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The image is as joyous as the show. It's Rebecca Northen in her high-wire act, Blind Date, now at The Cultch in Vancouver.(Read our review)
You know the Morris Panych play, and the title has not changed much for this French-language production by the great Momentum: Les Dishwasheurs.
Chronicle of a Death ForetoldWe know it's coming, why aren't we prepared?by Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhen I was 15 I was an apprentice critic at Quebec City's Chronicle Telegraph - North Ameri…
Gina Chiarelli in Master Class (photo credit: David Cooper)Here we go...the season. And what better symbol of the great land we live in than Centaur Theatre's production of August, An Aftern…
Barbara Pollard, Julie McIsaac and Caitriona Murphy - photo by Francesca AlbertazziBetter than the movieby David C. JonesThe Spitfire Grill is a blue-grass musical based on a film that I wal…
Steve Gagnon (photo credit: Vincent Champoux)Love, hope, words and decisionsFalling falling falling...falling down, falling to pieces, falling...and getting up againby Isabelle-Ann Charleboi…
Maev Beatty and Michael Healey (photo credit: Sean Howard)Genius-Proudby Gregory W. BunkerWhat happened at the Berkeley Street Theatre last night was genius. Proud is an important contributi…
The Real Question: Why Not?Facing one of the biggest challenges in theatre literatureby Chris MooreA couple of years ago Persephone Productions presented Shakespeare's "Henry V". One year be…
What the Fuck Just Happened?!by Cameryn MooreAt this time of year, especially, my FB feed dies down a little. It's not that all my Fringe colleagues ran out of shows to promote; I personally…
MEMO TO MONTREAL: DON'T FORGET THE STUDENT PRESSjoel fishbaneThe twin corpses of Montreal's independent papers (the Hour and the Mirror) are still fresh in their graves and meanwhile some ot…
Metachroma presents a murderous, mad Richard IIIby Rebecca UgoliniA production of Richard III is an ambitious project to undertake for any theatre company, let alone one presenting its inaug…
Freaky Funnyby David C. JonesBlind Date is one of the freakiest funniest most accomplished improv shows I have ever experienced! Go! But to say it is an improv show could possibly disco…
(photo credit: Trudi Lee)We're The Perfect Loving Familyby Joe VermeulenNext To Normal, The hit Broadway musical about a woman and her family who cope with her Bi-Polar disorder has come to …
Theatre at the Elbowby David C. JonesThis is truly a theatrical experience and a unique opening production for a brand new Vancouver company The Elbow Theatre Society. It takes risks as it t…
Myrto Papatanasiu as the illness-crazed Violetta in Opéra de Montréal's La Traviata (photo credit: Yves Renaud)(Read our review)
Robert Moloney, Deborah Williams, Marci T. House and Daren Herbert. Photo by David Cooper.Races in the Parkby David C. JonesBruce Norris wrote Clybourne Park, first produced in 2010, in resp…
It's very short, but the sound and image are so right for La Bohème (coming to Vancouver Opera) that it is an object lesson in concision.
I Want To Live!Potboilers and our livesby Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhen I was a kid, my mother plunked me in front of our TV and made me watch a potboiler called I Want to Live! Starring Susan…
Alfredo (Roberto Di Biasio) shames Violetta (Myrtò Papatanasiu) (photo credit: Yves Renaud)VERDI'S FALLEN WOMAN IS A THEATRICAL TREATjoel fishbaneGrand and glorious, La Traviat…
100by Jim MurchisonSaturday was a big deal. 100 years of entertaining the community is monumental in Canadian theatre. The official opening of Hay Fever is Tuesday, but when you have achieve…
Pippa Johnstone as the Duchess (photo credit: Tim Matheson)Oh my...audience participation! You love it or you hate it or you love it if it's not you up there on that stage. Blind Date tells …
An Artistic Producer on Producing Artby David Sklar (photos by Paul Ducharme)CHARPO: Why do you have the title of Artistic Producer and not Artistic Director of the Segal Theatre? …
Michael HealeyThe Play (not the controversy) Is The ThingMichael's Shavian examination of right wing Canadian politics could be a delightful surprise.by Miles PotterLast year I was list…
No Greek tragedyMontreal-bound Greek diva Myrto Papatanasiu leaves home to find international acclaimBy Richard Burnett(Portrait photo courtesy L'Opéra de Montreal, Photos of dress reh…
