3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Cast of Charactersby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonI've always preferred ensemble theatre, where there is a true sharing of the workload and every one relies on each other. At our workshop…
Geneviève Beauchemin, Martin Tremblay Photo: Marie-Andrée LemireThings Hypnosis Won't Let You Forget.by Nanette Soucy In the tiny, low-ceilinged and intimate venue of Théâtre Prospéro…
Musical ChairsSmash seems to be going round and round in circlesby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOHello friends! I tell you. With the week I'm having, I couldn't wait to sit down with a glass of …
Thomas Olajide and Brett Donahue (photo credit: Keith Barker)Complications of Biblical Proprotionsas with most sea changes some people swim and others sinkby Philip Akin[Philip Akin has been…
Rolline Laporte often does photos like this one for Yellow Moon at La Licorne in Montreal. Indeed, it is becoming her trademark: high def, outdoor setting, cutting colours (from a neverthele…
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(from the company website)When Playwrights Kill Itby Jim MurchisonIra Levin was a master of suspense when Stephen King was a neophyte. Deathtrap was the longest running comedy thriller on Br…
Things I Wish I Had Been Told in Theatre Schoolby Callam Rodya[Here is an article everyone is talking about, not only in Canada, but around the world. We asked Mr. Rodya for rights to reprin…
It's The System That Is Sickmore than a pill is requiredby David C. JonesTheatre For Living (formerly Headlines Theatre) works in communities using a variation of Augusto Boal's Theatre of t…
Learning What a Producer Does...and paysWe might be able to recoup our original investment in the end, but I doubt it.Steve Galluccio is a playwright (Mambo Italiano), screenwriter (Funkytow…
Quickly on its way to becoming an iconic Canadian play, Evelyne de Chenelière's Bashir Lazhar gets another airing this week at Theatre Projects Manitoba.
Theatrically Star-Struck by Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalMuch like movies and television shows, theatre can be used as a vehicle for a particular personality. For example, the recent Broa…
StarzWhy we do not anymore...by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisAs I was watching the papal pomp I thought about stars. (Perhaps the most lame-ass current affairs segue-way ever!)Actually…
AWeek in Theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweetsContinuing an ongoing discussion about the demise of the standing ovation as genuine audience feedback, Caleb McMullen of Mnemonic Theatre Produc…
show up, sweep, mop and keep trying to dynamite the stageby Estelle RosenAlain Mercieca is the Artistic Director for Le Nouveau International, a not-for-profit arts organization that has bee…
Dance Me to the End on/off LoveEuripides' Bacchae has seduced many an artist into fascinating and, sometimes, ill-advised adaptation: Joe Orton, Brian de Palma, Caryl Churchill, Ingmar Bergm…
Great Big Sexy LaughsFantastic cast makes it all workby David C. JonesAndy Thompson is a passionate creative man who has a great sense of mischief. Broken Sex Doll is so outrageous and funny…
Opera Atelier's The Magic FluteThe Magic Flute seems to have a life of its own and galvanizes every performer and every rehearsal in a way that is absolutely unique.by Marshall Pynkoski …
The Fringeby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOHello again, friends! I don't know about you, but I'm super anxious to know which version of Bombshell is going to fake Broadway this season. So let's …
Roots, and Nests, and Supportive Websby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreArtist community. I've touched on it before, I'm sure I have, even though I do not want to read back through all of last yea…
CONNECTION TO A NEW CLIENTELLEjoel fishbaneDateline Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 2013. News came out this week, via the Globe and Mail, that according to figures which will be released at…
(photo credit: Marie Eve Kingsley)A Brel-liant spectacleJacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living at Mainline theatreby Sarah DeshaiesIn 1952, recently married with a newborn, Jacques Brel b…
A Sensory Feast from the Bayouby Christian BainesIn the lead-up to Oscar night, I approached Beasts of the Southern Wild with little more than a vague knowledge of its four nominations and a…
When Men were Womenby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThe time for me to take this soapbox that has been given me and shamelessly self promote has come. I will be taking time over the next f…
