KAY BRATTAN
Press
Lysistrata
"NNNNN-An imaginative burlesque rendition of Lysistrata elicits constant cheers and scores of laughs." NOW Magazine
Fringe review: Lysistrata - NOW Magazine (nowtoronto.com)
"Ultimately, this is a show with many assets...but the greatest of all they’ve got to offer is heart. Between the slapstick and strip teases, the power of love, laughter, and freedom are fearlessly affirmed. This is, in all seriousness, the best burlesque I have seen in Toronto." Mooney on Theatre
Lysistrata (how.dare.collective.) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review | Mooney on Theatre
2017 My Entertainment World nominee for Best Ensemble (Small),
Nominee Interview Series
Nominee Interview Series: Kay Brattan & St. Stella » My Theatre | My Entertainment World
Fringe review: Lysistrata - NOW Magazine (nowtoronto.com)
"Ultimately, this is a show with many assets...but the greatest of all they’ve got to offer is heart. Between the slapstick and strip teases, the power of love, laughter, and freedom are fearlessly affirmed. This is, in all seriousness, the best burlesque I have seen in Toronto." Mooney on Theatre
Lysistrata (how.dare.collective.) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review | Mooney on Theatre
2017 My Entertainment World nominee for Best Ensemble (Small),
Nominee Interview Series
Nominee Interview Series: Kay Brattan & St. Stella » My Theatre | My Entertainment World
Carmilla
"Think Jane Eyre meets the Rocky Horror Picture Show...a hyper fun, super sexy, intriguingly staged queer romp that had me laughing hard and whooping up a storm at the quality dancing, burlesque, and physical theatre constantly whirling all around me." Mooney on Theatre
CARMILLA (Pointed Cap Playhouse) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review | Mooney on Theatre
'Part burlesque, part melodrama, part macabredy—with a dash of erotic fairy tale--Carmilla is a sexy, fun romp of a queer vampire tale, presented with style, sass and seductiveness." Life With More Cowbell
Toronto Fringe: Burlesque macabredy delights in the erotic queer vampire tale Carmilla – life with more cowbell
“The love story is entertaining and the humour witty. “Carmilla” also speaks to something deeper. The show intelligently weaves the theme of accepting gender multiplicity into its charming plot, giving resolve to the audience after the fits of laughter, howling (as per burlesque etiquette) and roaring applause.”-Vancouver Arts Review
Toronto Fringe: The Gameplay and Carmilla - The Vancouver Arts Review
CARMILLA (Pointed Cap Playhouse) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review | Mooney on Theatre
'Part burlesque, part melodrama, part macabredy—with a dash of erotic fairy tale--Carmilla is a sexy, fun romp of a queer vampire tale, presented with style, sass and seductiveness." Life With More Cowbell
Toronto Fringe: Burlesque macabredy delights in the erotic queer vampire tale Carmilla – life with more cowbell
“The love story is entertaining and the humour witty. “Carmilla” also speaks to something deeper. The show intelligently weaves the theme of accepting gender multiplicity into its charming plot, giving resolve to the audience after the fits of laughter, howling (as per burlesque etiquette) and roaring applause.”-Vancouver Arts Review
Toronto Fringe: The Gameplay and Carmilla - The Vancouver Arts Review
Yaga
"This comic and darkly piece transported us throughout; we are left in a smoky and dark room, with moody lighting from Michael Drozd. Set and costume designer Valentina Turtur hung a pagan floral wall hanging and woodland backdrop which artfully gave a feeling of a sinister Slavic myth where the language of house spirits and demons and lesser deities were felt only more deeply.
This wacky and weird play felt like a dive into the folk realm. Fabled, whimsical yet with a modern and funny twist. It was an easy watching show and bewitching way to spend an evening."
3/5 Stars | Kit Bromovsky | Theatre Weekly
This wacky and weird play felt like a dive into the folk realm. Fabled, whimsical yet with a modern and funny twist. It was an easy watching show and bewitching way to spend an evening."
