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Colleen Wheeler (photo by David Blue)Audience Engulfed in Passion and RageAn acting your de force by Colleen Wheelerby David C. JonesI have seen this play before, but I have never felt it. B…
The leg belongs to dancer Brianna Ray who is featured in The Collectors, choreographed by Brett Owen and running at the Winnipeg Fringe. The photo, however, is by Kendra Hope Penner who has …
Sophie Goulet and Kevin MacDonald (photo by David Hou)Hot Balls by Winna Tse@tsewinnaHow ballsy. That was my first thought after seeing The Taming of the Shrew (henceforth The Shrew) in…
Kate Trotter (photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)Expect the best from SoulpepperA summer must-seeby Dave RossAs the house lights dimmed and a single figure stepped onto the stage at Soulpepper las…
Problem Play Vivid SolutionStrong Actors Visionary Direction by David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesWilliam Shakespeare wrote Measure for Measure in either 1604 or 1605 and although considered…
How To Succeed... (photo by Tim Matheson)O...M...G...How to Succeed succeeds, but Blonde has more fun!by Jay CattersonAnother season of Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) has arrived in Vancouve…
Photo credit: Marc-Julien ObjoisAn Opinion on Everythingby Gaëtan L. CharleboisChristine Lesiak is an Edmonton-based performer, singer, writer, and co-founder of Small Matters Productions…
The delightful duo of 2 For Tea at Winnipeg Fringe this week before moving on to Victoria.(Read our review)
Notes From the Heart of Darkness (Fringe 2013)Jottingsby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisYou Know it's Fringe when...- you tell a friend you can meet for a "quick coffee" as long as it's …
Making Them FeelAs a writer, I'm almost glad that my memory is so scatter-shot.by Estelle RosenSam Mullins is a Vancouver-turned-Toronto-based writer/humorist. He is a writer for …
We're going to break from tradition this week and instead of providing a panoply of openings across the country, we're going to point to one opening that has us excited. Or rather two; becau…
(photo by Gina Bixby)Fringe Artist Survival Guideby Tonya Jone MillerA few weeks ago, in the midst of the London Fringe festival, I wrote about [the fringe life] on my personal blog in …
Fringe-Tastic!by Gwynne HuntGwynne Hunt is a writer, publisher, researcher, artistic director and producer. Her last two books were, Rampage:the pathology of an epidemic and a chapbook, brus…
YouTube and the Technophobeby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreWhen I create a new work or start a new tour, it is not one thing that I am working on, not one piece that I am creating. Inevitably a…
THEATRE'S UNHAPPIEST TRENDS joel fishbane@joelfishbaneIt's been a below-average Fringe season for me. Normally by this time of year my eyes are bleary and my pockets are stuffed with th…
Cook This!by Zoe Erwin-LongstaffThere is a plentiful share of comedic duos at this years Fringe. So why aren't more of them women? Fortunately, we do have clown duo Heather Annis and A…
When Shorter is Betterby Zoe Erwin-LongstaffIn several years of Fringe attendance I had never seen a production with such polished synchronization of sound, lighting, musical and choreograph…
I Must Writeby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonSo now the Fringe is over and I am back to writing articles that relate to my previous musings. I have seen so much well written new theatre now that…
The Grindr of the Ego and The Soulby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownIn his witty one-man show about the torturing realities of the dating world as a gay man, Lucas Brooks brings us into a world in…
When Stand-up Meets Theatreby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownNussbaum's one-man show is another example of stand-up meets theatre. Nussbaum is worried, very worried. But he is a brave new worrier,…
Mad About Youby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownFrom the moment you walk into the theatre Andrew Wade is The Hatter, offering you tea as well as 'bits of Tim', engaging each audience member as they…
Hegemony...Chemistyby Zoe Erwin-Longstaff"Hegemony," my obliging friend suggested, and HipBang, that is Tom and Devin the Vancouver improv duo, balked. They asked for a definition and …
Grave Sideby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownPart of what I love about the Fringe is the fact that we get to see a load of contemporary theatre, and a lot of contemporary Canadian stuff at that. An…
Tade Biesinger (Billy Elliot) photo by Alastair MuirLetters from London #1by Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOHello friends! It's hard to believe that I've been in England for three weeks now and t…
