Community News — Kingston Theatre Alliance

It might seem impossible to bottle laughter, but if there ever was a place you could do that, it would be at the Baby Grand Theatre during this year’s production of DSS Daydream. Forming a comedy special is no easy feat, but thanks to the stacks of hilarious Queen’s students script submissions, Dan Studio Series co-producers Connor Houghton and Halli Hood had no problem crafting a production of pure lively […]

I went to a murder trial for fun. Or at least that is what it felt like. I had the pleasure of seeing Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution on opening night, and I’ll admit, I didn’t expect to walk into such a buzzing room. Domino Theatre was almost packed, full of people who clearly knew their Christie. Once invited into the theatre, the room felt charged while waiting for […]

In times of tragedy, music can be a source of comfort, which makes it all the more painful when grief stifles the melody. In my experience as a musician, heartbreak often makes it impossible to create those sounds which once brought comfort; your hands feel like weights hovering over piano keys, your voice feels trapped in the back of your throat, and the music you depended on is buried by […]

Content warning: ‘Never Swim Alone’ contains depictions of violence. While these topics are not discussed in depth in this review, they are prominent topics in the performance.

When theatre majors at Queen’s University band together, they create more than a production; they form a community. This year’s Fall Major is Caucasian Chalk Circle, a play that explores justice, social inequality, motherhood, and connection. As assistant director for the show and third-year concurrent education student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in drama and art history at Queen’s University, Julia Gehring plays a key role in bringing the production […]

If you’ve spent much time around the DAN School of Drama and Music, you’ve probably heard of the DAN Studio Series (DSS). DSS is a student-run and led theatre collective that stages productions each semester. Typically, these productions are grouped together into one show run and this fall semester, the show is a feature of four short comedies. This year’s co-producers, Connor Houghton and Halli Hood, are at the helm […]

The Tom Hendry Awards began in 2002 with one award honouring the talents of a Canadian playwright. The program has grown exponentially in the last 23 years, adding awards such as the Theatre for Young Audiences award and the Carol Bolt Award for scripts that recently premiered. Now comprising eight annual awards, the Tom Hendry Awards offers a wide range of categories that recognize theatre pieces of various genres and […]

When Dmitry Zhukovsky was a teenager, he stumbled into a small community show and fell in love with the expressive storytelling nature of theatre. He has devoted his life to it ever since. A long-time appreciator and admirer of the famous dramatist Anton Chekhov’s work, Zhukovsky will be directing I Take Your Hand in Mine by Carol Racamora as a part of the Chekhov Collective during the 2025/2026 Theatre Kingston […]