3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
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The Netflix EffectLiberal pieties and other songs we singby Gaëtan L. CharleboisUsually when I am about to decapitate someone - verbally or in writing - I am fairly cold-blooded. I take t…
Patienceby Estelle RosenMy name is Jack Volpe. I am Deaf. I am the director of a play called, Deaf Snow White, produced by an organization called Seeing Voices Montreal (SVM).&nb…
Fear of Brazilians, Mothers, and other Essential Thingsby Priscila UppalPriscila Uppal is an internationally-acclaimed Toronto poet, fiction writer, essayist, memoirist, playwright, and York…
(photo by Emily Cooper)Troubled waters lead to joyous feeling.by David C. JonesPacific Theatre does the most soulful dramas in Vancouver. Because of its unique design you can see half the au…
Photo by Valleywind Productions/David PashoAnd Now for Something Completely Expectedby Jim MurchisonIn the beginning there was Monty Python's Flying Circus. Now to say that the British comed…
Subtext of My Sponsor Pitchby Cameryn Moore@CamerynMooreI have sponsors. Sometimes. Some years I have more than others; last year I had one. But every year the process is the same: send out …
Omar Alex Khan, Kawa Ada (photo by Dahlia Katz)The Wanderers: A Lesson in Emotional Historyby Keely Kwok@kwokles The Wanderers follows an Afghan family's journey through the years as th…
Once Is Usually Enoughby Jim MurchisonWatching the Oscars last Sunday I realized another reason theatre is so wonderful. It strikes me that what we see at the Academy Awards big night is the…
Photo by Chris van der SchyfGuided storytelling at its finestby Jason BookerIf you don't leave this show with a grin on your face, you must be dead.Even people who aren't particularly fans o…
Holly Gauthier-Frankel (photo: lucetg.com)War is Not Enoughby Caitlin MurphySetting one's sights on grand subjects like WWI, an artist is always wise to zoom right in " find the s…
A photo as lovely and wistful as the play it represents. Bruce Monk has captured the magic of MTC's Glass Menagerie, right down to actor Ryan James Miller's expression. Menagerie is one of t…
Alden Adair, Nancy Sorel (photo by Bruce Monk)Two Steps Forward, One Step BackClimbing out of The Valley is never simple.by Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianDepression and mental illness in gene…
Brendan Gall, Lesley Faulkner (photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)The Last Tabooby Ramya JegatheesanM and W are in line at Ikea when M pops a question: babies? Cue avalanche of existential p…
Sixteen local companies awarded crucial grants for their upcoming seasonsMONTREAL, February 2014 - The Cole Foundation is happy to announce the latest grants for the …
SOULPEPPER IN SPRING: THE GIGLI CONCERT; THE ROAD TO MECCA; OF HUMAN BONDAGE; TWO PARTNER PRESENTATIONS; & A NEW CABARET SERIESToronto, ON - March 5, 2014: Albert Schultz, Founding Artis…
ROYAL MTC LAUNCHES 2014-2015 SEASONCabaret, The Heart of Robin Hood, Private Lives among stories that are set to delight and transform audiences WINNIPEG, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 - Fro…
Make theatre necessary.Build a theatre, bigger budgets, bigger shows, national tours, more staff, take over the world.by Gaëtan L. CharleboisBrett Christopher has been an active memb…
Paul Flicker is directing his first play. It is the raucously vulgar Glenngarry Glen Ross at Segal Centre. Take those two things and you have the makings of an hilarious teaser.(Read also Ba…
The Groovie GooliesNot the kids' cartoon...turn away now!by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisMy first play, a bittersweet lovely thing that made me a lot of money, had me worrying that I w…
Vulnerable (and Funny)by Estelle RosenJeff Gandell is a Montreal writer, storyteller, improviser, and teacher. His one-man comedy, The Balding, was nominated for the Just for Laughs - Best C…
Insatiable thirst for theatreThe prime of Mr. Paul Flicker by Barbara Ford@PR_Queen_007We bypassed the administration offices where former Artistic Director, Bryna Wasserman, had a spra…
(L-R) Nicholas Porteous, Lesley Robertson, Cydney Penner (photo by Scott Gorman)A Theatrical Gem. Chamberlain's production is a perfect alchemy of old and new, of comedic and poignant.…
The Good Old Bad Old Days, Today and The Search for CommunionSo what keeps us coming back in the face of such crushingly miserable odds?by TJ Dawe@TJ_DaweIn my last article, I talked about h…
