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Translation Challenged?

There is much to recommend the Talisman Theatre adaptation of Pierre Michel Tremblay's Coma Unplugged, but some of the more critical vital signs are absent

by Anna Fuerstenberg
25.10.2011

Once again Talisman Theatre has mounted an English production of a French play, this time Coma Unplugged. This time it’s a black comedy and therein lays the problem: The central idea that we are entering the mind of a man who has suffered a cerebral trauma and is in a coma gives playwright Pierre Michel [...]

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Fairy Tale With A Twist

The Flood Thereafter, Talisman Theatre

by Alex Woolcott
16.10.2010

One should never miss seeing a Talisman Theatre show, if only for the sheer visceral experience that comes from sitting in the theatre. The Flood Thereafter, their latest contribution to the independent season, is another joyously theatrical production that revels in the collaborative nature of the theatre.

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Courageous and Edgy

Rock, Paper, Jackknife …, Talisman Theatre

by Chris Dilworth
06.10.2009

A recent invitation to a rehearsal reading of Talisman Theatre’s production of Rock, Paper, Jackknife … by Marilyn Perreault (translated by Nadine Desrochers) led to a productive meeting with the cast and crew. I emerged from the experience awed and thoughtful, trying to pick through the layers of allegory and implication, and analyzing the curious [...]

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