3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
The Narcissus Conundrumby Robyn Lester Sometimes the story isn't what we've been told. That seems to be the prevailing theme in The Vanity Project, a musical retelling of the stor…
Love Lost to the Work Cellphoneby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonBarely Even There has some good music and a theme of love fading as the competing pressures of providing interfere with the simple…
Honest, Sad…and Whimsical?by Robyn LesterTonight is your last chance to check out Botched, a dark comedy written by Colleen Osborn. This is yet another play I could spend days analyzing.&n…
The Beast Withoutby Christian Baines@XtianBaines[We are very pleased to be offering another book excerpt from a work by a Canadian theatre writer, in this case, our Toronto Associate Editor,…
The reviews are virtually unanimously positive about the Shaw Festival's production of Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan and you won't find many of them which do not mention the breath-taking lo…
Quest for Perfectionby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonJeff Leard got his first paying gig in travelling children's theatre and how that experience challenged him and taught him is the sourc…
Bare Bonesby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonThe set for The Pit is the stage floor. The bed, the babbling brook, the delicious berry bush and the ominous pit threatening to swallow our heroes and…
Using Laughter to Explore Human Nature and Climate Changeby Robyn LesterFrom the title, I expected this production to be a preachy lesson in environmentalism thinly veiled in comedy. H…
(Photo by Dahlia Katz)Juggling Identitiesby Gaëtan L. CharleboisLorenzo Pagnotta has taught drama workshops to both seniors and youth in community centers throughout Montreal and Toronto.…
There is something very charming about the two goofs in this video for Happinessâ„¢ now playing the Ottawa Fringe... but watch it carefully. The vid is also pretty damn sinister.
Corporate Politics of the Bottom Lineby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonBrad Long and Emily Pearlman write and perform this piece which has been crisply directed by Kevin Orr. We Glow is performed…
The Kids Are All RightLost Wings Notwithstandingby Jim Murchison twitter@JimMurchisonI believe the Day We Grew Wings was written by Victoria Luloff and Stewart Matthews. The most consis…
It Gets BetterI must be getting old...by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisYou have to know when to let it go. After last week's rant, the CharPo team dove into the most intense month …
LefebvreThe World is not Black and Whiteby Robyn LesterSometimes it takes me a couple of days to really digest what I've seen. I consider it a sign of a good play. Anything that keeps …
Learning From Experienceby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonChristine Lesiak plays Aggie an advice guru with a little panache and salacious posturing. Her credentials are life so she explains…
Freaky, well-oiled improvby Robyn LesterAn alcoholic baseball player turned nurse. A wound treated with a banana. A man bludgeoned to death with golf balls and poisoned by lizard…
A Simple Story Told In a Complex Way by Robyn Lester Friday afternoon I went to watch Windfall Jelly, written and directed by Eleanor Crowder. This play was very interesting. The s…
(via Facebook)Scratch a Montreal theatre person and you will find someone who came under the spell of La Roulotte, arguably the city's greatest, oldest ongoing theatre company. Since it was …
Trains, Travel, Dust, Outlawsby Estelle RosenAnna Lewis is an actor and theatre creator. Originally from Vancouver, she holds a BFA in Theatre from Concordia University, and is currently bas…
Dreams Off the Cuffby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonI originally planned to see Be A Man last night, but due to an unfortunate accident where one of the actors was struck by a car, the res…
Failure to Engageby Élaine CharleboisBorderland tells the story of a young Navid, a gay Iranian man who has fled his home country in search of a safe place where he can be himself withou…
Orton: Entertaining Sex, Violence and Counter Cultureby Christian BainesThere was something about the British youth culture that fascinated and terrified the mainstream in the 1960s. Whether…
Michael RubenfeldGuns, Magic, Space, ElvisSummerWorks 2013 excitesby Gregory Bunker"…Sounds of the sea," were the words that ended a poem spontaneously composed by Four Words, an interacti…
Celebrate the Slut Within Usby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonI'm going to start off this review with a little note about how slut (r)evolution came to be part of The Fringe Festival becaus…
Survival Guide to the Fringeby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI've waxed lyrical about the emotional feeling of home, my need for relationships and interconnectedness out here on the road, my bur…
