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Presenting the
Byron Toben archives

Look up and enjoy our most prolific writer’s reviews and articles

Westmount Magazine
looks back at 2018

A sampling of our most-read articles of the past year

The Canadian premiere
of the opera Champion

One of the most striking works in recent years, with an aesthetic that’s equal parts opera, jazz, and gospel music

The Job Hunter and
the 90-Year-Old Lady

An unemployed woman lands an out of the ordinary temp job. By Isadora Nolan

Robin Hood on trial
three times at Geordie show

Audience gets to select outcome at 38th Annual Geordie Theatre gala fundraiser. By Byron Toben

Imagine this… a fun break
from the Holiday rush

Six short offbeat plays acted by Westmount’s Dramatis Personae. By Byron Toben

Candlelight Christmas
glows again in 2018

The Lyric Theatre Singers’ annual holiday show never fails to delight. By Byron Toben

Now for some completely
different Xmas tales…

Urban Tales 2018 campaigns against cloying seasonal sentimentality. By Byron Toben

McEntyre Competition:
An Unexpected Kindness /7

Local students show off their literary stuff in the 2018 McEntyre Writing Competition

Old Stock, a lively dark
cabaret about immigration

Popular singer-songwriter Ben Caplan returns to his acting roots. By Byron Toben

Infinitheatre’s Pipeline
presents two firsts

New play reading series introduces Playwrighting category prize and the Kevin. By Byron Toben

From Paris to Broadway
with Louise Pitre

Singer woos the crowd with her Piaf and other renditions. By Byron Toben
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