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Minority Report spotlights marginalized students

Written on March 15, 2019. Posted in Arts, Theatre.

Minority Report had audience members buckling with laughter at one moment and snapping their fingers in solidarity the next at the Rotunda Theatre on Wednesday night. Produced by The Imaginary Theatre Company and directed by Kemi King, Arts ’21, the play follows Mari, a freshman at Queen’s, as she...

Queen’s debut for Rhinoceros in Love this week

Written on March 15, 2019. Posted in Arts, Theatre.

For the cast of Rhinoceros In Love, performing their newest production is more than an extra-curricular activity—it’s a representation of their wider cultural heritage at Queen’s. After noticing a visible lack of exposure for Chinese dramatic arts on campus, Nicholas Wang—Rhinoceros in Love’s director...

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...

Education production aims to Get Schooled

Written on February 5, 2019. Posted in Arts, Theatre.

Teachers will break into song and dance Thursday and Friday when the faculty of education stages an original production. What the PRAC: Get Schooled! will be playing at Duncan McArthur Hall and will be free to the public. The play explores the trials and tribulations of teaching students, and all...

Inclusion through comedy: Existere welcomes frosh with sex jokes

Written on September 7, 2018. Posted in Arts, Theatre.

Sexism, peer pressure, casual sex and mental health—no topic is off limits for Existere’s 24th annual Frosh Week performance. First year students gathered in Grant Hall on Sept. 2 to watch the orientation staple, where cast members try to recreate the thrill they experienced seeing the show as frosh. “I...

Cabaret’s timely take on 1930s Berlin and today

Written on April 5, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Stepping into a nightclub may provide an escape from social justice issues, but only for a moment. From April 5 to 14, in the tiny Rotunda theatre in the basement of Theological Hall, Queen’s Musical Theatre presents Cabaret, a bold performance that manipulates this moment and confronts its audience...

Plays “Botticelli” and “Sodom” go back to the past

Written on March 23, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Taking the stage at the Isabel Bader Centre from Mar. 22 to 25, Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom is a double bill that brings the past straight into the modern age. For playgoers expecting a traditional performance about a historical figure, Botticelli in the Fire immediately smashes expectations. The...

‘Down There: Prism’ heals through performance

Written on March 23, 2018. Posted in Arts.

This past weekend, Down There: Prism presented a hopeful collection of experiences in a sold-out run in the Rotunda Theatre. Directed by Taylor Vardy, ArtSci ’18, and Ruth Oketch, ArtSci ’18, the cast captured the personal effects of anxiety, sexual abuse, racism, sexuality and gender through music,...

Immersed in Hearts Come Cheap

Written on March 9, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Immersive theatre is a very strange concept if you’ve never tried it before. Initially, the prospect of the cast interacting with me and the crowd around me was terrifying. I know absolutely nothing about theatre and the thought of being a part of a production made me catatonic. I am — to say the...

A bash for Botticelli, a soirée for Sodom

Written on March 9, 2018. Posted in Arts.

On Tuesday night at The Mansion, student production company Capstone Collective raised money for the plays Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday and Sodom, opening later this month at the Isabel. Drama students, academics and art appreciators alike gathered at The Mansion on Tuesday night for three hours...

Singing, Sweden and Sondheim at the Rotunda Theatre

Written on March 6, 2018. Posted in Arts.

For four more days this month, the Rotunda Theatre will transform into the Swedish countryside for the classic Steven Sondheim musical A Little Night Music. The leading roles in the show are protagonists Fredrik Egerman and Madame Armfeldt, the head members of their respective families. These two...

The Dan Studio Series closes out the year

Written on February 13, 2018. Posted in Arts.

From Feb. 8-10, the Dan Studio Series closed out its 2017-18 season with Zeal, a set of four one act plays shown at the Isabel Bader Centre. The Dan Studio Series is a production company within the Dan School of Drama and Music that presents student-run shows throughout the year. The final installment...

Hellspawn delivers a refreshing take on war stories

Written on January 23, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Although typically fought between two nations, Hellspawn pitched a new twist to traditional war stories — a battle fought between man and emu. Produced by The Imaginary Theatre Company, Hellspawn recounted the historical Great Emu War between British soldiers and the emus in the Australian outback....

The Vic wrestles with trauma

Written on November 9, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Currently, a student-run theatre company at Queen’s University is presenting an emotional and thought-provoking production of The Vic, a play written by Leanna Brodie and directed by Amanda Lin. Presented by 5th Company Lane and held in the Rotunda Theatre in Theological Hall until Nov. 26, audience...

Concord Floral tackles bullying

Written on November 9, 2017. Posted in Arts.

After touring across Canada, Concord Floral has come to the Isabel to tell the tale of a plague afflicting 10 students attending a Toronto high school. Written by Jordan Tannahill and originally staged in Toronto in 2013, the show has now made its way across the country. The production at the Isabel...

The Dan Studio Series grapples with identity in DSS: Embrace

Written on October 31, 2017. Posted in Arts.

This past weekend, The Dan School of Drama and the Dan Studio Series (DSS) staged a series of performances about life on the margins. The fall installment, titled DSS: Embrace, was comprised of four one-act performances thematically centered on the idea of a journey towards self-acceptance. The pieces...

Open forum discusses Concord Floral casting diversity

Written on October 24, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Drama students, faculty and alumni gathered in Kingston Hall last Friday to consider Queen’s Drama department’s track record with diverse casting in the wake of the Concord Floral casting controversy. Concord Floral, a 2014 play by Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill, is an eerie suburban thriller,...

Ends of the Earth stays in its comfort zone

Written on March 1, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Morris Panych’s absurdist comedy The Ends of the Earth — produced by 5th Company Lane — is built around the story of two men who go to extreme lengths to avoid each another. The play centers around two men, Frank Gardener and Henry Walker. Gardener maintains a life so completely unremarkable that...

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Minority Report spotlights marginalized students

Queen’s debut for Rhinoceros in Love this week

Studio 013 brings Shakespeare’s most gruesome play to life

Education production aims to Get Schooled

Inclusion through comedy: Existere welcomes frosh with sex jokes

Cabaret’s timely take on 1930s Berlin and today

Plays “Botticelli” and “Sodom” go back to the past

‘Down There: Prism’ heals through performance

Immersed in Hearts Come Cheap

A bash for Botticelli, a soirée for Sodom

Singing, Sweden and Sondheim at the Rotunda Theatre

The Dan Studio Series closes out the year

Hellspawn delivers a refreshing take on war stories

The Vic wrestles with trauma

Concord Floral tackles bullying

The Dan Studio Series grapples with identity in DSS: Embrace

Open forum discusses Concord Floral casting diversity

Ends of the Earth stays in its comfort zone

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