REVIEWED BY JADE BREEN EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY Trigger warning: The cat dies in this one. Well, eighty-five of them to be precise, but who’s counting? Presented by Theatre Works and Paracosm, Tom Fowler’s Katzenmusik turns up the broken radiator, raising a bold middle finger at the all too familiar perils of the housing crisis. Derived from German, Katzenmuzik is defined as a caterwaul; the … Continue reading Katzenmusik: The Cat dies in this one
REVIEW BY JESSICA FANWONG EDITIED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER We all remember that one teacher we particularly disliked in high school. Whether they were no-nonsense rule-enforcers who dispense detentions like spraying insect repellent, or full-on Miss Trunchbulls who should not be within 100 meters of minors. Hijinx Theatre Company’s Bathory Begins takes it to a higher notch – what if that teacher is a reincarnated vampiric … Continue reading Bathory Begins … but what ensues? A Guide to Disposing Vampiric Teachers
Reviewed by: Shixin Wang Edited by: Aditi Acharla It seems like every fairy tale has a woods full of stories. Little Red Riding Hood is seduced by the Big Bad Wolf and deviates from the correct route on the way to her grandmother’s house and enters the woods; Rapunzel lives in a tower deep within the forest; Snow White is driven into the darkness and … Continue reading Into The Woods And Out Of The Woods
Reviewed by: Katya Ewing Starkid, a musical theatre company founded in 2009 by a group of Michigan university students, have long given us hilariously quirky musicals. ICAC, directed by Hannah Crompton, rose to the occasion, exploding with contagious vitality and joy in their side-splitting interpretation of Starkid’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals. The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals launches us into the world of … Continue reading The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals: A Musical Takeover Triumph
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