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 […]
Articles by Steve Lantier
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. […]
Classical
Brentano String Quartet (Concert Review): The Trout Shines at Koerner
The Juilliard-affiliated Brentano String Quartet – so named after Antonie Brentano, the rumoured “Immortal Beloved” of Beethoven – recently brought […]
Classical
COC’s “Don Pasquale” is a Good-Natured Romp (Opera Review)
Gaetano Donizetti’s comic masterpiece Don Pasquale has been delighting audiences since its premiere at the Théâtre-Italien Paris in 1843, its […]
Lifestyle
Exploring Frontiers: The 2024-25 National Geographic Live Season
Currently wrapping up its eleventh season of entertaining, informative talks by leading National Geographic scientists, Roy Thomson Hall’s National Geographic […]