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War Horse...everywhereWar Horse the play is NOT War Horse the book, and the Steven Spielberg movie is neither the book nor the play.by Dave Ross @dmjrossOn January 6, 2013, the Toronto …
(from the website)Making Historyby David C. JonesA lot of the truly interesting things about our Canadian history are lost, either because at the time no one thought what was happening was n…
If, when looking at this promo picture for The Santaland Diaries, you think "HELP!" then photographer David Cooper and actor Ryan Beil have done their job. They have conveyed the essence of …
Set and costume designer Roger Schultz, talks about designing ATP's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown...scaling up and capturing his namesake's spirit.
My First TimeThe importance being exposedby Gaëtan L. CharleboisMy mother died when I was 13. You need to know that because it is important to the story of my first time.My mother was the…
Oliver Becker (photo credit: David Cooper)Red: An Abstractby Edgar GovernoMany people think of Abstract Expressionism as a joke"just a collection of "random" colours or lines or shapes that …
A Killing Romanceby David C. Jones.A lovely diverse cast filled with whimsy and heart " a sleek setting with imaginative staging including detailed mime " and hopefully romantic but sardonic…
The Love Stories of the Othersby David C. JonesGabe and Karen are happily married with kids in a tasteful modern home in the suburbs. Their happy - if routine - life is challenged when their…
Lucy Cox in Jekyll and Hyde (photo credit: Chris Bennion Photo)And off we go, ready or not, into the Christmas season! Drayton Entertainment is getting out the tree, the dog and the orphans,…
(photo credit: Vincent Champoux)Introspection: personal and socialby Isabelle-Ann Charlebois@IsaanncAt Le Trident, this season is the season of noise: La saison qui fait du bruit. To s…
I AM CANADIAN THEATRE Fridge magnet (large)Ooooooooooh! The perfect stocking-stuffer!14cm x 11cm5.5in x 4.25in$6 - Price includes handling and shipping by surface mail. Do you want to s…
Four Years and CountingI would like them to embrace being opinionated.by Shannon Christy@schristy79(photo credit: bohuang.ca)CHARPO: In 2008 in an interview with the CBC you briefly ske…
(photo credit: Yves Renaud)The ConductorWinnipeg native and internationally-acclaimed conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson returns to L'Opera de Montreal to conduct Richard Wagner's The Flying Du…
Albert Schultz (photo credit: Sandy Nicholson)Soulpepper: Requiem for a DreamThis is an obituary.by Holger Syme (reprinted, with permission, from dispositio)Let me quote Soulpepper's&nb…
Poly-Metro-Amorousby Cameryn Moore"What's your ideal living environment, like, your perfect city?"My Alabama host looks at me expectantly. She doesn't have renters in her house right now, wh…
HATCHED FROM A THEATRICAL EGGjoel fishbane"I didn't want it to be an issue play," said Claire Burns. "Just a play that deals with certain issues." She's referring to Hatched, her new play th…
Jackie Richardson and Andrew Moodie (photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)Thirsting for moreby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThe NAC presented the world premiere of Thirsty by acclaimed writer D…
In Praise of Elizabeth KlettThe best of a website you should know aboutby Gaëtan L. CharleboisA few years ago I spent a lot of time in the hospital. It was a bad hospital and I was sharin…
The stunning poster art for Manitoba Theatre Centre's production of Red. Doowah Design's ragged canvas edges, the superimposition of Mark Rothko's silhouette on the iconic Seagram's panel...…
Ashlie CorcoranSEASONS ANNOUNCED: (Toronto) Soulpepper has announced an incredibly ambitious 2013 season which includes the two parts of Tony Kushner's miraculous Angels in America as w…
A part of KAMP coming to World Stage. (No other comment necessary...)
John Murphy and Laara Sadiq (photo credit: Tim Matheson)Feats of Literatureby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesIn Greek mythology the Lernaean Hydra is a many-headed beast. Cut off a head and tw…
The (Sacred?) ImageWhat are an actor's responsibilities?by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisI apologize, but I am obsessed by American politics and that has been reflected on this site. La…
