Beautiful Feet

Photo: canadianstage.com It's obvious why this generation is experiencing so much anxiety and depression. This is an excellent commentary on identity and social media at Canadian Stage in English or French (see website for details). A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO. FEB 14 - MAR 5  (ENGLISH)  MAR 21-25  (FRENCH). CAST Laurence Dauphinais Steffi DiDomenicantonio Tara Nicodemo Nico Racicot Alex Weiner  PLAYWRIGHT Guillaume Corbeil TRANSLATOR Steven McCarthy DIRECTOR Claude Poissant LIGHTING DESIGN Martin Labrecque MUSIC Nicolas Basque SET DESIGN Max-Otto Fauteux PHOTOGRAPHER Janicke Morissette WARDROBE Philippe Massé STAGE MANAGER Natalie Gisèle ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Jocelyn McDowell PRODUCTION PICTURES Jean–François Brière CREATION & SURTITLES OPERATION Melanie Hall

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREMIERE Music is the only thing that matters in the life of celebrated concert pianist Liv Stein. When her son Henri dies, she gives it all up - the piano, her career, her marriage, herself. But the unexpected visit of a young promising piano student claiming to have shared Henri's last couple of years forces Liv to face past demons she is trying to forget. A mysterious pact is made that seems to reawaken Liv's will to Liv... Canadian Stage Artistic and General Director Matthew Jocelyn directs this suspenseful and exquisitely crafted drama by one of the most prodigious young voices in new German theatre. " Liv Stein  is a unique and unexpected examination of the relationship between truth and happiness. If something makes us happy, does it have to be true? In a moment when our fundamental relationship to truth is being challenged, this work provokes the audience to consider the shades of grey in what we think of as black and wh...

Photo courtesy of CanStage I saw Concord Floral  at CanStage this weekend and from the moment I entered the Bluma Appel Theatre, I knew we were in for something different, even by Matthew Jocelyn's standards. Billed as "a gothic urban thriller," I don't think that does this production enough justice. This is a very thought-provoking look into young people's psyches, through the medieval looking glass of Boccaccio's The Decameron. ( For some background, here's an interesting project and here's the play's teaser trailer.) Written by Jordan Tannahill and directed by Erin Brubacher and Cara Spooner, the work is the result of a 2012 Festival of Ideas and Creation. Four years later, it's still fresh and oh so relevant. But it's not for the faint of heart. In other words, you need to love teenagers and understand them if you're to get past the frank talk and subjects covered.  I found some of the ensemble stronger in their actin...