Pippa Wennberg and Neil Bonner shine in the Saint John Theatre Company’s remounted production of Mary’s Wedding under the detailed direction of Scott Thomas. It is the touching, sometimes gut-wrenching, tale of young love blossoming at the beginning of the Great War, WWI. Continue reading In Review: SJTC’s Mary’s Wedding
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In Review: Theatre Outre’s UNSEX’d
The Saint John Theatre Company is playing host to Lethbridge Alberta’s Theatre Outre and their production of UNSEX’d under the direction of Richie Wilcox. Touring the production are actor Adam Beauchesne, actor/co-writer Jay Whitehead. The two-man comedy explores the lives of two gay actors working in Shakespeare’s theatre company, and the roles they inhabit as the apprentice supplants the master. Continue reading In Review: Theatre Outre’s UNSEX’d
In Review: SJTC’s The Great Gatsby
As a rule, nothing is ever as good as the book. Tackling F. Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, possibly the great American novel, and filling the shoes of some of literature’s most eminent characters is no small task. One need only look back as recently as Baz Luhrmann’s over-produced, over-hyped, and ultimately disappointing 2013 screen adaptation to see how easy it is to miss the mark. What all the money of Hollywood failed to do, director Ron Jenkins and The Saint John Theatre Company manage to pull off beautifully. Continue reading In Review: SJTC’s The Great Gatsby
In Review: Saint John Theatre Company’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
“You see all the trouble writers cause? They spoil things for ordinary people.” Tom Stoppard’s ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’ practically dares us to write a bad review, but the 1977 dark comedy about Soviet dissidents holds up in light of the current political climate. Continue reading In Review: Saint John Theatre Company’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour