16. The Cup | The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford on Film

Welcome back to the 16th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 16th episode we continue to release our inaugural run of The Cup: Reviews, where we reviewed the Stratford Festival Production series that streamed on YouTube last spring. In this episode we discussed the 2015 production of The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Chris Abraham, starring Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay in the roles of Petruchio and Katherina. You can watch this production and all other Stratford Festival productions on their new streaming platform Stratfest@Home. Here is the link (subscription needed): https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AtHome Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-the-downbeat-a-musical-podcast/id1478579754?uo=4   Monique Danielle – Instagram: mariannagailus   Marianna Gailus – Instagram: monique4reals   Will Bartley – Instagram: willrbartley