Category Archives: Review

Justice as theatre — A review of the Ottawa Little Theatre’s production of Guilty Conscience

by | November 10, 2024

Ian Gillies, who directed the play Guilty Conscience at the Ottawa Little Theatre, poses a question: what does justice look like? Well, it looks like theatre, Mr. Gillies. I attended the matinee this Sunday afternoon of the 1985 play by Richard Levinson and William Link. While billed a suspense, it’s sprinkled generously with light, comic… Read more »

Discovering The First Lady of Manawaka

by | July 21, 2022

The First Lady of Manawaka is an excellent 1978 documentary on Canadian author Margaret Laurence, available in full on the NFB website. I only discovered it recently — and along the way found the NFB website to be a wonderful collection of documentaries from past decades available to the public. This one was directed by… Read more »