3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
D'Oh NotRick Miller is a Dora and Gemini award-winning writer/performer based in Toronto, Canada. He trained in Montreal as an architect, actor, musician, playwright and visual ar…
Metamorphosis - now at High Performance Rodeo in Calgary
Ch-ch-ch-changesThe Charlebois Post assumes its new formby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisEstelle Rosen, our national Editor-in-Chief, and I have made a huge decision which will more acc…
Handling the Stress Cocktailby Estelle RosenJohn C. Dinning is an award-winning designer. He has designed at Centaur Theatre (Schwartz's: The Musical), Segal Centre (Lies My Father Told Me, …
Megan Follows (photo by Robert Popkin)One of the plays that got Arthur Miller targeted as a Red was, for all intents and purposes, a family drama. But within that drama, Miller also discusse…
Laura Anne Harris (photo credit: Jacklyn Atlas)Blond Not Dumbby Shannon ChristyPitch Blond is an informed attempt to bring back Judy Holliday. It is a 30-minute show that uses audio clips fr…
Bollywood, Qcby Rebecca UgoliniIf the grey winter landscape has you yearning for a little heat, the Bollywood-inspired dance numbers and light romantic comedy in Poutine Masala might be just…
Jacqueline WoodleyThe Art of Making Opera with composer Ana Sokolovićby Dáirine Nà Mheadhra(production photos and shot of Ms Mheadra by John Lauener)I'm the co-Artistic Direct…
(photo credit: grajewski-fotograph inc)On Gumption and Defensesby Steven Schipper, Artistic Director, Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreHere are two items: my remarks to the assembled c…
Beryl BainAWAKE and Sing!by Laura Mullin, co-Artistic Director, Expect Theatre / Spark Collective(photos: Steve Carty)Sometimes during rehearsals for AWAKE, Chris Tolley and I will look at e…
Lost Footingby Caitlin MurphyTwo Short Women, written and directed by Ann Lambert, follows long-time friends Debra (Debra Kirshenbaum) and Laura (Laura Mitchell) on their vacation escape to …
Clown in the Drug Houseby Caitlin MurphyJoe De Paul's many years touring with Cirque du Soleil, honing his clowning skills, are on delightful display in his self-written one-man show. D…
Lindsey Clark(photo by Jacklyn Atlas)To Multimedia Fantasia or Not to Multimedia Fantasiaby Greg BunkerWritten and directed by Jordan Tannahill, Post Eden is a contemporary play peculiar bec…
Tony Nappo in SuddenDeath (photo: Jacklyn Atlas)Sudden Death Shoots and Scoresby joel fishbaneSudden Death, the new play by Charlotte Corbeil Coleman, is so quintessentially Canadian th…
creating a/broadby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreSo. Much. Fucking. Snow.I've spent my winters in Boston for the past eight years, so I am no stranger to the cold white stuff, but this is by far…
The Season of Hibernationjoel fishbane@joelfishbaneThe convivial atmosphere of the holidays has given way to the spirit of hibernation and for most, that means curling up at home with whatev…
Get some Hed!The day John Cameron Mitchell gave his seal of approval to Canadian actor Seth Drabinsky to star in Mitchell's legendary off-Broadway cult rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch…
Lisa Berry, Ari Cohen (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)The Dogs of Warby Beat Rice I like going into shows blind, without doing any research on what kind of show it is, because it allows f…
Do you hear the people sing? Loud and clear! Powerful performances overcome some directorial issues by Stuart MunroI think it's safe to say Les Misérables is one of the most anticipated mov…
Mark Crawford(Photo Credit: Jacklyn Atlas)The New Year starts...wellby Shannon ChristyMemorial is a play about a larger than life character, "Dylan" (Mark Crawford), losing this big life to …
Assassins, at Manitoba Theatre Centre, isn't opening for two weeks, but some of the issues raised by Stephen Sondheim's musical about murderers of presidents - like the availability of guns …
Molière's Cadby David C. JonesBlackbird theatre has a well-earned reputation for presenting classic plays often in re-invigorated stagings. They are never indulgent, they are sometimes just…
WINNERSCharPR Prize, 2012The Charlebois Post is in a unique position in the Canadian cultural landscape. First, we are small, so there are only about five of us who have direct con…
THE LATEST SUNDAY FEATURESInterview: Alisa Palmer, artistic director (English) National Theatre School (December 16, 2012)
