Stage Door Reviews
The Arcadians
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music by Lionel Monckton & Howard Talbot, lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, book by Mark Ambient, Alexander M. Thompson & Robert Courtneidge, directed by Steven...
12 Dinners
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by Steve Ross, directed by Jan Alexandra Smith
Here For Now Theatre, Marquee at the Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford
July 12-August 3, 2024
Steve:...
One Man, Two Guvnors
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by Richard Bean, directed by Chris Abraham
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
June 22-October 13, 2024
Francis: “You got to...
The Constituent
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by Joe Penhall, directed by Matthew Warchus
The Old Vic, London, GBR
June 25-August 10, 2024
Monica: “I believe in mercy and compassion”
When...
People, Places and Things
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by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Jeremy Herrin
National Theatre & Headlong, Trafalgar Theatre, London, GBR
May 14-August 10, 2024
Emma: “If I’m...
Oedipus
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by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, adapted by Ted Hughes, directed by Simon Cotton
The Bridge Theatre Training Company, The Cockpit, London, GBR
June 27-30,...
Suite in Three Keys
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by Noël Coward, directed by Tom Littler
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, GBR
May 30-July 6, 2024
Hugo: “I am a commentator not a moralist”
Noël...
Accolade
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by Emlyn Williams, directed by Sean Mathias
Bill Kenwright Ltd, Theatre Royal Windsor, Windsor, GBR
June 6-15, 2024
Rona: “Doctor Jekyll is anxious...
The Sorcerer
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music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W.S. Gilbert, directed by John Savournin
Charles Court Opera, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, GBR
June 11-15,...
Hedda Gabler
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by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Patrick Marber, directed by Molly Atkinson
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
May 30-September 28,...
La Cage aux Folles
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music & lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Thom Allison
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 31-November 16,...
Cymbeline
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Esther Jun
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
May 29-September 28, 2024
Pisanio: All other...
Something Rotten!
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music & lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick, book by Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Festival...
Twelfth Night
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Seana McKenna
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 27-October 26, 2024
Viola: “O Time, thou...
Witness for the Prosecution
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by Agatha Christie, directed by Alistair Newton
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 26-October 13, 2024
Sir Wilfrid:...
seven methods of killing kylie jenner
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by Jasmine Lee-Jones, directed by Jay Northcott
Obsidian Theatre with Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
May 16-June...
Echo
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written and directed by Mukhtar Omar Sharif Mukhtar
Cirque du Soleil, Big Top at Lake Shore Blvd. and Park Lawn Rd., Toronto
May 9-August 4, 2024
Antoni...
Hedda Gabler
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by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Liisa Repo-Martell, directed by Moya O’Connell
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Ave., Toronto
May 9-June 9, 2024
Hedda:...