Theatre Reviews

Heads or Tails: Excuse me while I kiss the pint

The Ottawa XPress // June 15, 2006 Fringe performer Brendan McNally gets set to go the first round with Heads or Tails. Sleek schooners set sail for Ottawa’s urban theatre world with tales of adventure and intrigue. With this year’s theme being “X Marks the Spot,” get thee ready, matey, for some swashbuckling action at […]

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The Real Thing. Thing thing is…

The Ottawa XPress // May 18, 2006 Stoppard stops short of anything real or meaningful As a play about marital infidelity, Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing isn’t doing much. As a writer’s drama discussing a writer’s loyalty to the craft, this play impresses a little more. But it fails to unite the two main themes […]

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Bigger Than Jesus: Big Jesus Fun

The Ottawa XPress // May 4, 2006 One man makes us laugh in the name of love. Two thousand years after his death, Jesus is still making headlines. To find out why, Toronto performers Rick Miller (Wyrd Theatre) and Daniel Brooks (Necessary Angel Theatre Company) enlisted the help of a Homer Simpson Pez dispenser and […]

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