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has seen some extraordinary theatre at Fringe Festivals in Canada, Ireland and Scotland. She is a former daily newspaper arts reviewer who lives in Toronto.

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    Toronto Summerworks ’11: ‘One’, ‘Trolley Car’, ‘Hannah’s Turn’ and more

    by Susan Down August 9, 2011
    by Susan Down August 9, 2011

    A juried festival of independent theatre, Toronto’s Summerworks blooms in August every year, offering a bouquet of dramatic delights. Here are a few reviews.

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    Summerworks reviews: ‘Little One’, ‘Hooked’, ‘White Rabbit, Red Rabbit’

    by Susan Down August 7, 2011
    by Susan Down August 7, 2011

    The new work by acclaimed playwright Hannah Moscovitch (The Russian Play) doesn’t disappoint as it leads the audience through an uncomfortable story that, like the car accident, we can’t turn away from. Actor Joe Cobden is superb as the storyteller, Aaron, a long suffering teenage brother whose adopted sister Claire (played by Michelle Monteith with a wonderful reined-in neurotic flourish) is emotionally disturbed due to an early childhood featuring unnamed abuses that are never spelled out but only alluded to (making them all the more horrifying).

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    Toronto Fringe 11: ‘Bloom’, ‘Sparrow and the Mouse’ and more

    by Susan Down July 13, 2011
    by Susan Down July 13, 2011

    Theatre critic Susan Down continues her reviews from the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs until July 17 in venues across Toronto. Reviews include: The Sparrow and the Mouse: Creating the Music of Edith Piaf, So I Married a Muslim, Bloom, and Wishes Are Horses.

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    Toronto Fringe 11: ‘Pitch Blond’, ‘Finally: An Epic Cycle’ and more

    by Susan Down July 12, 2011
    by Susan Down July 12, 2011

    Theatre critic Susan Down wades deep into the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs until July 17 in venues across the city. Reviews include: Pitch Blond, Finally: An Epic Cycle, Mary’s Wedding, Man on My Face, The Godot Cycle, She Said What, and Limbo.

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    Toronto Fringe Binge: A Gulper’s Guide

    by Susan Down July 8, 2011
    by Susan Down July 8, 2011

    Attending the Toronto Fringe Festival is not like going to a regular theatre production. To get the most out of it you need a strategy for picking the right plays. Imagine you’re at a distillery tour or a wine tasting, and take this advice…

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    Review: Soulpepper’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’

    by Susan Down October 22, 2009
    by Susan Down October 22, 2009

    Edward Albee‘s seminal play about the degradation of American marriage and ethics is another vehicle for a successful Soulpepper event. It’s a supremely difficult task to follow an act like Mike Nichols’ movie adaptation starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, whose famously tempestuous marriage imitated Albee’s plot.

    Difficult, yes, but not impossible.

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    Soulpepper review: ‘The Guardsman’

    by Susan Down September 21, 2009
    by Susan Down September 21, 2009

    It’s no surprise that Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar‘s popular tale, which premiered in Budapest in 1910, was translated and has been embraced by the English theatre. The story of disguising a character to test a lover’s fidelity is a familiar one, employed in many a performance from classic mythology to Shakespeare.

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    Soulpepper review: ‘Billy Bishop Goes to War’

    by Susan Down August 20, 2009
    by Susan Down August 20, 2009

    Although it’s been over 30 years since Billy Bishop Goes to War debuted in 1978, the play continues to fit perfectly, delivering the timeless message of the bloody cost of survival. Written and composed by John Gray with actor Eric Peterson, the play is the story of Billy Bishop from Owen Sound, Ontario, who joins the Royal Air Force during World War I and goes on to become the most decorated Canadian of the war.

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    Toronto Fringe 09: ‘Icarus Redux’, ‘Weaverville Waltz’ & many more

    by Susan Down July 6, 2009
    by Susan Down July 6, 2009

    Theatre critic Jory Brophy takes a look at a collection of plays from the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs until July 12 in numerous venues across the city. Reviews include: Lockdown, Quarter Life Calamity, Icarus Redux, Weaverville Waltz, Things Base and Weill, Moving Along, Pen Pals, TransCanada ’69, Head First, and Bad Skater, Good Hands.

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    Review: Soulpepper’s ‘Awake and Sing!’

    by Susan Down July 3, 2009
    by Susan Down July 3, 2009

    Clifford Odets’ kitchen sink drama, first produced in 1935, revolves around a Jewish family’s struggles to survive in the Bronx during the Depression. Odets’ play was back on Broadway in 2006, earning the Tony award for best revival that year. By 2007, it was playing in London. Now Soulpepper’s competent production brings the play to Toronto audiences.

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