Arts
Luminato 2024: From HOME to R.A.V.E.
Founded in 2007, the Luminato Festival has had its ups and downs – earlier this year, it relocated its HQ […]
Articles by Steve Lantier
Games
MADiSON (PlayStation VR2) Review: Camera Obscura
Our review of MADiSON, developed by Bloodious Games. Available now for PlayStation VR2, PCVR, PS5, PS4, Xbox X/S, Switch, and […]
Games
System Shock (PS5) Review: Would You Kindly
Our review of System Shock, developed by Nightdive Studios (original by Looking Glass Studios, 1994). Remaster available now for PS5 […]
Arts
Shaw Festival 2024 is Shaping Up to Be Loverly
Scenic Niagara-on-the-Lake has been playing host to the Shaw Festival since 1962, welcoming in audiences from both sides of the […]
Arts
Don Quixote (National Ballet) Review: Chivalry Isn’t Dead
The 1869 ballet version of Don Quixote, choreographed by Marius Petipa to a score by composer Ludwig Minkus, has probably […]
Arts
Cirque du Soleil “ECHO” (Review): What’s in the Box?!
Good news for coulrophobes and furries alike, as Cirque du Soleil’s triumphant new show, ECHO, downplays the clowning and ups […]
Arts
Alice Munro (1931-2024): Our Laureate
My favourite stories by Alice Munro could not be further removed from my own experience. “Red Dress—1946” (included in her […]
Classical
An Evening with Itzhak Perlman: A Maestro’s Timeless Charm and Mastery
Itzhak Perlman hardly needs an introduction. (Though the six page(!) biography in the programme of his recent recital at Roy […]
Classical
All Things Must Pass: Art of Time Ensemble Bids Farewell After 25 Years
Steven Page. Hawksley Workman. Margaret Atwood. Barbara Hannigan. Don McKellar. Seán Cullen. Peggy Baker. Martha Burns. Michael Ondaatje. These are […]
Arts
Hedda Gabler (Coal Mine Theatre review): Appetite For Extremity
Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 masterpiece Hedda Gabler has lost none of its bite – or shock value – after 133 years. […]