Tarragon receives over $100,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundationto improve the theatre-going experience in the building!Tarragon Theatre's commitment to their audience is reaching new he…
From The Darkness, Vanyaby Gaëtan L. CharleboisAnthony F. Ingram is Vancouver born and bred, having lived away from his hometown a total of one year out of 47 when he trained and worked a…
With all the Hallelujah Choruses trumpeting out there this season, could Against The Grain's Messiah be not only the most exciting Handel you will see out there for Christmas, but one of the…
What I DoEstablishing rules for new mediaby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisLast week I got a direct message, via Facebook, which evolved into a chat. An FB friend (I've never met but who…
The Gun. The Bullet. The Target. The Eyes.by Estelle RosenJon Lachlan Stewart is a playwright, performer and director originally from Edmonton Alberta, a graduate of Studio 58 in Vancouver, …
Tradition. Nostalgia. Sacred.A choreographer explains the presence of dance in Against The Grain's production of The Messiahby Jennifer NicholsJennifer Nichols, choreographer and dancer, was…
(photo by Andrée Lanthier)The Hills are Alive and Well by …
Yuletide Brotherly Loveby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonAs I have said my theatrical tastes are very wide, so after seeing a clever, intriguing fantasy journey of an academic falling into a Shak…
Home: A Place Called Montreal (for now...)by Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI get the bureaucratic side-eye every time I cross the border into Canada. Every time. I've learned to accept it. I don…
(photo by Keith Barker)Wartime Europe through the eyes of an innocent " or notby Christian BainesHow does the first half of Europe's 20th century appear through the eyes of a child? In …
Danielle Desormeaux (Photo by Victoria Laberge)Brava, Brava, Brava!by Aleksandra KoplikIf anyone has watched New York, I love you or Paris, je t'aime, this play has a similar concept. Severa…
Rage in the Mirrorby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonIt's a funny thing the way people express themselves. When you're pushed you can react quite irrationally. I was watching a man chase a b…
Hubert LemireIt's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...by Élaine CharleboisThis year's edition of Contes urbains indulged its spectators with a series of six holiday stories that reflected the…
The layers of Beginnings and Endingsby Chad DembskiBlindsided premiered last night at Théâtre La Chapelle as part of their Festival Artdanthé, an ambitious festival of Montreal and Queb…
I don't think we have to look far beyond this photo to understand that Ronnie Burkett's new work, Daisy Theatre now at The Cultch is not a kiddy show. There is something ripe and creepy abou…
The Master and MetaTheatreby Edgar GovernoIt's always hard to speak ill of the ones you care about. Even when you know you're right, even when you feel you're speaking truth to power, there …
(photo by David Cooper)A Birthday Aptly Celebratedby Jay CattersonThe Vancouver Opera, in collaboration with Pacific Opera Victoria, presents Benjamin Britten's 1947 operatic parody of Engli…
CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY ANNOUNCES COMMISSION OF NEW OPERA BYCOMPOSER RUFUS WAINWRIGHT ANDPLAYWRIGHT DANIEL MACIVORHadrian Scheduled for World Premierein COC's 2018/2019 SeasonToronto&nbs…
FESTIVAL PLAYERS of PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY ANNOUNCES 2014 SEASON3-Show FLEX PASSES on Sale December 3rdPrince Edward County, ON, (December 2, 2013) Festival Players of Prince Edward Count…
They're Flying!by Gaëtan L. CharleboisTrudy Moffat recently choreographed the NBC made for TV movie "Mr Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story". She has over twenty-five years experience in …
James and Jamesy seduced Fringe audiences all summer with their 2 For Tea and this week it has landed in Vancouver for a non-Fringe run. We liked it!
(Un)Happy AnniversaryThe disappointment is not only with the usual suspectby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisIt was precisely a year ago that The Charlebois Post - Canada published an edi…
Collapsible playwright Emily Pearlman and dramaturg Laurel Green (left)The Cheerleader/Drill Sergeantby Estelle RosenLaurel Green is the Artistic Associate at Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP) …
(photo by Steven Burley)Helpful Tips for Adapting a Classic Novel into a Playby Two Crazy Bats Hallie Burt and Kate WerneburgBurt and Werneburg are Hallie Burt and Kate Werneburg. Thei…