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Driftwood Theatre rolls into Kingston

Written on July 29, 2019. Posted in Arts.

Driftwood Theatre’s 25th annual Bard’s Bus Tour is stopping into Kingston to show audiences a new way of enjoying Shakespeare. Queen’s alum Jeremy Smith, ArtSci ’96, is the creative director and founder of Driftwood Theatre, an outdoor summer touring Theatre Company. On August 6, Smith will return...

Studio 013 brings Shakespeare’s most gruesome play to life

Written on March 8, 2019. Posted in Arts, Theatre.

Studio 013’s production of Shakespeare’s most violent play relishes in all the gory details. Titus Andronicus is running at The Box in the H’art Centre from March 7 to 9. Centered around Roman general Titus, the play begins with the titular character executing the Queen’s son after returning to Rome...

English class deserves more respect

Written on November 29, 2018. Posted in Opinions.

Despite the criticism it receives, English Literature is an important area of study. While many faculties are exclusive to one concentrated field, English serves as an umbrella for several different topics within the humanities. When compared to other fields of study that have more practical...

Swapping gender in Shakespeare

Written on June 25, 2018. Posted in Arts.

On June 7, the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning hosted a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V that put a twist on the original. Created by The Edge Productions, the play was set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic war and the cast was entirely composed of women. Having a traditionally male-dominated...

Open forum addresses cancellation of Othello

Written on November 18, 2016. Posted in Arts.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Dan School of Drama and Music hosted just fewer than 200 students and faculty members in an open forum in Convocation Hall regarding Queen’s Vagabond’s cancellation of their Othello production. Originally set to open this month, Queen’s Vagabond’s production of Othello was...

Othello warrants conversation, not retaliation

Written on November 11, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Queen’s Vagabond’s artistic choice left students of colour in the dark and it’s a decision that can’t be ignored. Student theatre company Queen’s Vagabond released a statement last week announcing the suspension of their production of Shakespeare’s Othello. The decision follows a torrent of backlash...

To be or not to be

Written on September 23, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Shakespeare is irreplaceable vs. Time to shake things up Shakespeare is irreplaceable Clayton Tomlinson, Contributor William Shakespeare is the pinnacle of achievement in English drama and is widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of the English language. His plays...

Love, not just comedy

Written on November 25, 2011. Posted in Arts.

There’s lots of love in Vagabond Theatre’s quirky and exuberant version of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The show runs at the Rotunda Theatre in Theological Hall. It’s like being in the Globe Theatre — the audience sits on all sides of the action. The set design is minimalist to an extreme — a rock...

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Driftwood Theatre rolls into Kingston

Studio 013 brings Shakespeare’s most gruesome play to life

English class deserves more respect

Swapping gender in Shakespeare

Open forum addresses cancellation of Othello

Othello warrants conversation, not retaliation

To be or not to be

Love, not just comedy

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