Community News — Kingston Theatre Alliance

Unfurling the petals of his perennial existence, one actor sets out on a journey across his own lifetime. Welcome to Theatre Kingston’s staging of Strolling Player: an autobiographical recount of the life of English actor and playwright Richard Sheridan Willis. Upon Willis’s union to Canadian novelist Heidi Reimer, his immigration requirements invoke a Herculean task: officials demand a full account of his endeavors spanning from age eighteen to present day. […]

How often is it that Canadian audiences get to witness their city celebrated in nearly every possible way, in the form of a new musical? Presented by Thousand Islands Playhouse in partnership with Theatre Aquarius, It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken tells the story of Waleed (Ali Momen), an exiled journalist who arrives in Kingston from Baghdad, Iraq, and finds himself swept into a romance with Kate (Talia […]

Not everyone gets a second chance at life after death, but Bottle Tree Productions’ The Death of Me gives audiences a glimpse at the possibility.  As part of Bottle Tree’s Studio Series—a collection of shows under 90 minutes staged in their performance space—The Death of Me, written by Canadian playwright Norm Foster, follows John (Martin Fobert), a kind, average man who unexpectedly arrives in heaven, shocked to receive news from […]

Content Warning: ‘Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott’  concerns real-life events of murder, sexual assault, and crimes committed against children. Although these topics are not discussed in-depth in this review, they feature heavily in this production. How well do you know your neighbors? A dramatic rendition of the harrowing case of Steven Truscott, one Canadian play presents a grueling analysis of the justice system and a forewarning of the […]

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. “On all those maps of Underground Railroad travel, they’d show the South, and the arrows go up and spread out… and they get to the border of Canada and stop. What happened after they fled?” In our interview, Cassel Miles, Co-Creator and performer of JOSIAH: The Show, posed and answered a question I have wondered about after years of history classes.  […]

The Kingston Theatre Alliance acknowledges the author of this article was involved in this production and has personal relationships with some creatives mentioned in this article. These individuals did not contribute to the writing of this story nor its editorial process to maintain journalistic standards. As a recent graduate of the DAN School of Drama and Music, I feel confident stating there are few moments—if any—that its students are not […]

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 […]