Theatre Review: The Secrets of Primrose Square at The Gladstone—until June 11
Brian Carroll: “While the script starts out slowly, the more I think about this production of The Secrets of Primrose Square, the more impressed I am with it.”
Brian Carroll: “While the script starts out slowly, the more I think about this production of The Secrets of Primrose Square, the more impressed I am with it.”
Brian Carroll: “This is a finely balanced and executed ensemble performance of a 1990s classic.”
The Gladstone is guaranteed to be one of the busiest venues in Ottawa next season.
2 hours with one 15 minute intermission/ Comedy | Parental Guidance Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy, The Norman Conquests, is a set of plays that takes place in parallel, involving the same six characters, during the same weekend, in three different parts of an English country home (garden, living and dining room). Round and Round the Garden […]
There’s a not-to-be-missed theatrical treat at The Gladstone! Living Together is the second of a theatrical triple-header called The Norman Conquests. You can read my review of the first play, Table Manners here. I’ve learned since then that Alan Ayckbourn wrote this brilliant trio of plays in a mere 10 days. One patron on opening night […]
Table Manners is the first of a theatrical triple-header at The Gladstone and, I believe, a first for Ottawa. As a result of a flippant remark to a reporter in 1973, Alan Ayckbourn found himself committed to writing a trilogy of plays. The result was his brilliant classic, The Norman Conquests. Ayckbourn’s three plays share […]
Set in a northern UK town Jim Cartwright’s Two features Michelle LeBlanc and Richard Gelinas in not only the roles of husband and wife publicans, but also as the dozen or so characters that pop in for a drink over the course of an evening down the pub. This inventive two-hander opens with the landlord […]
I knew we were in for a fun evening when the audience laughed within the first minute of The School for Wives. They kept laughing throughout the rest of the play. Understandable when you consider the quality of the script, the direction, and the acting. Moliere wrote The School for Wives the year he married […]
Divorce, so often an un-mined topic from the female perspective, is rich fodder for theatre and it was with anticipation that I headed to the Gladstone Theatre. A charming introduction from Director John P Kelly opened the evening and soon we were off on Geraldine Aron’s one-hander tale My Brilliant Divorce. Katie Hurman features as […]
At this time of year, most of us, whatever our religious beliefs, enjoy stories with messages of redemption and happy endings. Charles Dickens knew what he was doing when he wrote A Christmas Carol, as did Frank Capra when he directed It’s a Wonderful Life. And so did Canada’s prolific playwright Norm Foster when […]