Click here for an interview about Half Life with Director, Daniel Brooks.

Winner:

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD (DRAMA)

John Mighton (Playwright), 2005

DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARD

Outstanding New Play (John Mighton), 2004/05

MONTREAL ENGLISH CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

Best Production – Visiting, 2004/05

CAPITAL THEATRE AWARD (Ottawa)

Best of a Festival, 2004/05

Praise for Half Life from overseas:

* * * * ½ (out of 5)
"a new play by John Mighton is an event, as much here as it is in his native Canada…. His work has a kind of precision where every nuance is weighted in the balance… As well as a fine play, the Canadian company delivers a masterclass in naturalistic acting."
The Times (London)

* * * * (out of 5)
"Mighton's play emerges as a tremendously distinguished piece of work, full of discretion, intelligence, and beautifully controlled emotion…Daniel Brooks' production captures the ebb and flow of the play with an apparent effortlessness that conceals real art."
The Scotsman

Canadian reviews:

"An unforgettable experience that is a gain, in every sense of the word, for the Canadian dramatic canon”
The Globe and Mail

“Finely observed…an elegantly flowing production”
Ottawa Citizen

"This is Mighton's first play in nine years and it was worth the wait… It's not hard to predict that this lovely elegy to the joys and heartaches of old age will be snapped up by theatres everywhere"
The Toronto Star

"Mighton’s writing is luminous…a beauty in every department”
The National Post

“If you like theatre, don’t miss it. And that goes double if you hate it, because Half Life is that all too infrequent stage show capable of winning new converts for the fragile art of live drama”
Montreal Gazette

“Simply one of the finest new works to be premiered in Toronto for a long, long time”
Eye Weekly (Toronto)