Play Reviews

Reviews of Ferry Tales - 2009

August 18, 2009

Play transports audience - Ferry Tales tackles simpler times with air of campfire confidential

by Andrea Nemetz, Entertainment Reporter, Herald

Suddenly everyone’s talking about staycations. The trend to vacationing near to where you live is part of a shift to slowing down life’s hectic pace, buying food from ...

Reviews of Ivor Johnson’s Neighbours - 2009

July 7, 2009

We know these Neighbours - Ship’s Company hits home, again, with dream cast delivering engaging show about stuff of life

by Elissa Barnard, Arts Reporter, Herald

Ship’s Company Theatre, Parrsboro, opens its 25th anniversary season with a fast-paced, comedic drama about a small community ...

Reviews of Daniel Lillford's Snow Dance - 2008

August 14, 2008

Snow Dance a cozy tale of winter warmth, journeys

by Andrew Wagstaff, The Amherst Citizen

Winter. In this part of the world, it's a time of bitter cold, boots caked with a snow/salt slush, and snowstorms brought on by a seemingly vengeful Mother Nature ...

Reviews of BUMP, a play by Richard Merrill - 2008

July 11, 2008

Ship’s Co. mines spirit of Springhill

by Andrew Wagstaff, The Amherst Citizen

1958 Bump brought to stage with class, 50 years after world famous disaster ...

July 10, 2008

Miners play thought-provoking

by Elissa Barnard, Arts Reporter, Herald

Stories of three trapped men well acted, well written ...

Reviews of MacGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas, by playwright Daniel Macdonald - 2007

August 24, 2007

Worth getting to know the MacGregor family

by Andrea Nemetz, Entertainment Reporter, Herald

Ship’s Company captures you, body and soul ...

August 17, 2007

McGregor's performance a gas

by Dave Mathieson, the Record

A home filled with ice cream, accordions and train sets would usually be a recipe for joy and happiness but for the MacGregor's of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, it has ...

August 17, 2007

Hard Ice Cream and Gas aboard the ship

by Janna Graham, Truro Daily News

The MacGregor’s corner store sells hard ice cream and gas, but it’s never sold a drop of gas. In the dead of a Saskatchewan winter, ice cream isn’t exactly breaking sales ...

Reviews of Share, by playwright Carol Sinclair - 2007

July 11, 2007

Share offers audience evening of fun

by Janna Graham, Truro Daily News

Ship’s Company Theatre mainstage is open with the world premiere performance of Share by Parrsboro based playwright Carol Sinclair. Share is a comedic look at ...

July 10, 2007

Share the warmth, good humour

by Elissa Barnard, Arts Reporter, Herald

Sinclair’s comedy rewarding in its realism ...

July 9, 2007

Ship’s show a hit

by Rosie Willigar, The Record

Where to begin…"Share," first off Set Design by Corey Mullins, it’s as though Mullins brought one of the many untouched camps in the area and brought it to the stage ...