3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
If you love Rodgers and HammersteinOr if you love beautiful balladsby David C. JonesSome musical revues celebrate a composer and give you facts and tidbits about some other beloved songs, fo…
(photo by Dan Huziak)Endless Cyclesby Jessica YenA socially awkward young man is stuck in the repetitive drudgery of a manual labour job that eats away at his psychological and emotional wel…
Journeys of the Mindby Jim Murchison@JimMurchison I talk too much and I don't write enough. There's a reason for it. I have always been a performer first. Even when I wasn't pursuing p…
(photo: Steven Schreiber)Music Celebrated; Dancedby Beat RiceNew York based dance company Abraham.In.Motion opens the World Stage season with Kyla Abraham's personal piece, The Radio Show. T…
High Octaneby David C. JonesIt's big and energetic. That is part of the problem.A powerful classic is considered such because it moves generation after generation. West Side Story, pre…
Bethany Jilliard in the the risible play within a play in Manitoba Theatre Centre's The Seagull. Bruce Monk captures the beauty/silliness of the opening moments of Chekhov's remarkable work …
SEGAL CENTRE ARTISTIC PRODUCER PAUL FLICKER ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTUREMontreal, February 3rd, 2014 " The Segal Centre for Performing Arts Board of Directors announced today changes in its …
DISCOVERIES, MARVELS AND FOLLIES AT FTA 2014MARIE-HÉLÈNE FALCON UNVEILS 7 SHOWS FEATURED IN THE UPCOMING 8TH EDITION, HER LAST AS GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVAL TRANSAM…
Obscurityby Élaine Charlebois In a word, Organon was…confusing. A performance piece created by Alexander Wilson and Mélanie Verville, Organon attempted to shock the audience wit…
Eyes Wide Shutterby Gaëtan L. CharleboisMichael Cooper is an award-winning commercial photographer with an acute eye for detail, lighting and composition. Aside from the frequent appearan…
Stéphanie Morin-Robert dances in Bodylight at TangenteRead also: A first person piece about Mme Morin-Robert on her own work, Me, Myself and Eye
graf (for heaven11)You can't catch itjust snatches in frames that fly past windowsinscripted in insidiouscrevicesscrawled on concrete slabsof underpasshusheyes peeled t…
l-r Ned Loach, Robert Gontier (photo by Katherine Holland)Theatre Cinema Performance Lifeby Ned LoachNed Loach is an arts and culture producer who co-founded Toronto's fir…
Growing?There is no place like the internet...by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisLast month, as the year began for CharPo, there were a series of reality checks and balances.For instance,…
Roland Wood, Adrianne Pieczonka (photo by Michael Cooper)What the Booing Meantby Lucy WellsI've just come from the opera and, to be honest, I'm not sure what to tell you about it. The Canadi…
G, S and the Princessby Lucy WellsMADS, the Music and Drama Society of St Anne's Anglican church, has recently marked its 50th anniversary of putting on Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. In ce…
The Special Case of Edmund Ironsideby Estelle RosenJoshua Stodart is an actor, director, and Shakespeare enthusiast based in Toronto. A recent graduate of Ryerson Theatre School, he founded …
(photo by David Cooper)The Seagull at the Segal I have created my own adaptation of the play in an effort to provide a theatrical language that is fresh and modernby Peter HintonPeter Hinton…
Disappearing Actsby TJ Dawe@TJ_DaweIs fringe touring disappearing? Maybe. I started touring my own shows in '98. Many festivals were first come first served. A few were lotteries. …
What does - and doesn't - happenby Cameryn Moore@CamerynMooreSo, I did the 24-Hour Plays last week, and with a week behind me, a week's worth of introspection and consideration, I can honest…
Raquel Duffy, Dan Chameroy (photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)Shearing Time and Placeby Ramya Jegatheesan At first glance, Soulpepper's staging of Idiot's Delight has all the makings of a first-rat…
Anusree Roy, Ash Knight (photo by John Lauener)A Show that Deserves to Go Viralby Keely Kwok@KowklesNormally when I review a show I take a lot of notes. I probably take too many notes and dr…
Shaw Festival reports surplus for 2013 season at Annual General Meeting- Last season's fiscal and artistic accomplishments celebrated -Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (January 31, 2014) " Shaw …
