of Wajdi Mouawad's Scorched (which you should probably see if you haven't already: come for the political intrigue, stay for the tawdry family soap opera!). But there's another show playing in the theatre's Extra Space right now that is also deserving of attention: Theatre Smash's production of Norway, Today. The young company (which will also be remounting Layne Coleman's fantastic Tijuana Cure at Passe Muraille in March) has really come up with something special with this show, a translation of a play by Igor Bauersima from 2000.