Caesar and Cleopatra

Everyone else loved this production, but I managed to sleep through part of the first act. It was a great spectacle, but I have become accustomed to the importance of the words in a Shaw play, and I think the words were subordinate to the look.
Having said that, the cast were excellent and so was the set. Some of the actors need to work on projecting to all parts of the Festival theatre - again the words are key.
I liked Christopher Plummer, but I don't think he was any better than Jim Mezon was at Shaw a couple of years ago.

Emilia Galotti

Our second German origin play in a week. (The Black Rider was the other.) This one was in German with surtitles.
A really excellent production that was visually arresting and totally fascinating. the cast were excellent and the staging was great. It is amazing how well a very modern production of an 18th century production worked.
The only problem was the audience - many seemed to be German speaking elderly people who were unfamiliar with theatre conventions - like not talking during the production!

The Black Rider

This one was certainly not our usual style, but I liked it. Visually stunning and almost like a ballet in the way the actors moved. I can't say I will ever like the music, which I found jarring and loud.
The actors were excellent, but as we knew none of them, it was harder to connect with the performance.
I wonder if that is one of the dangers / side effects of seeing so much rep ? you get to know the actors and it is rather like watching your friends.

Frost Nixon

A production that redeemed Canadian Stage. Len Cariou was amazing as Nixon, - he didn't look like him, but he was him!
We actually remember exactly where we were the evening Nixon resigned - Antoine's restaurant on Eglinton. We were annoyed because one of the other patron's insisted the television be left on for the speech. Antoine gave us free dessert or something in compensation.