Community News — Kingston Theatre Alliance

Veuillez noter que cet article contient des spoilers pour Le concierge. J’ai eu la chance et le bonheur de vivre l’expérience immersive qu’est la production de Le concierge à deux reprises: lors de sa création à Toronto en mars 2023, puis à Ottawa en février 2024.  Je vous partage une texte que j’avais envoyé à Vincent Leblanc-Beaudouin suite à la représentation d’Ottawa. Salut Vincent, Je serais curieux de discuter avec […]

From Kingston originals to community classics, Domino Theatre’s Come Play by The Lake One-Act Festival is a reliable wellspring of satisfying theatre. The festival opened July 3rd with presentations of three Kingston original plays: Rulers Book by Gord Love, Ethically Sourced Chocolate in the Post Extinction Era by B.C. Gorrie, N. Neokleous, and Maleeka Thaker, and A Quarter Hour with Arsene Lupin Maurice Leblanc translated and adapted by Matthew Kane. […]

If you’re looking for a place to cool down in this heatwave, Thousand Islands Playhouse’s production of Grease is not the place to go. Taking to the stage as the first musical of their 45th season, Grease is a rock n’ rolling party full of excitement. A perfect choice for some mid-summer fun, the Playhouse’s performance of the classic feel-good musical is a hot hit.  Fresh off the rails of […]

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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 […]

Kingston’s Come Play by the Lake One Act Play Festival welcomes new and exciting theatre productions every year and this season, it sets the stage for the inaugural show of the up and coming Stone City Theatre Company (SCTC). They are presenting their one-act science fiction satire, Ethically Sourced Chocolate in the Post Extinction Era. I had the privilege of speaking to two of the leading creatives on this production, […]

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  One day, over 140 acts, all within venues spread across Downtown Kingston: HomeGrown Live Music Festival has been managing this chaos since 2008, and this year’s event, occurring on May 2nd, is no exception. I had the chance to sit down with the Festival Coordinator, Chris Morris, just after the release of this year’s lineup, to discuss the upcoming festival and […]

How can one article accurately capture the inner-workings of 16 individual, student-written shows?  This is a thought that routinely popped into my head as I prepared to tackle writing about Theofest 2026 this past week. The festival takes place entirely within various spaces in Theological Hall—the home of Queen’s Drama and the reason behind the festival’s name. Students of DRAM439: Advanced Performance Creation will be spread out across various rooms […]