On February 13, 2014, students in Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts had the pleasure of listening to director Peter Hinton talk about his shows, past and present, and have their burning questions answered in person. During his two-hour visit, Hinton discussed his recent projects, which include a production of Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan at…
1 March 2014: Carousel Players’ mandate is to create professional theatre for young audiences aged 5-15. So, what impression would one of their shows have on a group of University students? The DARTcritics reviewed Carousel’s production of The Power of Harriet T, imagining they were writing for a school newsletter to help parents decide if…
A Beautiful View / Centre for the Arts at Brock / Daniel MacIvor / Embedded post / Niagara theatre / Volcano Theatre
16 February 2014: The following article appears in the Spring 2014 issue of Centre Stage, the programme magazine of the Brock Centre for the Arts. It is written by the five #DARTcritics embedded in this production of A Beautiful View: Michael Caccamo, Emily Ferrier, Nicholas Leno, Bri Lidstone, and Kendra Neaves, who interviewed Daniel MacIvor via…
5 February 2014: The DARTcritics attended the matinee performance on 25th January of London Road at Canadian Stage. Here are some of their review responses: Sarah Mason writes: I remember once having a conversation with my father which involved him questioning the way in which playtexts are usually delivered. He said that despite theatre being…
3 December 2013: The DARTcritics attended a matinee, on Sunday 25th October, of Robert Lepage and Ex Machina’s production of Needles at Opium at Canadian Stage in Toronto. Here is a selection of their critical responses: Cassandra Moerman writes: “Please turn off your cellphones, even if you are expecting a call from your drug dealer. This…
20 February 2014: As part of their preparation for our colloquium, The Changing Face of Theatre Criticism in the Digital Age, the DARTcritics undertook research on a number of critics, bloggers, and others with an interest in their work, looking in particular at how online forms of communication (including social media) figure in their critical…
As part of their participation in Jill Dolan’s visit to Brock and the theatre criticism colloquium, a group of DARTcritics have imagined a utopian theatre community online. Here is a link to their research on this: http://utopiantheatre.wordpress.com
30 January 2014: At the end of their embedding, and having read some of their classmates’ review responses to the production, the five students following the process of The Valley reflected on their experiences. Here are excerpts from what they wrote: Anthony Kuchar writes: In all the years I’ve been working and studying in theatre,…
On 16 November 2013, the DARTcritics (as part of the audience of nearly 2,000) attended the STRUTT Wearable Art Show at the W.S. Tyler factory in St Catharines. From fire dancers, to a fabulous catwalk show with a live soundtrack by the Toronto-based country-meets-rock style band The Sadies, to acrobats suspended on silks and back-flipping down…
On Friday, 25 October, the DARTcritics attended the production One, from Montréal’s Orange Noyée productions, at the Brock Centre for the Arts. Here is a selection of their critical responses: Sarah Lawrence writes: Darkness. Silence. Anticipation. Suddenly, a shadowy figure darts across the stage, and all at once the lights illuminate Mani Soleymanlou, out of breath…
