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.
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
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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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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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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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.
