Tag: Theatre Kingston

Theatre Kingston’s "Hothouse" reaches beyond prison walls

While Hothouse offers exciting twists and turns, the melodrama leaves little room for critical engagement with prison systems in Kingston or elsewhere. Theatre Kingston’s latest work, Hothouse — adapted by Judith Thompson from Merilyn Simonds’ novel The Convict Lover — explores the notion...

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The difficulties with diagnosing

Biblical verses aren’t always at the top of the list for curse words. Yet, it was such oddities that made Blue/Orange make sense. The setting of the play, written by Joe Penhall, is a psychiatric hospital where two doctors argue over the best treatment for a patient who might be schizophrenic. These...

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Transient theatre

It’s not every day I catch my religious studies professor behind a bookshelf at the library. Playing the part of a neurotic book hoarder, I was surprised to see my normally matter-of-fact, stern professor in a comedic play. Take a walk into the Kingston Public Library central branch and you might...

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What happens at Rothstein’s

John Lazarus’ new play, The Grandkid seems autobiographical. But the drama professor says the story about a student and her grandfather isn’t based on anyone specific. The comedy tells the story of first-year university student Abby Rothstein, who moves in with her grandfather, Professor Julius Rothstein,...

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