Three longtime Shaw actors, Sharry Flett, Patrick Galligan and Sanjay Talwar, sat down to chat with theatre critic Anthony Chase about their journeys as actors and careers at the Shaw. The result? "They shared a love and total commitment to what they are doing," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"Who were these famous and groundbreaking Jewish women? What did they have to overcome to succeed? What drove them forward? Ambition, drive, resilience for certain," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
With quality performances from its two leads, superb production value and creative direction from Philip Akin, Adrienne Kennedy's story of love and betrayal is well-realized at the Shaw, writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
The 65th season will feature Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "South Pacific," "The Color Purple," "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "Grimm Tales," among 11 productions across three theatres in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
"I left feeling detached, that form had superseded content, that the visceral theatricality that Shaffer so brilliantly offers by his gifts of storytelling had been denied," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
Jonathan Frakes will be at Niagara Falls Comic Con in 2018.
Frakes, perhaps best known best for his portrayal of Captain Picard’s "number one" (Commander...
The first-ever musical production of the classic children’s story The Wind in the Willows will hit the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre from Dec. 15...
Former "dragon" and author of The Wealthy Barber series David Chilton will join the panel of judges at Brock University's “Monster Pitch” competition in 2018.
Monster...
What's up with comedy this week in Niagara?David Green will be MCing at Showtime Comedy Club in St. Catharines this Friday and Saturday with headliner...
The opening ceremonies for the 35th annual Winter Festival of Lights were soggy and muddy on Saturday, though it didn’t stop the pyrotechnics from firing or the crowd from coming out to see this year’s eight-kilometre illuminated route lit up. It did, however, end the fireworks soon after they began.
Choir Nation’s kids choir “Tomorrow’s Voices” will perform their first concert Wednesday at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
The choir, composed of children ages seven...
John “Johny” Moore of Niagara Falls is traveling the world to make a documentary about addiction.The 34-year-old spent more than 15 years with serious addictions to a...
The first-ever Frightmare in the Falls took over the Scotiabank Conventional Centre during the weekend, offering horror fans a chance to check out 50,000 square feet of horror-themed displays, vendors, movie props, panels, plus the chance to meet celebrities from classic horror films.
“Not all men die
Some walk into history
To dwell there everlasting,”
This an excerpt of a poem written by an 18-year-old Nigerian man named Membis Godwin,...
As Niagara-on-the-Lake rebuilt after the destruction it suffered during the burning in December of 1813, more land was surveyed to accommodate the influx of...
The nominees for Niagara’s first-ever social media awards, The Socials, were announced during the weekend, fittingly through social media.
The finalists span through eight categories:...
The Brock Badgers men's lacrosse team is hoping to continue the success of an undefeated season as they head to the first round of the Canadian University Field Lacrosse...
A tropical-tasting fruit that’s native to Ontario? It sounds like something entirely made up, but it’s real.It’s called a pawpaw (or Asimina triloba), and...
The Shaw Festival is kicking-off a new annual holiday tradition this year, with what they say is a "fanciful" production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
A release...
A note from the editor: Mendelt Hoekstra is very involved Niagara's music community, in more than one way. Not only is Hoekstra a talented and accomplished musician...
