Pride and Prejudice and Christmas: Persephone holiday show a Jane Austen sequel
Persephone Theatre is bringing the spirit Regency Era to the stage for the holiday season with a show inspired by a classic novel. Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley serves as a sequel to the beloved Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. Set two years after the events of the novel, the play by Lauren Gunderson […]
Saskatoon Summer Players strips down for ‘The Full Monty’
The Full Monty is the first musical production of the 60th season of the Saskatoon Summer Players (SSP), and it promises to strip down to the bare essentials — both literally and figuratively. The show runs from Nov. 13 to 16 at the Broadway Theatre. Lorna Batycki, the show’s director, says “it’s very much about […]
Of art and war: New Saskatchewan play gets long-awaited debut
Now, more than two years after it was originally scheduled to debut, ‘The Art of War’ produced by Hardly Art Theatre is getting its time to shine at the BackStage Stage from Nov. 9 to 12.
Family turmoil at the heart of next Live Five play
“It’s poetry. The situations and the way the characters relate to each other are so essentially human,” director Clare Middleton said.
New theatre collective making debut with provocative French play
Whirligig Theatre Collective’s “The Maids” runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 7 at the Avenue Room in downtown Saskatoon.
Real-life, world-spanning love story at heart of next Persephone show
The whirlwind life experiences of Khomutova and Mackenzie are the basis for ‘First Métis Man of Odesa,’ the new Canadian play gracing the Persephone Theatre until
Persephone Theatre kicks off season with creative queer love story
Kathryn Smith, the director of Bright Half Life, said presenting a story to an audience in a nonstandard, nonlinear way presented both challenges and opportunities for the artists.
New SOTS season promises new experiences for performers and audience
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan is ready to put a new spin on well-known shows and their upgraded festival site.
Saskatoon Summer Players takes on adaptation of animated classic
The volunteer theatre company’s summer production is the musical Beauty and the Beast, a faithful adaptation of the movie of the same name released in 1991.
Persephone Theatre comedy finds humour in talking about sex and relationships
“Theatre is such a powerful thing because it’s a place we go to learn empathy. I think a really good way to learn to care about people is to laugh with them,” Jenna-Lee Hyde said.