3/5 Stars | Kit Bromovsky | Theatre Weekly
"A lot of fun, with masses of creativity and energy, and a plot that kept us on our toes."
London Born and Bred | Baba Yaga, but not as you know her. Review of the new production at the Drayton Arms
London Born and Bred | Baba Yaga, but not as you know her. Review of the new production at the Drayton Arms
‘A noteworthy, significant attempt to make myths resonate in today’s world’ ★★★
Chris Lilly | London Pub Theatre Magazine
Chris Lilly | London Pub Theatre Magazine
Mary's Daughter
"The intertwined lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughters, Fanny Imlay and Mary Shelley, reflect the enduring legacy of a tenacious mother whose influence shaped the course of history. Despite their differences, their shared experiences and the tragic loss of their mother bind them together in a poignant tale of strength, resilience, and the enduring power of familial love."
4/5 Stars | Ryan Lenney | Curtain Call Reviews
4/5 Stars | Ryan Lenney | Curtain Call Reviews
"The piece is clever, touching, and beautifully presented. While marketed as a ‘feminist ghost story’, it is not frightening – indeed, we can feel the ghost of Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminism running through it."
4/5 Stars | Mica Anderson | A Young(ish) Perspective
4/5 Stars | Mica Anderson | A Young(ish) Perspective
"The performances are uniformly excellent – the actors work brilliantly together as a family group, with the sisters convincingly vying for the mother’s attention. In a play that could be over-dense with ideas, the clarity and focus of delivery ensure that we remain gripped and transfixed throughout. In spite of their bickering and often bitter arguments, the three are bound together irreparably. Towards the end of the play her daughters bring Mary Wollstonecraft face-to-face with the legacy of her work today – it is an utterly charming, funny and delightful moment in a powerful and challenging play."
4/5 Stars | Simon Ward | The Peg
4/5 Stars | Simon Ward | The Peg
"Mary’s Daughters offers a refreshing take on biographical storytelling, shedding light on both the well-known and forgotten aspects of its central figures."
3.5/5 Stars | Monica Cox | The Reviews Hub
3.5/5 Stars | Monica Cox | The Reviews Hub
"What this show does wonderfully is give heart and soul to these pioneering female creatives and thinkers, all too often forgotten by history, and reminding us how their struggles have paved the way for men and women to live as equals, or at least aspire to do so."
3/5 Stars | Jackie Thornton | Fairy Powered Productions
3/5 Stars | Jackie Thornton | Fairy Powered Productions
"It’s a very committed play, a very worthy play, a play that is keenly aware of the importance of its subject and the world’s comparative ignorance of that importance. It is also a play that wants to give the daughters a chance to say all the things they never got the chance to say, and air resentments, and come to terms with their personal histories."
3/5 Stars | Chris Lilley | London Pub Theatre Magazine
3/5 Stars | Chris Lilley | London Pub Theatre Magazine
"A thoughtful and lively performance with a cast that carries us confidently through the decades."
"The play is a great opportunity to learn more about a few of the women who have inspired and helped to create a more gender fair (though not yet sufficiently fair) society."
Keith McKenna | British Theatre Guide
"The play is a great opportunity to learn more about a few of the women who have inspired and helped to create a more gender fair (though not yet sufficiently fair) society."
Keith McKenna | British Theatre Guide
Portia's Julius Caesar
"Kay Brattan has directed this piece with incredible nuance and precision. The character dynamics are full of pathos, care and by contrast the seething scheming for true power and position in the senate...this was a play that utilised its space well and was a phenomenal retelling of this well known play."
5/5 Stars | Theatre and Tonic
5/5 Stars | Theatre and Tonic
"Under Kay Brattan’s direction, Portia’s Julius Caesar is a stripped-back, powerful production that zooms in on families, power plays, and where women fit into the seats of power."
4/5 Stars | Louise Penn | LouReviews
4/5 Stars | Louise Penn | LouReviews
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