Review: Kanata Theatre Launches its 2025-2026 Season with DEATHTRAP

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Kanata Theatre launched its 2025-2026 season with murder most foul. Deathtrap, written by Ira Levin and directed by Michael Gareau, is a thrilling suspense, with plenty of twist and turns that will keep the audience guessing who the play's villain truly is.

Tim Mabey and Chrissy Hollands in Kanata Theatre's Deathtrap. Photo by Alex Henkelman.

The story begins with washed up playwright, Sidney Bruhl (Tim Mabey), lamenting that Clifford Anderson (Jesse Lalonde), an attendee of one of his writing workshops, has come up with what is certain to be a Broadway hit. Sidney fantasizes about murdering Clifford and taking credit for his play, entitled Deathtrap. Sidney's wife, Myra (Chrissy Hollands) is at first aghast, but then wonders if her husband is truly capable of performing such an act of violence in real life. Could he actually pull off a murder as easily as he writes them in his plays?

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