Category: Theatre Reviews

July 25, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Carriageworks, July 19 8/10 There’s no Hedwig and the Angry Inch without a star. No, not just a star: a supernova. iOTA first burst into our lives playing Hedwig, and 19 years later it’s Seann Miley Moore’s turn to dazzle us. Hedwig is role in which performers can unleash their…

July 24, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Wharf 1 Theatre, July 17 7/10 Annie Baker can make a play out of minimal words and minuscule gestures. The effect borders on shock because we’re so used to huge emotions with titanic consequences. You have to readjust; put your antennae on higher alert. Baker wrote two of this century’s…

July 7, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Hayes Theatre, June 26 6,5/10 Stephen Sondheim’s songs are too rarely lifted from their shows to stand alone, whether on records or in cabarets. They’re variously perceived as being too context-specific, too cerebral or insufficiently melodic. Being Alive is another reminder of how nonsensical this is. Letting his songs bump…