The Gladstone

See the shows Apt613 contributors look forward to in the winter 2019 season.

John D. Huston has performed A Christmas Carol over 675 times, and is at The Gladstone Theatre. until Saturday December 22.

Sylvia is about a love triangle with a couple of interesting twists. Twist 1: the third party in the triangle is a dog. Twist 2: the dog is played by an actress.

Orpheus Musical Theatre presented The Last Five Years at The Gladstone from November 1–3.

Hot on the heels of last year’s sold-out tribute to Leonard Cohen, Bear & Co. brings back the team to pay joyous homage to another Canadian giant. Skate away with four singers as they celebrate the soaring vocals, incisive vision, humour, wit, and bracing singularity of this uncompromising artist, whose painter’s hand is ever-present in […]

Brian Carroll: “Be warned. You too may be charmed by these two dotty old dykes who steal audience hearts. Plenty of audience members fell in love with them on opening night.”

Barbara Popel: Three Sisters Theatre Company seem to have a knack for picking good female-centric plays by female playwrights, as they’ve returned to The Gladstone with Miss Shakespeare (book and lyrics by Tracey Power, music co-written with Steve Charles).

An astonishing 24 shows by 12 independent companies have been announced for The Gladstone’s 10th Anniversary Season.

Brian Carroll: “Blink is a charming enough tale, but the real reason to see this production is to see the talented Gadsby and her nuanced interaction with Ottawa veteran Whiteley. Ottawa is fortunate to have attracted such a talent to our stages.”

Barbara Popel: “It’s a rare play that elicits sympathy for all its characters. The Clean House, however, achieves this. All the more remarkable a feat, since it is an amalgam of comedy, drama, and surrealism.”

Theatre Kraken’s Othello is at the Gladstone Theatre from February 2-10.

Jennifer Cavanagh: “This short one-woman play by George Brant explores the devastating impact of detached modern warfare on an air force combat pilot who is grounded to become part of the “chair-force” guiding unmanned drones from a windowless trailer in the Nevada desert.”

This personal story cum TEDtalk raises universal questions about aging and eldercare that are provocative and timely. Milner’s work is well-timed with law makers currently struggling to legislate Canada’s 2015 Supreme Court ruling on the right to assisted suicide.