"The History of Opera in Four Acts"by Andrew Cuk (production photos by Dario Ayala)Act I: Operatic First Contact(The men's room in the Bardi Palace in Florence, Italy, in 1596.)PERI: Ottavio…
Rehearsing the original production of Clybourne ParkKimwun Perehinec, Joel Greenberg, Mark McGrinder (photo by Robert Harding)Ten on TenStudio 180's glowing past is spilling into their …
(From company website)Deja Vuby Jim Murchison First of all I must apologize to Ottawa Little Theatre for not submitting this review earlier. I dare say that my Pride got the better of m…
This Musical Is A FantasyIt is light as air.by David C. JonesThe Girl in the Frame written by Jeremy Desmon concerns a young engaged couple that fear commitment and live in denial.Lanie is a…
Pre-Play, Post-Playby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI went to see Innocence Lost at the Centaur this last Thursday. That's right, I took my Valentine's Day date to a play about rape. In fairness…
EQUITY'S NEW POLICIES A SIGN OF THE TIMESjoel fishbane@joelfishbane The Canadian Actors' Equity Association recently gave Canadian artists a belated Christmas present in the form of two new …
The Carnage of Civilityby Jim Murchison @JimMurchison The set is very simple. A modest, tasteful home with a smattering of furniture is all it is or needs to be. Art books are set in t…
Ted Dykstra and Jordan Pettle (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Same As It Ever Wasby Shannon ChristySoulpepper's production pf Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is as quirky, witty, an…
(photo credit: Trudie Lee)War, Betrayal and KitesNovel to screen to stageby Joe Vermeulen@YYZatcboyOriginally a novel, then a film, The Kite Runner has been once again adapted to a new mediu…
Imagination StationIn the mind of a twelve-year-old.by Keely KwokWhat do you get when you cross Anne of Green Gables and a crate full of energy drinks? Why the young Danish girl Kitt of cour…
Step Up TimeC'est La Vie presents its new podcastby Dave RossIndefinitely is C'est La Vie Theatre's latest entry into the podcast theatre series. Written by Tabia Lau, the play is simple, te…
Back in the Thickby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonI have never stepped too far away from the theatre. There have been times when my kids were young that I didn't miss it that much. As they…
(photo credit: David Baltzer)Live Video Killed the Theatre Star by Chad DembskiHas film slowly destroyed theatre? Did film make the live narrative irrelevant when it could directl…
Piecing Together PerformancePart man, part machine, wholly entertaining.by Keely KwokI love an empty stage. Right before the show, you've taken your seat, the house lights are still on, you …
Joanna Aykol's lovingly captured moment of the cast for Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata at Factory Theatre in Toronto. Grabbing a revealing and relevant image from a musica…
Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa Media Platform for your website and Cincopa MediaSend for file transfer.
Adam Paolozza & Ravi Jain (Photo by: Elisa Gilmour)Accountability Must Go Both WaysSpent finds humour in the unlikeliest of placesby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOThe Economic Crisis of the …
(photo credit: Phile Deprez)All you can do (not to laugh or cry) by Chad Dembski CAMPO is a company based in Belgium that creates contemporary performance in all shapes, genres and forms.&nb…
its share of laughter and tearsGerman born mezzo-soprano Kathrin Welte has been singing for ten years on stages across Canada and internationally. After receiving training at Mount…
It's Hump Day so who doesn't need some silliness? Comedy team Matt and Kyle and Matt have been putting out their own brand of silliness for years (notably in these pages) but have been on a …
When Commas AttackValerie Cardinal@vscardinalI'll admit it; I'm a grammar freak. When I was in 7th grade, my English teacher would give us extra credit for finding grammatical errors in…
The Theatre of MehIs this THE enemy of theatreby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisIt was one of those serendipitous days when this column did two great things: forced me to think about int…
Hosanna and the queer dissident communist revolutionary playwright monkeyby Estelle RosenScott Leydon was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, but didn't catch the acting bug until his high sch…
(photo credit: Greg Tjepkema)Count 'em - this will be our third Pride and Prejudice at The Charlebois Post this last year. We reviewed the really-big-shew co-pro between Theatre Calgary and …