Articles by Darby
‘Hands in her Pockets’: Three Strong Voices
- Deaf Spirit Theatre
- Review
- Theatre Kingston
The play revolves around the experiences of Janey Quinn, played by Elizabeth Morris, and Fiona Conlon, played by Hayley Hudson, who are two Deaf actors working as extras on a film taking place in Potato-Famine-era Ireland, but shot in Frontenac County. The third and final actress on stage is Lauren Lafayette Brooks, who plays multiple characters: Aisling, the film’s frustrated First Assistant Director (AD); Nicola, the movie’s star; and Sean, Janey’s unhoused and drug-addicted cousin. With this small cast of characters, the three actors lead the audience through the hurdles Deaf actors are forced to navigate to pursue their dreams.
The Nature of Love, with David Suzuki
- Grand ONStage
- Interview
When I call David Suzuki on Monday morning, he is in Guelph, having performed What You Won’t Do For Love at the River Run Centre the evening before. Suzuki is turning 90 in May, but his voice carries the same calm timbre it did when he hosted Quirks and Quarks for CBC Radio back in 1975. If I close my eyes, I can pretend I’m back in my childhood home and […]
Balance is the Soul of ‘W;t’
- Domino Theatre
- Review
In the quiet darkness of a theatre before the stage lights go on, the squeaky wheels of an IV pole are our first introduction to Dr. Vivian Bearing. “It’s not my intention to give away the plot,” she tells the audience in an opening monologue that immediately breaks the fourth wall, “but I think I die at the end.” W;t, written by Margaret Edson and directed by Martha Bailey, is […]