April 1, 2009 Play captures the tension around change within a local church

“The very places we imprison ourselves are where God will set us free.” This quote from You Don’t Know The Half of It expresses the theme of the play. This play had its premier performances in February at the Market Hall Theatre...

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September 1, 2008 100-year-old Shaw drama shows shades of Lambeth

I HAD NO INKLING taking my seat in The Royal George Theatre at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake that what I was really doing was attending a backgrounder on the Anglican Church’s Lambeth Conference.  But then again...

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December 1, 2007 Artist shines footlights on spiritual theatre scene in UK

Some people return from overseas trips with chocolates in their luggage; one Toronto dramatist brought back an entire musical about a chocolate magnate.Sally Armour Wotton, director of drama at St. John’s York Mills in Toronto,...

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November 15, 2007 Artist shines footlights on spiritual theatre scene in UK

Some people return from overseas trips with chocolates in their luggage; one Toronto dramatist brought back an entire musical about a chocolate magnate.

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October 1, 2006 One man, one chair, one gospel

The idea of sitting in a theatre for 90 minutes listening to one man recite the Gospel of Luke in the Elizabethan language of the King James Bible would seem to be a cure for insomnia, but actor Bruce Kuhn makes it a compelling evening of drama.

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September 1, 2005 On Broadway, Doubt weighs certainty and fear

New York Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award, and selling out nightly on Broadway, Doubt presents four unforgettable characters caught in an intriguing detective story, a collision with faith and morals and a...

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June 1, 2005 Saints and sinners on stage

Stratford, Ont. Historic sports arenas and majestic banks are sometimes called temples or cathedrals but Richard Monette's church is the theatre and this year the artistic director of the Stratford Festival is exploring the...

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April 1, 2005 Film documents aboriginal woman's healing journey

The life of a woman from an aboriginal reserve near Brandon, Man., gets the big-screen treatment on April 5, when Anglican Video premieres its new film Topahdewin: The Gladys Cook Story at the Imax Theatre in Winnipeg. Gladys...

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October 1, 2003 Anglicans hit the stage

Several Anglicans in the Guelph, Ont., area were involved recently in the production of The Laramie Project, a play about homophobia. The production revolves around the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, an Episcopalian and...

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October 1, 2001 Religious themes as theatre

Religion proves to be as thought-provoking, inspirational and potentially offensive as ever this year at the Stratford Festival, North America's largest summer theatre. Located in the town of Stratford, in southwestern Ontario,...

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