Monday, March 29, 2010

Belated WTD

I totally missed WTD, due to a funeral, so here's my belated contribution, inspired by Jessica. There's a lot of theatre I've loved, but a few of the most memorable:

Turandot at Odyssey (The magic in that show has never been matched)

Romeo and Juliet by the Fools (the first time, with clown noses, a Toy Story Woody dool, and so much more, not the Torchlight one)

Fools doing Checkhov (Yep, the Fools once did something that wasn't Shakespeare, and I get to hold my mother entirely responsible)

Kilt at GCTC

Goodnight Desdemonna, Good Morning Juliet at GCTC

Arcadia at U of O (Okay, so I've got a familial bias for that one, but it was what led to my love of Stoppard, and I still love that play to pieces, even that production. Some superb actors, and a 2x4)

Empire Builders at Third Wall

And of course, the Fringe Festival. I attended the very first Ottawa Fringe festival, though I have no real memory of what I saw anymore. The fringe continued to play a huge part of my theatre life. I've seen a quite few naked men on stage in my time, nearly all were at the Fringe. Kafka and Son, Countries Shaped Like Stars, Invisible Robot, Boat Load are the four that have been the most perfect for me. I could list so many others, but those share the number one favourite spot in my heart. (At least half a dozen probably rank number 2!)