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WEST makes Ontario Arts Reviews' Top 10 list of 2012

We are very pleased to announce that WEST's presentation of "The Crucible" was selected to be on Ontario Arts Reviews' Top 10 list of 2012.

“THE CRUCIBLE”  Miller’s powerful anti-McCarthyism re-tell paraphrasing the 18th c. Eastern U.S. witch trials is a demanding work. There can be no crew slips, no weak cast performances and incisive directorial focus. Yo Mustafa is an accomplished actor and teacher, but his supervision is theatre that is as professional as it gets. His ability to exhort such elevated performances from the numerous young members of the cast as well as his (probably) more difficult-to-manage highly practised portrayers must have been a stress-inducer, par excellence! This W.E.S.T. offering was the equal of the SHAW Festival submission of a few years ago.

 

WEST makes Ontario Arts Reviews' Top 10 list of 2011:

We are very pleased to announce that WEST's presentation of "Black Coffee" was selected to be on Ontario Arts Reviews' Top 10 list of 2011.

“Black Coffee” Agatha Christie’s iconic whodunit was produced by W.E.S.T. and seemed deliberately presented to make this particular Top Ten listing. With actors who we admit are personal favorites; an admired director and an elaborate set; this offering was a treat even though we already knew the culprit! WEST has had a string of OAR inclusions and their winning streak continues."

 

Thank You to the Community Foundation of Oakville!

We wholeheartedly thank the Community Foundation of Oakville, under the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation Fund, for their support to a number of underprivileged youth participants to be able to attend drama classes and/or summer camp programs at West End Studio Theatre, which benefits the recipients in the skills of public speaking, confidence building, empathy, awareness of body language and spoken and unspoken communication.