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Poster for 'Love and Other Letters' in TK Fringe. The title of the show, location, dates, TK Fringe logo, and The Kick & Push Festival logo are on the poster. There is also a small image of two hands reaching out to the other in the centre of the poster.

Creativity Gone Wild: Behind the Scenes of ‘Love? and Other Letters’ 

  • Artist
  • Interview
  • Kick & Push Festival
  • TK Fringe

Alina Siwy and Heiden Jacobi have the kind of creative chemistry that makes collaboration feel effortless. Siwy is currently studying Film at Queen’s with a specialization in Media and Performance Production at the Dan School of Drama and Music. She is also a writer and her newest project, Love? and Other Letters, explores the emotional complexities of loving someone else.  Jacobi is a drama major, actor, photographer, lighting designer, and […]

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Get a Glimpse Behind the Habits of Monks

  • County Stage
  • Review

Residing in a hilltop Spanish Monastery, the monks Brother (Veronica Hortigüela) and Brother (Annie Luján) are brothers, and today they have guests for the first time in five years. On this special occasion they have big plans such as watching the donkey graze in the field and doing nothing… they just have to make sure to do so before the Abbot returns via the Glenora Ferry. I have ventured once […]

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Saturday by the Lake: The Final Two Shows of Domino Theatre’s One-Act Festival

  • Domino Theatre
  • Festival
  • Review

“I have good news for you, some of you have been coming to the festival for years, this year we have six good plays.” These were the words Festival Director Michelle McNichol chose to open the second and final night of this year’s Come Play By The Lake One-Act Festival. I have the pleasure of writing about the final two performances of the festival: NUTZ by Kate Barker and I’ll […]

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Come Play by the Lake: ‘Tribute to Wildflower’ and ‘Acorn’

  • Domino Theatre
  • Festival
  • Review

Tribute to Wildflower: How to Read a Bouquet  A dimly lit stage with lively jazz playing in the background welcomes the audience to a night of reflective and personal stories. To the right, a sign reads “Connie’s Flowers,” and in the center, a table with various props sets the scene of a charming flower shop. The story about to unfold is one of sisterhood, loss, perspective, and new beginnings. In […]

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Come Play by the Lake: ‘Sea Wall’ and ‘The Fall After Midsummer’

  • Domino Theatre
  • Festival
  • Review

Content Warning: ‘The Fall after Midsummer’ mentions murder, violence, and discusses an emotionally abusive relationship. Although this review does not discuss these topics in depth, they are general themes in the performance. 

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Poster for Theatre Roulant's production of 'No Traveller Returns'. The image includes the company name, and a drawn body in a bathtub.

Murder Most Foul in ‘No Traveller Returns’

  • Review
  • Théâtre Roulant

Something is rotten in the district of Muskoka in 1895, and after a terrible storm occurs, the guests and inhabitants of Mourne Valley Inn are stuck together to determine which one of them has committed a foul and most unnatural murder. Written by Officer of the Order of Canada Maureen Jennings and directed by Lise Lindenburg, No Traveller Returns opened the fourth ever season of Théâtre Roulant this past Thursday. […]

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“Theatre Reflects Our Time”: A Conversation with Kate Barker

  • Artist
  • Domino Theatre
  • Interview

Kate Barker is not new to the role of playwright. She wrote her first plays in the 1990s, then for the next thirty years worked as a magazine writer, editor, and journalism instructor. “It is a return to my first love, theatre,” she says.  In her newest play NUTZ, Barker brings Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang to their late 50s where Marcie owns a bar and Donald Trump is […]

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Harry Jordan: Butcher by Day, Playwright by Night

  • Artist
  • Domino Theatre
  • Interview

In 2014 after moving to their new location at 52 Church St, the Domino Theatre revived Come Play by the Lake, their annual festival showcasing one act plays put on by local talent. In this new era of the festival, no playwright has produced more shows than Harry Jordan, who will be participating once again this year with his new show: Acorns. I had the chance to speak with Jordan […]

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Dial In: An Interview with Valerie Winslow

  • Artist
  • Domino Theatre
  • Interview

Checking items off a bucket list might be one of the most satisfying things in life, and as of July 5, 2025, writer, director, and performer Valerie Winslow is set to do just that. After years of being an audience member, sitting and enjoying shows from the sidelines, Winslow will finally live her dream. With months of writing and directing in anticipation, she will watch the premiere of her very […]

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A Walk in the Park: SPAF 2025

  • Festival
  • Review
  • Skeleton Park Arts Festival

The best part about summertime in Kingston is there’s always something to do, and the worst part is there’s never enough time to do it all. Whether you were busy with the Princess Street Promenade or simply seeking shelter from the heatwave, you might have missed this year’s Skeleton Park Arts Festival (SPAF). If you weren’t able to make it out to McBurney Park this past weekend, we don’t want […]

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Job Posting: Part-Time Theatre Critic

  • Job Posting
  • News

Job Description The Kingston Theatre Alliance’s Performance Blog is a primary resource for audiences, artists, and theatre practitioners to engage in critical dialogues. Our platform consolidates events and news about arts workers and organizations in the Southeastern Ontario area in an accessible and accountable manner never seen before by the region. The writing team is looking for passionate individuals who are committed to questioning who and what criticism is FOR, […]

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jem rolls Is a Sensation, and Me? I Can’t Stop Listening

  • Kick & Push Festival
  • Review
  • TK Fringe

During my undergrad I took a Fringe theatre course in which one of our weekly topics was simply titled “jem rolls.” There is a good chance that anyone who frequents Fringe festivals will have met him, or at the very least have heard his name. This physical and poetic storyteller has travelled, as he puts it, “from concrete islands to concrete islands across this sea of green,” and landed in […]

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