Reviews
Darkest Twilight
As Halloween creeps ever closer, October is the perfect time to sample some dark TV… especially sci-fi/horror/fantasy anthologies like The Outer Limits, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Night Gallery…
Read MoreAll the right moves
Island Fringe Festival 2023 Havenwood, Charlottetown August 5, 2023 One of the finer additions to Island Fringe Festival (IFF) venues in recent years is the Havenwood Dance Studio: downtown location,…
Read MoreTheatre at the movies
Island Fringe Festival 2023 City Cinema, Charlottetown August 3, 2023 The Island Fringe Festival (IFF) is like Forrest Gump’s proverbial box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get,…
Read MorePotent radio activity
The Good Time Radio Variety Show Review | by Sean McQuaid Victoria Playhouse, August 11, 2023 Victoria Playhouse had great success in 2021 with The Good Time Radio Variety Show…
Read MoreWheel of misfortune
MAGGIECharlottetown Festival, Sobey Family TheatreJune 23, 2023 Long on heart, short on story. That’s my six-word impression of MAGGIE, the new musical playing at the Charlottetown Festival this summer after…
Read MoreTricks of the light
GaslightWatermark Theatre, North RusticoJuly 15, 2023 In recent years, the Watermark Theatre has aimed for a mix of classics and newer works with more diverse and inclusive perspectives. This often…
Read MoreBeauty in its purest form
Steel Magnolias Watermark Theatre, North Rustico July 14, 2022 Performed by Gracie Finley (Clairee), Marlene Handrahan (M’Lynn), Sharleen Kalayil (Truvy), Kristena McCormack (Annelle), Risha Nanda (Shelby), Marlane O’Brien (Ouiser). Directed…
Read MoreThe Two Faces of Shirley
Shirley ValentineReview | by Sean McQuaidVictoria Playhouse, July 8, 2023 Pondering Victoria Playhouse’s newly remounted run of the 1986 romantic dramedy Shirley Valentine, my word-association-prone brain flashes back to an…
Read MoreSimply Sondheim
Simply Sondheim Review by Doug Gallant The Guild Summer Festival, July 6, 2023 Actor Mandy Patinkin once described Stephen Sondheim as the Shakespeare of the musical theatre world. That Patinkin…
Read MoreReign of Error
The Play That Goes WrongReview | by Sean McQuaidCharlottetown Festival, Sobey Family Theatre, June 24, 2023 As Krusty the Clown once said, “I’m a lazy, lazy man.” So, assigned multiple…
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