3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
(photo credit: Carol Rosegg)West Side Story SoarsFifty-five years later and still a masterpieceby Stuart MunroThere are certain shows that make me wish I could go back in time and experience…
Cat Lemieux in Heretics of Bohemia in this magnificent shot by Tristan Brand showing the melting of performer and puppet for the Joseph Shragge script.(Read our review)(Read Joseph Shragge's…
Lighting Life and DeathItai Erdal uses theatre to confront a hideous processby Beat RiceWhat makes a good piece of theatre? Conventionally, a strong script and storyline, actors who move and…
Dolan (from Wikipedia)NEWS: (MONTREAL) Young film-maker Xavier Dolan (J'ai tué may mère) has announced that he will be filming Michel Marc Bouchard's play Tom à la ferme. (Source)&…
A perfect promo vid: images well-chosen, lighting right, music the cherry on the sundae. It's Soulpepper's production of You Can't Take It With You. (Read our review)
Night Of The Living DeadAn interesting articles has me thinking of the "classics"by Gaëtan L. CharleboisIn the summer of 1976 - I had just turned 19 - I had a hideous job as night clerk a…
High Society (photo by David Cooper of Todd Talbot and Jennifer Lines)The Haunted Hillbilly is not unknown to certain Montrealers. It has won awards, it had been talked about and praised, it…
Moving into the theatre and other things on my To Do list.Every day I experience the give and take of this career I've chosen. This experience is weighing heavily on the give side…
Mother and MeExploring life through theatreby Itai Erdal (production photos by Emily Cooper)Twelve years ago, I was going to be a documentary filmmaker. I became a theatre lighting desi…
The UnspokenTranslating the darkness of the teen years to theatreby Edward RoyAs I write this I'm deep in technical rehearsals for my new play, Beyond the Cuckoo's Nest, opening on May 9th&n…
The Pangs of PartingFarewell to dryer, kitchen, hairdresser...by Cameryn MooreI'm not on tour yet for this year, not officially. Yes, I gave up my lease at the beginning of April, and drove …
(photo credit: Lori E. Seid)What Is Being Lost?A reviewer copes with nostalgiaby Beat RiceI've pretty much stopped noticing that I am usually always one of the youngest patrons when I go to …
THE AUDACITY OF AUBREY DANjoel fishbaneIn theory, there's every reason to mourn the "hiatus" announced by Dancap, the Toronto production company created in 2007 as an alternative producer of…
Actors RuleSlade's married unmarrieds at Segalby Chris LaneBernard Slade's celebrated play, Same Time, Next Year, is about changes and developments in two people, in their relationship, and …
(Gladstone website promo art)Justice?Death and the maiden examines issues still currentby Jim MurchisonAs the promotional material for Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden promises, the play…
(photo credit: Joan Marcus)Don't Hate, Congratulate!Bring It On entertains without apologyby Stuart MunroBring It On is one of my favourite terrible movies. Without any pretense of being a G…
Krystin Pellerin & Eric Peterson (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Harking BackSoulpepper takes on one of the great ensemble pieces and worlds collideby Gregory W. BunkerThere could har…
Tony Nappo, Matthew Edison (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)What is "The Real World?"Tremblay juggles realitiesby Dave RossMichel Tremblay is arguably one of Canada's foremost playwrights.…
Pierreck and ArloPuppets for adults Heretics of Bohemia is entertaining, but doesn't make you think too hardSarah DeshaiesPuppets are cool, and the Heretics of Bohemia is mostly populat…
If you need a great promo picture, David Cooper is your man. In his photo for Arts Club's upcoming High Society (Cole Porter's musical adaptation of The Philadelphia Story), stars become cha…
Photo credit: Aviva Armour-OstroffIn the voice of another (myself)Crash hauntsby Beat RiceCrash is a powerful one-woman show written and performed by Pamela Sinha who tells a troubling story…
The ominous teaser for BASH a French-language version of Neil Labute's The Shape of Things about to open at Montreal's Hotel Zero 1
Josh Young in Superstar; in bg Paul Nolan(photo credit: David Hou)Toronto: In an interview with Richard Ouzounian of the Toronto Star, Aubrey Dan, founder and owner of the company Dancap, an…
Present Laughter (illustration by Emily Cooper)Everything you need to know to prep for Carmen Aguirre'a Blue Box at The Cultch has been written here. Except there is this little f…
