Recent Posts Tagged With 'Plays'

• The Importance of Being Earnest

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 22:10 in Plays, stratford festival

  Friday night, my mother and I went to see what will most likely be the last play I see at this season’s Stratford Festival – The Importance of Being Earnest. This was the last play that Oscar Wilde wrote, and it apparently premiered only ...

• West Side Story

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 04:57 in Plays, stratford festival

  This past weekend, I got to see West Side Story at the Stratford Festival. Loved loved loved it. I’m always a sucker for musicals, and West Side Story is one of my favourites. Plus, Stratford always puts on a good show. I’m sure everyone ...

• Stratford Festival 2009

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 07:00 in Plays, musical, cyrano de bergerac, stratford festival, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum

  One of the best things of living in Southwestern Ontario is the proximity to the Stratford Festival. It is definitely one of my favourite things of summer, and it never actually feels like summer until I’ve been to see at least one play there. ...

• The Tempest

  Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 20:29 in Shakespeare, Plays, oxford university press

  Author: William Shakespeare Assumed to be Written: 1610–11 Courtney’s Edition Published: 1998 Publisher: Oxford University Press It’s been way too long since I’ve read any Shakespeare. I love reading Shakespeare as much as I love ...

• The Drowsy Chaperone

  Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 17:09 in Plays, musical

  It was almost a year and a half ago when I saw The Drowsy Chaperone for the first time. It was playing in Toronto at that point in time, and I was fortunate enough to see some of the original cast members from the Broadway cast. I knew I was going to...

• The Taming of the Shrew

  Posted on Sunday August 17th, 2008 at 18:57 in Plays

  Saturday my mother and I went to the Stratford Festival again, this time to see The Taming of the Shrew. While I have 10 Things I Hate About You on video (yes, video) and have watched it so much that I can quote every single line from it, I’ve ...

• Hamlet

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 21:40 in Plays

  It never feels like summer until I’ve been to see a play at the Stratford Festival. This afternoon, I met my mom there to see a matinee of Hamlet, one of my favourite Shakespearian plays. There have been a lot of changes at the Festival in the ...