Community News — Kingston Theatre Alliance

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Queen’s Musical Theatre (QMT)’s Heathers: The Musical has all the makings of a killer production: biting wit, belty numbers, and a cast that brings the house down, but the Baby Grand just can’t contain this much teen angst.

The Performance Blog is a primary resource for audience members, artistic collaboration, critical dialogue, and theatre practitioners. Our platform consolidates events, news, artists, and organizations in the Southeastern Ontario area in an accessible and accountable manner that the region has never seen before. Led by the Editor, the writing team is looking for passionate individuals who are committed to questioning who and what criticism is FOR, all while building a […]

Terra (Jarena Lee) has fallen on hard times. Her case worker, Liz (Sierra Zawacki), is asking her to leave her current home at a women’s abuse shelter to make room for new tenants. Meanwhile, her abusive ex (Jonathan Campbell) has just been released from prison, she is meeting with a problematic potential landlord (Matthew Davis), and she is single-handedly raising her five children—Mya (Yashia Allen), James (Iffy Maduabuchi), Anaella (Reese […]

When it comes to theatre, Felicia Holmes is up for anything. “I’m an actor, primarily, but I’m passionate about all aspects of theatre, and whenever I’m needed, I like to jump in. I went to the SLC [St. Lawrence College] music theatre program, and right from the very beginning, I was in the joint program with Queen’s. So two years at SLC, and then two years at Queen’s.”

Once upon a December—a few days before the opening of Blue Canoe Productions’ winter musical, Anastasia—I sat down with Remira Pryce to talk about community theatre and youth-led arts. It had been close to twelve months since Pryce stepped into her role as Arts Managing Director at the local youth-led theatre company, and she was eager to reflect on the past year and to chat about plans for the coming spring.

If you’ve been out walking along Princess, Brock, or Ontario Street in the past few months, you may have spotted some whimsical window displays. In February and March, Windows on Downtown Kingston featured work by Queen’s drama students, who have been studying the craft of bringing places to life in Clelia Scala’s prop design class this semester. 

Queen’s Theatre Troupe (QTT) is back at it again, this time with their first show of 2025. Bringing audiences into the fantastical dressing room of Sky Gilbert’s Drag Queens on Trial, QTT welcomes the show to Convocation Hall. Directed by Linden Imeson Jorna, the production bleeds comedy and melodrama, while also tackling some serious social issues. I was lucky enough to recently sit down with Jorna and chat about the […]