Cindy Ci — Kingston Theatre Alliance

There is a conventional expectation of what a Western opera performer and performance should look like. With expensive sets and costumes and elaborate orchestrations, it is an artform who’s high-brow reputation is the only part I’m familiar with. But Musique 3 Femmes’ presentation of SOLO at this year’s Watershed Festival, the “tour-de-force double bill for solo voice” actively subverted the Eurocentric tradition inherent to opera allowing the songs and stories […]

I remember being 13. I remember thinking every mistake was the end of the world, or that my happiness was dependent on what people thought of me at face-value. I now wince at my behaviour then, but truth be told, I still fall into that trap. Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions presents their annual Juvenis Festival where 13 (Jason Robert Brown, Dan Eilish, Robert Horn) ran from April 28th to April […]

I’ll admit, various lines of conflict come into play as I type these words. Not only was I the rehearsal stage manager, but I am a student who is currently attempting to pass public judgement on a show that her professors developed. In juggling how to approach this post, one thing is certain: everything I am going to say has been guided by the knowledge that my professors have passed […]

For the first time in a while, I was able to understand what it means to be in the present. On August 20th, I received a special invitation from the Kick & Push Festival to attend an award ceremony in a concrete gazebo standing in the middle of the beautiful Cedar Island, with large trees and hills joining the party.

To live through life, to fall in love, and to experience change, we build ourselves up hoping for the best as we navigate our growing relationship with the world around us. But for better or worse, nothing truly works out the way we intended, and we are forced to learn as a result. Our emotions can get the better of us and we are left feeling speechless with the cruelty […]

Let’s be real, life has been stressful because of a certain pandemic and we are all in desperate need of fun. For me, that fun was manifested into ChroFATica, a lyrical parody of Lady Gaga’s Chromatica. Featuring topics like NBC’s Superstore and actor John Candy, which I swear makes sense in context, I was treated to a wonderful production produced by and starring the hilarious Hillary Yass – a drag performer from the House of Lix in Toronto. Truly, […]