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Hamlet - November 2012


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To Be - April/May 2012
 

 
The Undiscovered Country

by Neil Boyce
The Mirror - October 26, 2012. 

Click on the link to see the interview with author Trevor Barrette in the Charlebois Post: 
First-Person: Trevor Barrette on To Be

The Charlebois Post - October 29, 2012. 

Click on the link around minute 7:00 to hear the interview by John at CKUT on Monday 30 April at 6:00pm; he talks to the Artistic Director, the Producer, the musicians and the author/actor:
CKUT

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Far from the Madding Crowd - 
October 2011 

 
Far from the Madding Crowd: a woman ahead of her time
by Kathryn Greenaway
The Montreal Gazette - October 27, 2011. 

 
Epic and eerie
by Neil Boyce
The Mirror - October 27, 2011. 


Persephone troupe presents Far From the Madding Crowd this weekend
by Andrea Paré
The Westmount Examiner, 28 October, 2011.

 
Juggling Hardy, Bronte and Poe

by Pat Donnelly
The Montreal Gazette - October 15, 2011. 


Close to the Madding Crowd

by Byron Toben
The Charlebois Post - October 24, 2011. 

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Mary's Wedding - April-May 2011 

Charlebois Post Risky Woman
Barbara Ford interviews Gabrielle, April 16, 2011.

 
Mary's Wedding links love, war and learning 
Preview by Heather Solomon, April 21, 2011.

 
Love during wartime
Preview by Neil Boyce, April 28, 2011.

Charlebois Post Wedding in Blue
by Sarah Deshaies, Saturday April 30th, 2011.

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Henry V - November 2010 

 
Persephone tackles Shakespeare 
by Walter J. Lyng 
The Suburban - 3 November, 2010. 

 
A timely tale of war in all its glory, horror and minimalism.

by Pat Donnelly, Gazette Theatre critic
The Montreal Gazette - 6 November, 2010. 

A Henry For The Ages.
 
by Anna Fuerstenberg 
Rover Arts - 6 November, 2010. 


Shakespeare's Henry V @ Monument National.
 
by Paloma 
Midnight Poutine - 7 November, 2010. 


Henry V worth checking out at the National Monument.
 
by Kristian 
Coolopolis - 5 November, 2010. 


Shakespeare at the Monument-National Theatre. 

by Marc Seltzer 
Rover Arts - 10 November, 2010.

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Be My Baby - October 2009 

 
Strong performances deliver sensitive stories.

by Pat Donnelly, Gazette Theatre critic
The Montreal Gazette - 11 November, 2009. 

Sixties Girl bands rise again in Canadian première 
The West End Times - October 17, 2009. 

 
Open adoption is a modern and still controversial concept

by Pat Donnelly, Gazette Theatre critic
The Montreal Gazette - 28 October, 2009. 

 
Baby on Board 
by Walter J. Lyng 
The Suburban - November 4, 2009. 

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Cherry Docs - April 2009 

 
Hope, hate and combat boots 
by Julia Gerke 
The Suburban - April 22, 2009. 

 
Cherry Docs 
Doing time, like facing the hangman's noose, can focus the mind wonderfully. 
by Pat Donnelly, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - 18 April, 2009. 

Falling far from Grace.
 
by Erica Ruth Kelly 
Rover Arts - 21 April, 2009. 

Cherry Docs is a great fit for Dan Jeannotte 
by Davyn Ryall-20 April, 2009

 
Cherry Docs stamps out prejudice 
Preview-by Heather Solomon

 
No easy answers 
Preview-by Brett Hooton

 
Skinhead comes home 
Preview by Neil Boyce

Gow's Cherry Docs now in Montreal 
Interview by the Stanstead Journal

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Othello - November 2008 

 
Othello 
Othello packs solid emotional punch 
by Pat Donnelly, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - 19 Nov, 2008. 

405 years and still fresh 
by Adam Avrashi 
The Concordian - 18 Nov, 2008. 

the Link 
Saucy Shakespeare 
by Barbara Pavone 
Nov 18, 2008. 

the McGill Tribune 
Young composer tackles old masterpiece 
by Emma Quail 
Nov 18, 2008. 

Westmounters perform Othello 
The Westmont Independent - Nov 18-19, 2008. 

NDG's Tristan D. Lalla is Othello 
The NDG Monitor - Nov 12, 2008 

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Unity (1918) - September 2007 

 
Unity (1918) 
Poetic cool & dark humour 
by Matt Radz, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - Sept, 2007. 

 
Prairie Fever 
preview by AMY BARRATT 
The Montreal Mirror - 19 Sept,2007. 

Invisible Cities Network 
Apocalypse revisited, Saskatchewan 1918 
review by Christina Manolescu 
Oct 2, 2007. 

McGill Tribune 
Life During Wartime-Prairie Sentiment & Spanish Flu 
by Leona Teixeira 
Oct 2,2007. 

 
Worst Knitting Impression 
by Brett Hooton 
The Hour - Dec 13, 2007. 

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The Loves of Shakespeare's Women - 
April 2007


The Loves of Shakespeare's Women
 
Living a theatre dream
Soskin swaps roles for Persephone's next stage.Indie theatre company director will perform in benefit shows
 
by Lauren Sweeney 
The Westmount Independent - 26 Mar, 2008.

