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Shaw Festival's "The Orphan of Chao" Sharply Delivers Revenge Brilliantly (in a quick 50min.)

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #MichaelMan's #TheOrphanOfChao @ShawFestival based on 13th Century #JiJunxiang's Chinese drama d: #CourtneyChngLancaster w/ #EponineLee #RichardLee #JohnNg #DonnaSoares #JonathanTan #LindsayWu #ShawFestival #RoyalGeorgeTheatre

Donna Soares as Chao Tun, Lindsay Wu as Emperor Ling, Eponine Lee, and Richard Lee as Bodyguards in The Orphan of Chao (Shaw Festival, 2024). Photo by David Cooper. The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: The Orphan of Chao By Ross On a late morning in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, my friend and I were swept away to China inside Shaw Festival‘s Royal George Theatre within seconds by Michael Man’s…

Shaw Festival's "The Orphan of Chao" Sharply Delivers Revenge Brilliantly (in a quick 50min.)

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Shaw Festival's Skiffles Up Hilariously High with Bean's "One Man, Two Guvnors"

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #RichardBean's #OneManTwoGuvnors at the #ShawFestival d: #ChrisAbraham w/ #PeterFernandes #FionaByrne #MartinHapper #MattAlfano #LawrenceLibor #AndréMorin #JadeRepeta #TomRooney #KieraSangster @ShawFestival #ShareYourShaw

Peter Fernandes as Francis Henshall in One Man, Two Guvnors (Shaw Festival, 2024). Photo by David Cooper. The Shaw Festival Review: One Man, Two Guvnors By Ross One can’t help but be happily drawn into the infectious fun emanating from Shaw Festival‘s main stage, even before the show begins. A six-person Skiffle Band is entertaining us with a side-wink brilliance, easing us into the 1960s,…

Shaw Festival's Skiffles Up Hilariously High with Bean's "One Man, Two Guvnors"

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The Shaw Festival Part Three: "Candida" Can't Quite Find its Proper Feisty Fight

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #GeorgeBernardShaw's #Candida at the @ShawFestival directed by #SevernThompson w/ #DamienAtkins #SochiFried #ClaireJullien #RicReid #JohnathanSousa #SanjayTalwar #ShareYourShaw #ShawFestival #ShawFest #NOTL

(l to r): Ric Reid as Mr. Burgess, Claire Jullien as Miss Proserpine Garnett, Damien Atkins as Rev. Lexy Mill, Sanjay Talwar as Rev. James Mavor Morell, Sochi Fried as Candida Morell, and Johnathan Sousa as Eugene Marchbanks in Candida (Shaw Festival, 2024). Photo by Emily Cooper. The Shaw Festival Review: Part Three: George Bernard Shaw’s Candida By Ross This should-have-been charming play…

The Shaw Festival Part Three: "Candida" Can't Quite Find its Proper Feisty Fight

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The Shaw Festival Part Two - More Amazing Mystery in Midsummer than in Sherlock: "Snow in Midsummer" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart"

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: @ShawFestival Part Two:  #SnowInMidsummer by #FrancesYaChuCowhig dir: #NinaLeeAquino & #SherlockHolmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart dir: #CraigHall starring #DamienAtkins #Shaw2024 #canadiantheatre #NOTL #ShareYourShaw

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: Part Two: “Snow in Midsummer” and “Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart“ By Ross Returning to the Shaw Festival last week, ‘mystery’ is the theme that greeted me in the three plays I saw this round more than secrets (see Part One), yet it wasn’t exactly where you thought it would be. I expected the dark business, unhappy coincidences, and…

The Shaw Festival Part Two - More Amazing Mystery in Midsummer than in Sherlock: "Snow in Midsummer" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart"

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The Shaw Festival Part One Has a Few Brilliant Secrets to Tell (and Not Tell) inside their Magnificent: "My Fair Lady"; "Witness for the Prosecution"; "The Secret Garden"; and "The House That Will Not Stand"

#frontmezzjunkies posted a few reviews from the @ShawFestival Part One: The #ShawFestival Has a Few Brilliant Secrets to Tell (and Not Tell) inside #MyFairLady #WitnessForTheProsecution #TheSecretGarden and #TheHouseThatWillNotStand #ShareYourShaw #NOTL

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: Part One: My Fair Lady; Witness for the Prosecution; The Secret Garden; and The House That Will Not Stand By Ross Secrets are floating through the air in Niagara-on-the-Lake at Canada’s Shaw Festival, with some held between characters for love, their blossoming engagement, their safety, or simply for the pleasure of future audiences. We are asked to hold them…

The Shaw Festival Part One Has a Few Brilliant Secrets to Tell (and Not Tell) inside their Magnificent: "My Fair Lady"; "Witness for the Prosecution"; "The Secret Garden"; and "The House That Will Not Stand"