3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Women, war, mythology and a promo video that will knock your socks off.Le Fil Blanc from Le Théâtre Incliné
Durang's Loopsby David C. JonesChristopher Durang's comedies were the toast of Off Broadway in the 1980's. His cynical but sharply satiric dissection of Catholic upbringing, neurotic relatio…
JoinersThe strength is there...if we can get past the lazinessby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIt's easy - if you're willing to go beyond signing petitions and saying you'll boycott and bewailing -…
Hamlet (solo)It's theatre for young audiences, but it isn't. It is in French, English and doesn't have a word spoken. It is the brilliant movement of DynamO Théâtre (who gave us the icon…
Script Troublesby Joe VermeulenThe Audition is a solo about a woman who arrives for a New York audition only to find that there is no one there. She is subsequently locked into the theatre, …
intense, dramatic, harsh and notoriously hard to stageAlison Darcy is a living legacy. She has gone far beyond being the daughter of directors Maurice Podbrey (Centaur founder) and Elsa Bola…
(photo credit: Ashton Doudelet)BLOOD AND BELIEFjoel fishbaneThe first thing composer / lyricist Joseph Aragon thought after hearing about 19th century serial killers William Burke and W…
Booking (The Process)by Cameryn MooreA lot of Fringers, both audience members and other performers, are kind of amazed by my touring itinerary outside of the Fringe. I tell them about TLoTH,…
MacIvor's Folkby Jim MurchisonHow It Works is a very honest look at how we work our way through life and its problems. The stage floor is a blueprint for how the set pieces move about to cre…
What a Glorious Feelin' I'm Happy Againby Joe VermeulenBased on the 1952 movie musical with the same name, Singin' In The Rain gives a fictional inside look into a 1920's Hollywood studio ju…
Open your hearts and your imagination.by Jasmine ChenNina Lee Aquino is a director, dramaturge and playwright. She is the Artistic Director of Cahoots Theatre Company and half of the interim…
(Photo Credit Joan Marcus)Like the Stations of the Cross"But Without the HumourSister Act on stage is anything but Heavenlyby Stuart MunroPhiladelphia, PA. Christmas Eve, 1977. Deloris Van C…
l-r Eleanor Noble, Clare Coulter (photo: lucetg.com)Family Picturesby Rebecca UgoliniIn the oppressive August heat, family tensions come to a boil and secrets and scandals rise to the surfac…
Gina Chiarelli (photo: David Cooper)La Divinaby Chris LaneMaria Callas instructs her students not to act, but to become a character, and to truly feel their emotions. Gina Chiarelli, who por…
Tamara Wilson (Photo: Michael Cooper)A Party Worth the Hangoverby Shannon ChristyAccording to T.S. Elliott, "We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to a…
After a brilliant run at Theatre Calgary - Next to Normal goes on to The Citadel in Edmonton.
Our critic, Shannon Christy, may not have liked the set for the COC's Il Trovatore, but it makes for some glorious pictures, including this one from the one and only Michael Cooper. (l-r&nbs…
Self-inflicted woundsThe internet was supposed to kill print...think againby Gaëtan L. Charlebois(Patience...this IS about theatre...eventually.)Scratch a media pundit and they will bemoa…
Dmitry Chepovetsky in Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata. Photo by Tim Matheson.Jerome Kilty has just died. What, you may ask, has that got to do with the price of theatre tic…
Last Man Standing?Bill Millerd insists Vancouver does theatre - and proves itby Christopher Lane (CharPo-Canada Vancouver Editor)CHARPO: What's special about this year's season?MILLERD: It's…
TLoTHby Cameryn MooreI did a show last weekend with 6 people in the audience, two of them paying. The next night was spectacular, relatively speaking: 17 people in the house, 14 of them payi…
DIANA IN RUNYONLANDjoel fishbaneWhen you see a guy reach for stars in the sky, you can bet that he's doin' it for some doll. But when you see one of Canada's best known directors take on one…
Steaming Panychby Nanette SoucyA path through St. Henri is not unlike the trip to the bathroom in a Montreal restaurant. Walking by dark alleys between oxidizing industry, covered in graffit…
