Aiden Robert Bruce — Kingston Theatre Alliance

I arrived at the Tett Centre on August 6, 2025 and wandered down the stairs to the rehearsal hall, completely unsure of what to expect. As I turned the handle and pried the door open I could hear the faint sound of “Raspberry Beret” playing from an iPad speaker, and there were people scurrying all around the room carrying various articles of clothing or standing on their phones waiting. I […]

Ah, cottage country: a serene refuge for upper middle class urbanites to flee the troubles of the concrete jungle to a second home where their time can be wasted in relaxation, barbecuing, and boating. But Otter Lake is not quite so serene; there is a full-fledged war being waged between Arthur Copper (Jeremy Proulx), an “Aboriginal horticulturalist gone mad,” and Maureen Pool (Jane Wheeler), “the demon in khakis.” The casus […]

Alex (Craig Norton) works as a photographer for British Home Stores, he gets to travel regularly to his father in law’s villa in the south of France, he has a loving wife and an eight year old daughter named Lucy. It would seem Alex has it all, but suddenly everything begins to slip from his grasp. After playing in July as a part of the Domino One-Act Play Festival, Sea […]

The first ever Fringe Festival was established in 1947 by a bunch of artists who were not included in the Edinburgh International Festival, eventually earning its title because it was “on the fringes.” The Edinburgh Fringe festival ended up being a monumental hit and has grown to be the largest performing arts festival in the world; the concept has been adapted globally with literally hundreds of Fringe festivals popping up across […]

Artificial Intelligence has long been a fictional harbinger of the apocalypse, but in recent years this dystopian trope has become all too real. The issue threatens millions of jobs, especially those of artists, so understandably the arts community is grappling with these concerns through their respective mediums.  Now playing at the TK Fringe: Studio Reflection presents The Turing Test, translated by Yuriy Popov and Yana Menov from the Russian play […]

Snow White (Breanna Maloney) is excited to tell her story to new people by acting out the parts with her seven friends… but six of those friends failed to arrive today. It’s up to Snow White and Number 4 (Lindsey Middleton) to tell the story on behalf of the entire fairy tale’s cast of characters, including all seven dwarves, the evil queen, the huntsman, the prince, and many more! County […]

Presenting a play outdoors on a piece of history during the summer is not your typical show, and it certainly does not come with your typical rehearsal process. This year, The Kick & Push Festival is presenting Eye of the Dawn Collective’s production of Providence by Craig Walker; a production which I have been fortunate enough to take a part in. It celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening the […]

When I first arrived in Kingston in 2021, there was a severe lack of Shakespeare in the city, but over the past few years it has been refreshing to see numerous community and student groups bring some of his plays to life. The Domino Theatre with As You Like It, Two Rabbits One Hat with Macbeth, and Blue Canoe with Twelfth Night, to name a few. It is evident that […]

For me, one of the main draws to theatre is how we frequently come back to the same stories over and over again. Whether that be through a new production of an old script, or reimagining the same story anew, the past is always on stage to comment on the present. Chloë Whitehorn is one of Kington’s more prolific playwrights, and for this year’s Kingston Fringe Festival she is producing […]

Over the past few years of the Theatre Kingston Fringe Festival I have noticed a trend; there always seems to be one new musical brought to the festival that ends up being one of those shows I hear people discussing in the lobby for other performances at this unique and intimate Fringe. In 2023 it was Surely, Sherlock, last year it was The Cape As Red As Blood, and this […]

After being found causing havoc in the streets by a policeman, Jane and Michael Banks (Hannah Burns and Jackson Graham) have scared off yet another nanny. Just when their parents think they have lost all hope, Mary Poppins (Alicia Barban) appears to look after the mischievous duo. Through whimsy, magic, and spoonfuls of sugar, Mary helps the pair learn respect and to find wonder in the mundane, while also helping […]

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 […]