From left, Juan Chioran as Long John Silver, Thomas Mitchell Barnet as Jim Hawkins and Jamie Mac as Allardyce in Stratford Festival's Treasure Island. ( CYLLA VON TIEDEMANN )Treasure Island (out of 4) Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Any pint-sized theatregoer who attends Treasure Island at the Stratford Festival is armed with a treasure map before taking their seats, their tickets taken by ushers in red and blue bandanas tied around their heads. (Billon also has female actors play female characters instead of keeping the world of Treasure Island exclusively male.) However, in cramming the novel into play length while making room for technical elements and audience interaction the plot gets lost at sea.

Source: thestar June 05, 2017 16:40 UTC