The Taming of the Shrew
2015 remount
Meet the cast and crew - click here
Press from the 2012 production:
Winner - 2012 My Entertainment World Award - Best Fringe/Summerworks/Showcase/Cabaret Production (read more)
J.A. MacFarlane, Play Shakespeare -- "(W)hat they are aiming for seems clear, and it is a relief to find a production that neither treats Shrew as little more than a Fawlty Towers sketch nor turns it into a dreary and depressing commentary on the oppression of women." (read more)
Jon Kaplan, Now Magazine Toronto -- "(T)his version of Shrew benefits from energetic performances, the actors' sense of freshness and spontaneity, and a strong, clear handling of the text." (read more)
Tavish McGregor, Mooney On Theatre -- "The Shakespeare Bash’d perfomers exhibit a sharp sense of comedic timing and an ability to deliver dialogue in a way that makes old characters seem new, and breathes life into sex jokes that are older than Canada." (read more)
Holger Syme, dispositio -- "(T)he cast act as a close-knit ensemble, thoroughly familiar with each other’s movements, instincts, and tics, and that sense of connectedness is what allows the staging to be as speedy and smooth as it is without ever slipping into glib superficiality." (read more)
Lauren Gillett, Theatromania -- "This is a play that would have been performed for the rowdy masses in Elizabethan England, and bringing it outside of the confines of the theatre into an unconventional space like the Victory Cafe not only allows the play to grow and change with its surroundings, it also nods towards the history of the text." (read more)
CBC Here and Now Audio Discussion with Theatromania's Lauren Gillett (Listen Here)
J.A. MacFarlane, Play Shakespeare -- "(W)hat they are aiming for seems clear, and it is a relief to find a production that neither treats Shrew as little more than a Fawlty Towers sketch nor turns it into a dreary and depressing commentary on the oppression of women." (read more)
Jon Kaplan, Now Magazine Toronto -- "(T)his version of Shrew benefits from energetic performances, the actors' sense of freshness and spontaneity, and a strong, clear handling of the text." (read more)
Tavish McGregor, Mooney On Theatre -- "The Shakespeare Bash’d perfomers exhibit a sharp sense of comedic timing and an ability to deliver dialogue in a way that makes old characters seem new, and breathes life into sex jokes that are older than Canada." (read more)
Holger Syme, dispositio -- "(T)he cast act as a close-knit ensemble, thoroughly familiar with each other’s movements, instincts, and tics, and that sense of connectedness is what allows the staging to be as speedy and smooth as it is without ever slipping into glib superficiality." (read more)
Lauren Gillett, Theatromania -- "This is a play that would have been performed for the rowdy masses in Elizabethan England, and bringing it outside of the confines of the theatre into an unconventional space like the Victory Cafe not only allows the play to grow and change with its surroundings, it also nods towards the history of the text." (read more)
CBC Here and Now Audio Discussion with Theatromania's Lauren Gillett (Listen Here)
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