For only its second production, Loc’ally Theatr has chosen to confront the weighty, introspective world of iconic playwright Henrik Ibsen in their reinterpretation of When We Dead Awaken. For those unfamiliar, Ibsen’s work is certainly challenging theatrical territory, however the cast delivered a confident and thoughtful performance of this deeply psychological work.  When We Dead Awaken is Ibsen’s final play, a reflective and symbolic piece about artistic ambition, lost love, and the acceptance of death. The story follows sculptor Arnold Rubek, who is vacationing with his young wife Maia. Their strained marriage is disrupted by the sudden reappearance of Irena, Rubek’s former muse, whose intense presence reawakens memories and buried desires. As the two reconnect, they confront what was lost. In their search for redemption and meaning, they ascend a mountain together, in a final act that blurs the line between awakening and death.  Despite the challenges of performi...

  Agatha Christie is the master-mind behind some of literature’s most enduring mysteries. Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing her best-selling novel, And Then There Were None, adapted for the stage!  This is a classic, dicey two-act play that keeps your mind whirring until the very end. Ten clueless strangers are lured to a mansion on Soldier Island, their host however, is nowhere to be seen. One by one, the guests begin to die, each death eerily mirroring lines from a nursery rhyme about ten little soldier boys... As suspicion mounts and alliances falter, the survivors realise the killer must be one of them.  This is theatre at its most tense and twisted, I was hooked the whole way. Agatha’s narrative, held tightly by the performers, has you in a chokehold trying to figure it out before the characters do. No matter how good you think you are, know that you are facing the Queen of Crime, and expect to be shocked and fooled throughout, in the best possible ways! ...