Category: 2024
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By Galen Simmons Sara Topham’s performance as the titular character in the Stratford Festival’s production of Hedda Gabler is deeply disturbing – and I mean that in the best way possible. Having tied herself down to a future she dreads with Dr. Tesman (Gordon S. Miller), a man she barely likes, let alone loves, Topham’s…
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By Galen Simmons It is a rare thing to go into a Shakespeare play with zero expectations. When it comes to Shakespeare’s most popular works, most, if not all of us know the stories, the characters and the plot twists either by having read them in high school, through references in television and movies, or…
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By Galen Simmons As I write this column, I am sitting in a quaint cottage on the shores of Longbow Lake just outside of the City of Kenora in northern Ontario. My mom, sister, girlfriend and I made the trip up to Kenora last week to visit family, something my immediate family has done every…