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Alessandro Stracuzzi

Alessandro Stracuzzi

In Síofra at the Red Sandcastle, fairy lore curdles into communal dread

In Síofra at the Red Sandcastle, fairy lore curdles into communal dread

Published in Intermission. Who should you pay heed to? What should you believe? Some will tell you never to build a house on Knockma Hill. It is fairy land, after all, and its hidden residents are known to take offence. But Michael does not listen. He never has. Even as

Wren Theatre’s “Clue” has six suspects, several weapons, and no time to slow down

Wren Theatre’s “Clue” has six suspects, several weapons, and no time to slow down

Published in Sesaya Magazine. No one needs a detective to find out that comedy is a physically demanding genre. Indeed, Wren Theatre’s Clue makes the case from its very first entrance. The lights come up to find Lizzie Moffatt’s maid Yvette darting across the stage, dragging a trolley

“The Climate Commissions”: what’s theatre got to do with Earth?

“The Climate Commissions”: what’s theatre got to do with Earth?

Published on Sesaya Arts Magazine. I, for one, am often leery when it comes to eco dramaturgies. Climate change already saturates our feeds, newspapers and daily anxieties. Bringing it to the stage makes me a little suspicious. Can theatre do justice to a discourse so often framed through statistics, forecasts

‘Tiger Bride’ trusts the evocative power of music and the undeniable talent of its creators

‘Tiger Bride’ trusts the evocative power of music and the undeniable talent of its creators

Published on Our Theatre Voice. Before anything else, dear reader, start with the image. Pause over the proshot I’ve selected for this review. Notice the stark chiaroscuro of Frank Donato’s lighting design – the grazing beam slicing through macabre darkness, much like the threatening illumination in Michelangelo Merisi’s

The Happiness Mandate in Bowtie Productions’ “Next to Normal”

The Happiness Mandate in Bowtie Productions’ “Next to Normal”

Published on Our Theatre Voice. Why shouldn’t we want to be happy? Why shouldn’t we do everything possible to feel that way? There go the hundreds of dollars spent on therapy sessions. Well-being workshops. Motivational podcasts. A whole philosophy of living built around the demand to stay

Crow’s and The Grand’s ‘Primary Trust’ gives a nimble production to a script that never tightens the screws

Crow’s and The Grand’s ‘Primary Trust’ gives a nimble production to a script that never tightens the screws

Published on Our Theatre Voice. Mouldy walls, graffiti tags, and electrical wiring. Tufts of grass sprouting through cracks in the concrete. There is even a manhole. Julie Fox’s meticulous set offers a beautiful, hyper-realistic glimpse of a run-of-the-mill suburb in Rochester, New York. There lives

Fiddler on the roof

Fiddler on the roof

Published on Stage Door. Since its Broadway premiere in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has been a musical about worlds in collision: Tsarist Russia and Jewish shtetl life; ritual and change; a village sustained by community and threatened by violence. Now playing at the Elgin Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof