3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Shamas, AloneNot really a play...but it is theatreby Jim MurchisonI have a confession to make. I am not now, nor have I ever been a woman. I am a little embarrassed that I have had no experi…
(l - r) Andriana Chuchman as Olympia, Steven Cole as Cochenille and Michael Barrett as Spalanzani (Photo: Michael Cooper)Beyond ExpectationsCOC delivers a minor miracleby Axel Van CheeOffenb…
Can you say "physical theatre"? Workshop West in Edmontonsure can as they prepare to present their take on the Beowulf saga.
Leo On Dirty Kitchen Floor, the originalGetting The PictureIt's not that hard and it's not that expensive to make a decent first impressionby Gaëtan L. CharleboisOnce again this week we w…
(TM 1981, RUG Ltd.)Musicals everywhere and Cats twice: in a new production at Theatre Calgary, and on tour through Vancouver. You may or may not like Cats. But you will love Memories - an an…
Jones's American Idiot set put to good useThe Other Husband and The IdiotOn finding a dream jobby Christine JonesMichael Mayer, whom I now refer to as my "other husband", (because we have do…
Grosz-HarveyLa Vida LocaHow handsome actors " from Puerto Rico's Ricky Martin in Evita on Broadway this week, to Montreal's Raphaël Grosz-Harvey co-producing his first play, Blackbird, in…
The Secret of a Broke-ass ArtistEveryone else was going to the ball and I was just the chaperone.by Cameryn MooreI want to tell you a secret: I can count on the fingers of one hand the numbe…
Mark McGrinder, Sterling Jarvis and Audrey Dwyer in Clybourne Park. Photo by John Karastamatis.This GoodClybourne Park is another dish of brill from Studio 180 Theatreby Dave Ross"I wis…
(photo credit: Trudie Lee)SOME GUY AND HIS DOLLSRonnie Burkett and the Theatre of Marionettesjoel fishbane"Life is finite," says master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett. "I'm just killing us off at …
From the the first show of the year - Big Mamma! The Willie Mae Thorton story - to the last - a world premiere of Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Victoria's Belfry is filling the stage with mus…
Théâtre du Trident, Quebec City's foremost professional company, launched its new season this week and after a year of presenting unsafe productions of traditional works (La Nuit des roi…
Caroline Gillis, Clare Coulter, Jessica Moss (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Poetry, laughter and lessMacIvor's new play doesn't impressby Beat RiceIt is always interesting to see ho…
In two exciting breaks from recent seasons, the Opéra de Montréal is presenting four instead of five productions and only one is a sure-fire bankable opera - La Traviata. For the last year…
Rumours of WarWorld Stage gets small to approach bigby Beat RiceAjax & The Little Iliad Produced by Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O'Connell and Harbourfront Centre (as part of Worldstag…
Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe in Mary's Weddingat ATP. (Photo credit: Trudie Lee Photography)Read our review
Memoir: MY MEMORIES OF LA MAMAIntimate Apparel brings with it the ghost of a quintessential theatre personby Byron TobenMarch 27 was the 50th anniversary of International Theatre Day an…
Sia, the Matthew Mackenzie play now at Factory (and from Cahoots theatre in Alberta), was not born like Venus, rising from the sea on a half shell, it began with the playwright's g…
Craigslist (photo by David Cooper)Works by Michel Marc Bouchard, Judith Thompson, George F. Walker make up a good part of Factory Theatre's 2012-13 season.Despite excitement about new works …
Caroline, or Change(photo by Joanna Akyol)After delivering on the goods with a raved-over production of Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage is going into a new year with two production…
After a winter of discontent surrounding the Michael Healey controversy, Tarragon theatre's artistic director, Richard Rose is moving on by announcing the 2012-13 season lineup.Among the ele…
Wrong QuestionDoes the internet make you stupid? and other time-wastersby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was watching a talk/discussion show and they decided to debate the question "Has the intern…
Ajax and Little Illiad Nothing much slows down MTC - as their hit production of God Of Carnage wends its way to Vancouver (despite the Vancouver Playhouse, their coproducer, stiffening)…
Maria Ricossa (Bev), Audrey Dwyer (Francine) Joel Greenberg (Director) (photo credit: Robert Harding)DeparturesClybourne Park has an unapologetic approach to uncomfortable issuesby Joel Gree…
