Soulpepper’s A Christmas Carol is Toronto’s favourite theatre tradition, and we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to see this iconic play and get into the spirit of the season.
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Money makes the world go around, they say, and in Soulpepper’s latest production, Loot, it’s what makes this farce fly. Old Mr McLeavy has no time to grieve for his …
Once your ear is attuned to the fire hose volume of expletives in David Mamet’s 1983 play Glengarry Glen Ross, the profane mantra begins to take on a rhythm and …
The question “what if?” is all the fertilizer needed to sprinkle on the waking thoughts of most playwrights. Travesties, which opened February 18, was inspired by Tom Stoppard’s discovery that …
Creating a new version of any familiar tale can be a dangerous undertaking. The Charles Dickens 1844 classic, A Christmas Carol, falls into this category of beloved story that lives …
A richly textured play that eloquently captures the zeitgeist of the post-war society in the U.S., A Raisin in the Sun is just as relevant today. In Lorraine Hansberry’s powerful …