Community News — Kingston Theatre Alliance

Roller Derby Saved My Soul by Nancy Kenny is a fantastic and tender-hearted script selection for any Fringe Festival—but Theatre Kingston’s Fringe Festival has the unique advantage of also featuring Jen Buder.  A one woman show is an entirely independent spectacle: it is the responsibility of the sole performer to fill the entire theatre space all on her own. In the snug boundaries of the Tett Centre’s TK Studio, Jen […]

Content Warning: ‘DADS’ includes discussion of suicide. Although this review does not discuss these topics, there is compassionate mention of it within the performance.

Don’t confuse the up-and-coming for the inexperienced: Blue Canoe’s production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown sets the stage for young performers to spread their wings. In their 20th season of hosting the Juvenis Festival, Blue Canoe has delivered a wonderful opportunity for young musical talent across Kingston to create, experiment, and test their limits on stage. Ranging from the ages of 12-17, these performers sing, dance, and deliver […]

The Caretaker walks through the empty halls of a high school, paying no mind to the 20 people following him. He occasionally pauses to drink from the fountain, or to tune his radio to the right station. All the while, myself and 19 others fan out around him, taking in the different angles of this Caretaker’s nightly routine of monotonous and essential work. Le Concierge (The Caretaker) opened on Thursday […]

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, the moment my call with Ewerton Martins begins, we both find ourselves laughing.  Originally from Brazil, Martins is the creator and performer of El Diablo of the Cards. He is nothing but joyful as he greets me via video call from Manitoba, where he has just completed a sold-out run at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. A graduate of École […]

Matt Shepherd is the leading man and creative mind behind the Kingston Fringe Festival’s upcoming show, Let Us Sit In Goddamn Silence for One Hour. This past Friday I got to speak with him concerning the show’s origins, intentions, and lingering questions.  This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  Why Fringe? This feels like the kind of show you can only see at a fringe festival; did the […]

To read this article in English, click here.  Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, et Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin forment l’équipe de création à l’origine de Le concierge, spectacle qui a inauguré le festival Kick & Push hier soir. Tracey Guptill, directrice artistique du Centre culturel Frontenac, s’est récemment entretenue avec eux pour discuter de théâtre immersif, de création in situ, et du pouvoir éphémère du silence. Cet entretien a été révisé pour en […]

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, and Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin are the creative team behind Le Concierge, which opened the Kick & Push Festival last night. Tracey Guptill, the Artistic Director of Centre culturel Frontenac, sat down with them recently to chat about immersive theatre, site specific work, and the ephemeral power of silence.  This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  What a […]