Articles by Ray
Domino Theatre’s Come Play By The Lake Festival Charts Familiar Waters
- Domino Theatre
- Review
From Kingston originals to community classics, Domino Theatre’s Come Play by The Lake One-Act Festival is a reliable wellspring of satisfying theatre. The festival opened July 3rd with presentations of three Kingston original plays: Rulers Book by Gord Love, Ethically Sourced Chocolate in the Post Extinction Era by B.C. Gorrie, N. Neokleous, and Maleeka Thaker, and A Quarter Hour with Arsene Lupin Maurice Leblanc translated and adapted by Matthew Kane. […]
Thousand Islands Playhouse’s ‘Grease’ is a Well Oiled Machine
- Review
- Thousand Islands Playhouse
If you’re looking for a place to cool down in this heatwave, Thousand Islands Playhouse’s production of Grease is not the place to go. Taking to the stage as the first musical of their 45th season, Grease is a rock n’ rolling party full of excitement. A perfect choice for some mid-summer fun, the Playhouse’s performance of the classic feel-good musical is a hot hit. Fresh off the rails of […]
Science Fiction, Single Feature: A Spotlight on Stone City Theatre Company
- Come Play by the Lake
- Interview
- Stone City Theatre Company
Kingston’s Come Play by the Lake One Act Play Festival welcomes new and exciting theatre productions every year and this season, it sets the stage for the inaugural show of the up and coming Stone City Theatre Company (SCTC). They are presenting their one-act science fiction satire, Ethically Sourced Chocolate in the Post Extinction Era. I had the privilege of speaking to two of the leading creatives on this production, […]
Domino Theatre’s ‘Very Heaven’ is a Cozy Robin’s Nest
- Domino Theatre
- Review
Face cast in an almost permanent frown, Harriet Leary stumbles into her recently deceased mother’s lake house with the urgency of a to-do list that has nothing scratched off. She moves about the house with a general air of uptight worry. Not long after her follows the topsy turvy Juliet ‘Jules’ Leary, bustling through the house with an uproarious energy and apparent emotional indifference, quickly searching for a drink. Lastly […]