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B.C. Gorrie

Current Contributor

B.C. Gorrie (he/him) is a playwright, director, and comedian with a deep love for immersive and interactive theatre. Since 2013, he has worked hard to help establish the performing arts in Kingston as a thriving, celebrated, and profitable industry. B.C. is a co-founder of 6 AM Productions and has written over a dozen productions that have been run over 400 times, as featured in The Globe and Mail and on CBC. He holds a degree in drama from Queen’s University and is currently working on several immersive experience projects. When not writing for the KTA Blog, he can be found championing local artists, playing Dungeons & Dragons, or convincing people that interactive theatre isn’t just fancy improv.

Articles by B.C.

Performers on stage. Some wear school uniforms and some wearing cheerleading uniforms. The front and centre performer is overjoyed and jumps gleefully.

Big Performances are Big Fun in QMT’s ‘Heathers: The Musical’

  • Queen's Musical Theatre
  • Review

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.

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Kingston Meistersingers Put It All on the (Chorus) Line

  • Kingston Meistersingers
  • Review

Few musicals capture the highs and lows of being a performer quite like Michael Bennett’s A Chorus Line. Set during a grueling Broadway audition, the show follows a group of dancers fighting for a coveted spot in the titular chorus line. Instead of a typical audition, the dancers are pushed beyond their resumes, answering deeply personal questions about their lives, dreams, and struggles. Through monologues and musical numbers, each dancer […]

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A couple sit on a bench with the backs to the camera. They're on a stage and behind them are staged trees and imagery of the northern lights.

‘Almost, Maine’ is Almost Perfect 

  • Domino Theatre
  • Review

Love is never simple—and in Domino Theatre’s production of Almost, Maine, directed by Sandie Cond, it’s often downright messy. This heartfelt and frequently hilarious exploration of falling in and out of love is set in the fictional small community of Almost, Maine. The play spans eight individually titled vignettes that unfold over the same ten-minute period, giving us glimpses of touching, romantic, and heartbreaking moments. Strangely, by the end of […]

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