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Invading the DarknessCharlotte Corbeil Coleman graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada (2008) in the playwriting program. Since then she has written for theatre, radio, film, an…
In a World Without Limitsby Yanomi ShoshinzI am not religious but after reading The Never Ending Story by Michael Ende when I was 12 years old, I swore, "I will never forget to believe in th…
Articles and Reviews from WildSide, 2013
Reviews and articles from Next Stage, 2013.Reviews: Memorial
This is not just our Picture of the Week it is perhaps one of our favourite theatre pictures ever. It is Gil Garratt as Puck (who else?) in Canadian Stage's outdoor Midsummer Night's Dr…
Sometimes a theatre photo is just right, as is this one from Bruce Monk. It is for MTC's Next to Normal with Jonathan Cullen and Steffi DiDomenicantonio and it captures perfectly t…
From December 22-28 we will be presenting the best photos of the year at CharPo-Toronto, CharPo-Montreal and CharPo-Canada (different photos on each site so check them all out). On December …
Nominations: CharPR 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 co…
From December 22-25 we will be presenting the best photos of the year at CharPo-Toronto, CharPo-Montreal and CharPo-Canada (different photos on each site so check them all out). On December …
(photo credit: Catherine Farquharson, documentographer.com)Top ten theatre productions of 2012: A personal listby J. Kelly Nestruck (reprinted by permission from Off The Fence)This…
From December 22-25 we will be presenting the best photos of the year at CharPo-Toronto, CharPo-Montreal and CharPo-Canada (different photos on each site so check them all out). On December …
From December 22-25 we will be presenting the best photos of the year at CharPo-Toronto, CharPo-Montreal and CharPo-Canada (different photos on each site so check them all out). On December …
From December 22-25 we will be presenting the best photos of the year at CharPo-Toronto, CharPo-Montreal and CharPo-Canada (different photos on each site so check them all out). On December …
Chip off the old blockOnetime child actor and two-time Tony-Award nominee Joel Blum pays homage to his own showbiz roots as he co-stars in the upcoming Billy Elliott the Musical tour across …
Mourning becomes electricAn original cast album hauntsby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisThere was a time when original Broadway cast albums actually made it into the top ten on the hit p…
Bernard Cuffling in David Cooper's magnificent portrait for Arts Club's It's a Wonderful Life. Cooper's work always has style, shows a piercing eye and still - as you see here - finds t…
Canadians have a lot invested in Les Misérables, the mega-musical. We have had productions at regional houses all over the country, but we also nurtured full-blown productions of the piece …
Lucky '13Moving ahead by looking backby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisThere are goin' to be some big fuckin' changes around here!That is the battle cry at The Charlebois Post, ltd., as …
Nothing Never Happens In NorwayGet your rest over the holidays, you're going to need it.Push is coming mid-January in Vancouver, and at the beginning of February there is undercurrents in Ot…
(photo credit: David Cooper)Feeding the YoungAlisa Palmer prepares new theatre people for a new worldby Rebecca Ugolini@rebeccaugoliniAs she leads me up a narrow flight of stairs in the Nati…
(from the company website)Christmas with a Raving Sentimentalistby Jim Murchison @JimMurchison Plosive productions annual Christmas radio play at The Gladstone this year is Miracle on 3…
YOUR THEATRICAL XMAS GUIDEOr What to Get the Struggling Actor in Your Lifejoel fishbaneSnow is falling, carollers are singing and cities everywhere are a-glow with lights. The politically co…
Sunset Boulevard: From Screen to StageWe move in for a close-up (beware of spoilers!)by Stuart MunroI was quite young the first time I sat and listened to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and …