 
The Loves of Shakespeare's Women
 
Soskin swaps roles for Persephone's next stage 
by Matt Radz, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - 14 Apr, 2007.

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To the Green Fields Beyond - Nov 2006

 
To the Green Fields Beyond
 
First World War Drama 
by Matt Radz, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - 11 Nov, 2006. 

 
The Mud and the Blood 

by AMY BARRATT 
The Montreal Mirror - 16 Nov,2006. 

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Prodigy - March/April 2006

 
Prodigy 
A Family History in Three Verses 
by Matt Radz, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - 4 April, 2006. 

 
Prodige dans la Langue de Huston 
par Sylvie St.Jacques 
La Presse-3 avril, 2006. LE DELIT 
Premiere prodigieuse pour Prodigy 
par Lucille Hagege 
Le Delit-4 avril, 2006. 

Invisible Cities Network 
The Uterine Stage 
by Christina Manolescu 
April 5, 2006. 

McGill Tribune 
Easy on the Decor 
by Liz Perle 
April 4,2006. 

 
Women bound by love and jealousy. 
by Julia Gerke 
The Suburban - April5, 2006. 

 
Keys of Life 
by AMY BARRATT 
The Montreal Mirror - April 5,2006. 

McGill Daily 
Three generations of Russian women grace the Ste. Catherine stage 
by Madeleine Elton 
April 3,2006. 


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Spring Awakening - November 2005

 
Spring Awakening
 
Spring Awakening still carries a wallop 
by Matt Radz, Gazette Theatre critic 
The Montreal Gazette - Nov 15, 2005. 

PRINCE CHAMELEON PRESS, INVISIBLE CITIES NETWORK 
Energy, Freshness and Naïvete 
by Christina Manolescu 
Invisible Cities Network-Nov 14, 2005. 

DÉLIT 
Le Réveil d'une Génération 
par Karin Lang 
Délit-Nov 15, 2005. 

MON THEATRE 
Ahead of its Time 
by Genevieve Germain 
Mon Theatre - Nov 12, 2005.


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A Room of One's Own - March 2005 

 
Windows Mac 
Radio interview hosted by Jeannette Kelly with Persephone Administrator Andrée McNamara-Tait. 
CBC HomeRun - Mar 7, 2005. 

 
A Room of One's Own speaks of the economic freedom women need to write 

by GAËTAN L. CHARLEBOIS 
The Montreal Gazette - Mar 11, 2005. 

 
One-woman wonder 

by JENNIFER CAMPBELL 
The Montreal Gazette - Apr 3, 2005. 

WESTMOUNT EXAMINER 
Soskin Recreates Woolf Lectures 
by MARTIN C. BARRY 
The Westmount Examiner - Mar 28, 2005. 

 
Gabrielle Soskin not afraid to tackle Virginia Woolf at Monument National 
by HEATHER SOLOMON 
The Canadian Jewish News - Feb 24, 2005. 


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SubUrbia - Sept 2004 

 
Windows Mac 
Radio interview hosted by Fiona Downy with Persephone Artistic Director Gabrielle Soskin. 
CBC Radio One (All in the Weekend) - Sept 25, 2004. 

 
Suburbia, Hemlock barometers of youth 

by MATT RADZ 
The Montreal Gazette - Sept 26, 2004. 

 
Residential evil 
by AMY BARRATT 
The Montreal Mirror - Sept 30, 2004. 

 
Pushing the Envelope 
by MIRA FISHER 
The Westmount Times - Sept 8, 2004. 

 
Suburban Truths 
by JODI ESSERY 
The Hour - Sept 15, 2004. 

 
Showbiz survivor shows how it's done in subUrbia 
by HEATHER SOLOMON 
The Canadian Jewish News - Sept 23, 2004. 

 
Alienation and loathing in SubUrbia 
by CRAIG MCKEE 
The Suburban - Sept 15, 2004. 


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Jane Eyre - May 2004 

 
Soskin does justice to Jane Eyre 
by HEATHER SOLOMON 
The Canadian Jewish News - May 6, 2004. 

Jane Eyre 
by TERRI 
Orcasound - 2004. 

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Kindertransport - October 2002 

 
Wholesome harvest 
by AMY BARRETT 
The Montreal Mirror October - 10, 2002. 

Persephone Productions Revives Kindertransport Saga 
by NANCY SNIPPER 
The Chronicle - Wednesday, September 18, 2002. 

 
Prying open the lid on horrors of Kindertransport 

by MATT RADZ 
The Montreal Gazette - October 15, 2002. 

 
Kindertransport played straight 
by MYRON GALLOWAY 
The Suburban - October 9, 2002. 

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Playhouse Creatures - September 2001 

 
Persephone troupe beating the odds 

by Wayne Hiltz 
The Westmount Times 

Seventeenth-Century English Feminist Struggles Brought to Life in Park Lafontaine 


Creature Comforts 
by GAËTAN L. CHARLEBOIS 
The Montreal Mirror 

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Anna Karenina - September 2000 

 
I dream of Anna. 
by AMY BARRETT 
The Montreal Mirror - September 2000. 

 
Curtain rises on a dream 

by DONNA NEBENZAHL 
The Montreal Gazette - September 9, 2000.
 
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