Expect fresh, smart, and touching storytelling in Unexpecting

May 8, 2023 Vince Kanasoot

Show image of Jessica Heafey and Rahat Saini — Jessica Heafey and Rahat Saini star in *Unexpecting.* Photo credit: Tina Krueger Kulic.

It’s human nature to avoid dealing with trauma. And big, life-changing turns often provide ideal opportunities to mask our wounds. In Unexpecting, a newly premiered stage play by Bronwyn Carradine, we see a couple deal with the fallout of their adoption plans going amiss. With their anticipated new life suddenly uncertain, they’re forced to deal with a haunting trauma they’ve never resolved. Unexpecting is an insightful and sensitive play told with humour by relatable and likeable characters. It’s also a breath of fresh air in the arsenal of queer stories in theatre.

Men Express Their Feelings: Fun and insightful play examines what can get in the way

March 26, 2022 Vince Kanasoot

Men Express Their Feelings is a one-act play that examines pre-conceived expectations of male behaviour and emotional expression – or lack thereof. At the heart of this clever and insightful play is the generational divide between Gen Z and their Gen X parents, especially when it comes to sexuality and gender norms.

Zee Zee Theatre’s My Funny Valentine has good intentions, but doesn’t fit together

February 15, 2018 Vince Kanasoot

In the recent aftermath of the Florida school shooting, Zee Zee Theatre’s remount of its one-man play, My Funny Valentine is hauntingly timely. Zee Zee Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Cameron Mackenzie, decided to remount this play to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic killing of 15-year-old Lawrence King on Valentine’s Day, 2008. While the pieces of the play don’t quite come together, the intentions are noble and this is an interesting interpretation of the event and its aftermath.