Courting mischief

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | August 27, 2025

The Bachelorette PartySt. Peter’s Courthouse TheatreAugus t 19, 2025 With fine regional venues like the Kings Playhouse, the Victoria Playhouse and the Harbourfront Theatre largely phasing out conventional theatrical plays,…

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A wheel of a time

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | July 28, 2025

Unless you lived with me when I was eighteen, you wouldn’t know that I used to rip around on a skateboard. By rip around I mean, went from point A…

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Letter Perfect

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | July 28, 2025

Dear Jack, Dear LouiseWatermark Theatre, North RusticoJuly 11, 2025 Reviewing plays is a job. Not a very steady or lucrative one, but a job all the same. You take the…

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A Tale of Two Harbours 

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | July 3, 2025

Tell Tale HarbourReview | by Sean McQuaidCharlottetown Festival, Sobey Family Theatre, June 21, 2025 Some critics believe the iconic movie Casablanca (1942) gets much of its enduring allure from the…

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Playing the hits

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | June 26, 2025
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Million Dollar QuartetConfederation Centre of the ArtsJune 19, 2025 With the Charlottetown Festival’s evergreen Anne of Green Gablesmusical running only intermittently in recent years, the festival’s firmest fixture of late…

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Sweet zomic relief

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | March 31, 2025

What’s Eating You?Review | by Sean McQuaidThe Guild, March 27, 2025  Weird old man that I am, I was probably the only person in the packed opening night audience of…

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Cross purposes

By Yanik | March 16, 2025
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Godspell8th Avenue PlayersFlorence Simmons Performance Hall, CharlottetownMarch 15, 2025 A confession: I’ve long been lukewarm on the 1971 hit musical Godspell. Story-wise, it’s kind of a lightweight cousin of Jesus…

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Duo of doom

By Yanik | March 15, 2025
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…destroyed surelyVagabond ProductionsUPEI Performing Arts Centre, CharlottetownMarch 12, 2025 Humans, take heed: UPEI theatre company Vagabond Productions brings you wisdom from the thrilling days of yesteryear, two Irish plays from…

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Indoor adventure

By Nakeesa Aghdasy | February 28, 2025

The Banff Mountain Film Festival started 39 years ago, before I was even born. It’s become a staple in adventure communities all over the world. Over 400 short films and…

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