Rebecca Benson

HEARTLINES at GCTC Depicts Art and Love in Defiance of World War
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2022

Heartlines at GCTC depicts art and love in defiance of world war. A story of queer love in a time of fascism, GCTC's 2021-22 Season continues with Heartlines by Sarah Waisvisz, the second production in the TACTICS Mainstage Series.

Great Canadian Theatre Company Announces 2021-22 Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2021

In March 2020, Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) opened the Canadian premiere of Sean Devine's Daisy, only to close it the very next day due to the pandemic. This December, the play will triumphantly return to the stage as the first show of GCTC's much anticipated 2021-22 season, and marks the theatre's return to in-person theatre after a 20-month hiatus.

FLACK Season 1 to Premiere on Amazon Prime Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 17, 2020

Amazon Studios announced today that Flack, starring Academy Award-winner Anna Paquin (The Piano, True Blood, X-Men) will premiere all six episodes of season one on January 22, 2021 on Prime Video in the US and Canada. Season two will premiere at a later date in 2021. The new key art for season one is available now.

Anna Paquin-Led FLACK Gets Season Two Premiere Date
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 14, 2020

Deadline reports that season two of 'Flack,' starring Anna Paquin, will return to Pop TV on Friday, March 13. This will be the start of the second season.

Pop TV Renews FLACK, Adds Sam Neill and Daniel Dae Kim to Cast
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 2, 2019

Today, Pop TV, now fully owned by CBS Corporation, announced it has picked up a second season of FLACK, a drama with darkly comedic situations set in the world of high-stakes celebrity public relations that stars Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner and Emmy-nominated actress Anna Paquin (True Blood, The Affair on SHOWTIME®). Six episodes of FLACK, a co-production with UKTV's W Network, have been ordered with production beginning today in London. Executive Producer Stephen Moyer will make his series directorial debut with two episodes.

Bear & Co. Tours Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM To Ottawa Parks
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2019

In ancient Athens, a father owns his daughter. Falling in love outside his wishes is not an option. Hermia faces death if she does not obey.

Bear & Co. Tours Shakespeare's Exuberant CYMBELINE To Ottawa Parks July 3 - Aug 5
by Julie Musbach - Jun 26, 2018

Set out a lawn chair or a blanket, as Bear & Co. brings you a summer outdoor touring production of Shakespeare's ridiculously over-the-top Cymbeline. Follow a pair of lovers as they react to the mad world around them in a 90-minute version of the play Shakespeare packed with every plot device he could think of: star-crossed lovers, a wicked stepmother, a befuddled king, a loyal servant, separated siblings, wild men, exiled kin, cross-dressing, kidnapping, murder plots, and a Roman invasion.

Pop Celebrates Five Consecutive Years of Growth with New Upfront Programming Slate
by Tori Hartshorn - Apr 25, 2018

Pop, the CBS/Lionsgate joint venture television network, continues to ramp up its original programming fare this upfront season, unveiling more premium scripted entertainment and a diverse slate of projects in development with the industry's top creative talent.

All-Star Cast Joins Anna Paquin In New Series FLACK, Including Tony Winner Sophie Okonedo
by Tori Hartshorn - Mar 20, 2018

A celebrated ensemble cast joins Academy Award(R) winning lead Anna Paquin in FLACK, Pop TV's original television drama series that infuses humor in six one-hour episodes. The series starts production this week in London.

THE CLEAN HOUSE Opens at The Gladstone on Valentine's Day
by Stephi Wild - Feb 1, 2018

Three Sisters Theatre Company, Ottawa's own indie theatre company dedicated to promoting local opportunities for women in theatre, opens its first show this season with Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House on February 14 at The Gladstone Theatre.

Amy Manson, Andrew Whipp & Patrick Gibson Join Cast of Starz' THE WHITE PRINCESS
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 31, 2016

Starz announced today that Alex Kalymnios (“Scott and Bailey,” “Becoming Human”) has joined the production to direct episodes of THE WHITE PRINCESS, the follow-up to the Golden Globe® and Emmy® award-nominated STARZ Original Miniseries “The White Queen,” from Company Pictures and Playground.

Production Underway for Starz' THE WHITE PRINCESS; Full Casting Revealed
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 13, 2016

Starz announced today production has commenced on THE WHITE PRINCESS, the follow-up to the Golden Globe® and Emmy® award-nominated STARZ Original Miniseries "The White Queen,"

11 Awesome Theatre Happenings of 2015
by Charles Quittner - Dec 30, 2015

Radical Oklahoma!! Melodramatic vampires! Hamilton! Charles Quittner counts down the top 11 shows he saw this year.

Rebecca Benson, Cristian Ortega & More to Star in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN at St. Ann's Warehouse
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 12, 2014

St. Ann's Warehouse has announced the cast of the upcoming American Premiere of the National Theatre of Scotland's Let the Right One In, adapted by Jack Thorne from John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel and screenplay, and helmed by Director John Tiffany and Associate Director/Movement Steven Hoggett. Rebecca Benson will return to the role of the vampire girl next door, which she originated in Dundee and then played at the Royal Court and on the West End to critical acclaim. Cristian Ortega will play opposite her as Oskar, the bullied boy Eli befriends.

2014 CATS Shortlists Announced - CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, DRAGON & More Lead!
by Christina Mancuso - May 8, 2014

If there had ever been any doubts over the calibre of work for children and young people produced in Scotland, the 2014 CATS shortlists released today, Thursday 8 May 2014, would immediately dispel them. Two productions created specifically with a younger audience in mind - Dragon (Vox Motus, National Theatre of Scotland and the Tianjin People's Art Theatre, China) and Huff (Shona Reppe and Andy Manley, produced by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company) - have together received eight nominations across six categories including the highest accolade, Best Production.

Review Roundup: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN at the Apollo
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 9, 2014

John Tiffany's acclaimed production of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN opened at the Apollo for a limited season. A must-see major new production, Let the Right One In is an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN To Open At Apollo in March
by Carrie Dunn - Feb 24, 2014

John Tiffany's acclaimed production of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN transfers to the West End having scooped the South Bank award The critically-acclaimed South Bank Sky Arts award-winning production of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN will transfer to London's West End on 26 March for a strictly limited season.

John Tiffany to Helm UK's LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
by Caryn Robbins - May 7, 2013

John Tiffany will direct the National Theatre of Scotland and Marla Rubin Productions's stage version of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN at Dundee Rep Theatre, opening June 8, and running through June 29.

BWW Reviews: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Kensington Gardens, June 7 2012
by Lucy Thackray - Jun 8, 2012

Ever since its publication in 1950, the first Chronicles of Narnia book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has enchanted children with its magical characters and mystical setting. Though many film, stage and TV adaptations have already been attempted, threesixty Theatre bring the tale to life afresh with a tent-ful of projections, sound effects, glorious puppets and original music

JERSEY BOYS' Kushnier, Trujillo and McAnuff Among 2009 Dora Award Nominees, Ceremony Takes Place 6/29
by Eddie Varley - Jun 29, 2009

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 176 nominations from 218 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 for the 30th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.