News: Harper/Moore announce commitment to the arts/NTS by The Charlebois Post

GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT TAKES CENTRE STAGEjoel fishbaneThe Canadian government will invest $9.2 million dollars in the National Theatre School over the next two years, Heritage Minister James …

CharPo's Real Theatre! March 2, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Review: (Toronto) La Liste by The Charlebois Post

(photo credit: Suzanne O'Neill)Sylvie Drapeau is on the listOne of the country's greatest actors in Torontoby Adèle CharleboisJennifer Tremblay's La Liste begins with a woman alone in her h…

Review: (Montreal) Ines Pérée et Inat Tendu by The Charlebois Post

"S'il n'y avait pas d'enfants sur la Terre, il n'y aurait rien de beau" -- Réjean Ducharme(Photo credit: Nicolas Frank Vachon)The Charms of DucharmeA difficult play takes (verbal) flig…

CPC's Picture of the Week, March 1, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

The magnificent poster art for Nightwood'sThe Happy Woman

Review: (Toronto) War Horse by The Charlebois Post

Joey (Brad Cook, Bryan Hindle, Caden Douglas) and Emilie (Addison Holley). Photo by Brinkhoff/MögenburgStunning, Emotional, AmazingGobsmacked...by Dave RossAs I stepped out of the Princess …

CPC's Video of the Week, February 29, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Behind the scenes at Stratford as here comes 60!Preparing the curtain for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

News: (Ottawa) Rideau Awards nominations announced by The Charlebois Post

Administrators of Ottawa's Rideau Awards have announced the finalists for this year's prizes. The organization and award, created to promote English- and French-language theatre in the Capit…

After Dark, February 28, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

The Safe Haven of FluffAre theatres playing it too safe?By Gaëtan L. CharleboisIn about three months I will be 55 years old. I remember the day John F. Kennedy was shot. I remember Nixon'…

Review: (Vancouver) Hunchback by The Charlebois Post

Hunchback retells 1831 novel with modern flair and fantasyNot Disneyby Jonas GiffordBorn at Edmonton's Catalyst Theatre, Hunchback retells Victor Hugo's novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, w…

News: Thousand Islands Playhouse names new Artistic Director by The Charlebois Post

Press Release:GANANOQUE, ON.             On Monday, February 27th, 2012, Liz Austin, President of the Thousand Islands Foundation …

Openings We're Tracking, February 27-March 4, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Gordon's Andrew Wheeler(photo by Michael Cooper)Do you like Doubt? Have you seen the movie? Is the play still viable after you have? A priest, a boy, a mother superior, suspected misconduct …

Review: (Toronto) High Life by The Charlebois Post

Mike Ross, Michael Hanrahan, Oliver Dennis & Diego Matamoros(photo: Michael Cooper)A Brotherhood of MenTestosterone fills the iconic High Lifeby Beat RiceSomething strange about us …

The Sunday Read: Arden Ryshpan on Non-Equity Shows by The Charlebois Post

44(photo by Michael Cooper)So what's the problem with reviewing that non-Equity show anyway?by Arden Ryshpan, Executive Director, Canadian Actors' Equity AssociationA couple of weeks ago, Ca…

The Abominable Showman, February 26, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Rex Reed (from Facebook)On the Town with BugsWhy people love nasty reviews, and a sampling of the nastiest reviews in showbiz historyBy Richard BurnettThere are reviews and then there are na…

Review: (Ottawa) Translations by The Charlebois Post

Little Theatre/Big PlayOLT does it againby Jim MurchisonThis week I went to see Ottawa Little Theatre's production of Translations. It is a very ambitious project that explores issues of lan…

Theatre For Thought, February 25, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

ANOTHER HAMLETjoel fishbaneAs far as theatrical trends go, our obsession with One-Man Hamlets has to be one of the most bizarre. No one ever seems interested in solo-versions of King Lear or…

The Friday Five, February 24, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Five Reasons Why We're Stopping The Friday FiveYour worst nightmare has come true. The gates of hell have swung open and flaming horrors scream through your mind, devouring your happiness, y…

CharPo's Real Theatre! February 24, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Review: (Ottawa) 33 (A Kabarett) by The Charlebois Post

(photo by Toni Mustra)GhostsWeimar Germany as seen outside of Cabaretby Jim Murchison'33 (A Kabarett) is billed as a cabaret of ghosts. It is loosely based on the demise of a real life cabar…

Review: (Toronto) Obeah Opera by The Charlebois Post

l-r Bemnet Tekleyohannes, Joni NehRita, Nicole Brooks, Macomere Fifi and Saidah Baba Talibah (Photographer: Nation Cheong)Both Thought and EntertainmentThe magical Obeah Operaby Axel Va…

Review: (Toronto) The Big Smoke by The Charlebois Post

A Solo Fails to StirStructure and script hamper a tale of life and deathby Beat RiceThe Big Smoke is a unique one-woman show that is also a different kind of musical. The narrative is sung a…

Review: (Vancouver) Intimate Apparel by The Charlebois Post

Daren Herbert and Marci T. House (Photo by David Cooper)A Play gets one of many airingsIntimate Apparel is a Canadian staple this year - should it be?by Jay CattersonIntimate Apparel, w…

CPC's Picture of the Week, February 23, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

It's the Horse, of course, of courseWar Horse, premiering this weekAlbert Narracott (Alex Furber) and Joey as a foal (Patrick Kwok-Choon, Rahnuma Panthaky, Mairi Babb). Photo by Brinkhoff / …

News: Theatre Calgary announces huge, ambitious 2012-13 season by The Charlebois Post

Theatre Calgary is going out on a limb next year and presenting a six-play season that should cost the company a pretty penny. It includes two musicals (Next to Normal, opening the season, a…