Archive for 'Martin Morrow'

Visiting the Colourful Cat Ladies of Grey Gardens

Lisa Horner and Nicola Lipman give memorable performances in the musical version of the Maysles Brothers’ classic documentary.

By Martin Morrow Feb. 25th, 2:00 pm

Mustard Leaves Little to Relish

Kat Sandler’s latest black comedy finds the prolific Toronto playwright off her game.

By Martin Morrow Feb. 19th, 11:00 am

Respecting the Original Booty Queen

Obsidian Theatre celebrates its 15th anniversary—and Black History Month—by paying homage to Sarah Baartman with the new play Venus’ Daughter.

By Martin Morrow Feb. 17th, 2:00 pm

Cowboy Versus Samurai, Ernest Versus Ernestine

Soulpepper Theatre’s Studio Series has smart fun with love, sex, race, and angry couples.

By Martin Morrow Feb. 9th, 2:00 pm

A Hot Winter’s Tale on the Danforth

The new Groundling Theatre Company brings Stratford Festival firepower to its inaugural Shakespeare production.

By Martin Morrow Feb. 2nd, 3:00 pm

Game of Thrones Actors Have a Gas with Victorian Thriller

But if you’re looking for a heroine with backbone, skip Gaslight and go straight to Elle.

By Martin Morrow Jan. 26th, 12:00 pm

Cara Ricketts Takes Aim at Hedda Gabler

The Toronto actress and her director, Jennifer Tarver, discuss their 1950s take on Ibsen’s dangerous housewife.

By Martin Morrow Jan. 12th, 12:45 pm

Torontoist’s Top 10 Plays of 2015

Looking back on a memorable year of inventive, thought-provoking, and gloriously kinky theatre.

By Martin Morrow and Steve Fisher Dec. 23rd, 3:30 pm

Traces Leaves a Lasting Impression

In its hybrid of acrobatics, dance and athletics, Montreal's 7 Fingers troupe celebrates the complex individual.

By Martin Morrow Dec. 22nd, 4:45 pm

The Torontoist Guide to Holiday Theatre

We check out the festive fare lighting up the city’s stages (and the Don Valley, too).

By Martin Morrow and Steve Fisher Dec. 16th, 4:45 pm

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Tomson Highway’s Wisdom

The First Nations playwright talks about women, God, music, and the joys of same-sex marriage.

By Martin Morrow Dec. 10th, 12:00 pm

Contemplating Man at His Worst

Two plays, the comic Domesticated and the tragic Nirbhaya, force us to consider how men treat women.

By Martin Morrow Nov. 27th, 11:45 am

Fighting the Forces of Darkness

Afghan actress Parwin Mushtael relives her struggle against extremist intolerance in Human Cargo’s The Road to Paradise.

By Martin Morrow Nov. 17th, 3:30 pm

Actors Playing With Fire

A funny, frightening American play about theatre and racism strikes a nerve in its Toronto debut.

By Martin Morrow Nov. 10th, 4:45 pm

Fasten Your Seat Belts

Nicolas Billon’s brilliant, brutal play Butcher is a white-knuckle revenge tragedy.

By Martin Morrow Oct. 30th, 11:35 am

The Raw and the Undercooked

The acting is the saving grace in Factory Theatre’s "naked" revival of Linda Griffiths' Age of Arousal.

By Martin Morrow Oct. 27th, 12:00 pm

Two Shows to Take Your Breath Away

Cliff Cardinal's Huff is a heartbreaker, while Lisa Dwan's Beckett Trilogy gives great mouth.

By Martin Morrow Oct. 16th, 2:30 pm

You Can Handle the Truth

Photographer Nir Bareket faces down a tragedy in his family’s Palestinian past with Pandemic Theatre’s They Say He Fell.

By Martin Morrow Oct. 13th, 12:30 pm