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Burnt Out Reviews is a simple blog style review site of a theatregoers experience in the capital of Canada.

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  • 35MM: A Musical Exhibition presented by Elevator Theatre Company

    35MM: A Musical Exhibition is such an underrated show, and I’m so glad a close friend of mine shared it with me a couple years back. Ryan Scott Oliver has composed so many interesting and great songs; he’s also worked with some names you might recognize: Alex Brightman, Ben Crawford,… more ›

  • The Rocky Horror Show presented by Lost Baggage Musical Theatre

    The Rocky Horror Show is a fan-favourite cult classic that always rears its head around the Halloween season. This year is incredibly special because it is celebrating its 50th anniversary. If you’ve never seen the movie, I’d highly recommend watching it and then attending a theatrical screening of it at… more ›

  • Dogfight presented by Elevator Theatre Company

    Elevator Theatre Company opens their second season with Dogfight, a musical that makes the audience face some of the worst parts of toxic masculinity. Following a group of marines fresh out of bootcamp and a night away from being shipped across the ocean to the Vietnam War. To make the… more ›

  • Hmong Class 101 presented by Studio 1201

    Do you know who the Hmong people are? Neither did I, but their community is far from invisible. Brenda Song, a Disney star famous for roles like Wendy Wu or London Tipton, is Hmong. They are from parts of southern China but settled in other places in Asia. They don’t… more ›

  • Ride the Cyclone presented by Lost Baggage Musical Theatre

    It is no secret that Ride the Cyclone is by far one of my favourite musicals. A quirky little musical about a choir group who meets their fate a la Final Destination and competes in a competition for resurrection is something exactly up my alley. If you haven’t, I definitely… more ›

  • Legally Blonde the Musical presented by Carleton Musical Theatre Society

    Legally Blonde is one of my all-time favourite movies and musicals. It was one of the first musicals that I watched a pro shot of and also the wonderful MTV competition, “The Search for Elle Woods,” that I was obsessed with. Legally Blonde follows Elle Woods’ journey of love and… more ›

  • Late Company presented by Elevator Theatre Company

    Late Company is a play written by Jordan Tannahill that extends us a formal invitation to an awkward family dinner between two families who are forever entwined by death, where shallow conversations on curtain ties were the least of our worries: as the night develops, so do tensions and emotions.… more ›

  • The SpongeBob Musical presented by TotoToo Theatre

    The Spongebob Musical is a colourful musical based on the equally colourful animated television series. The story follows Spongebob as he gathers his friends to stop an underwater volcano from blowing and destroying his beloved town of Bikini Bottom. Obviously, Plankton is our ever-tiny and ever-diabolical villain who has other… more ›

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory presented by Orpheus Musical Theatre

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a children’s novel published in 1964 by Roald Dahl. The story is a classic tale of competing candy companies vying for market dominance and the never-ending list of toxic human traits. In the musical version, Wonka finds that his name has been lost to… more ›

  • Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland presented by University of Ottawa Theatre Club

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a classic tale by Lewis Carroll that follows the titular character’s adventure in the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland. She encounters an eclectic group of creatures with frenetic energy that powers this chaos-filled journey where any attempt to have a logical and coherent thought, is washed… more ›