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The Disney WayMary Poppins scores with a stopover at the Queen Eby Jay CattersonOkay, so the Disney juggernaut Mary Poppins rolled into Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre for a we…
Winnipeg: Coming Home to a Place I've Never Beenby Yana KeselaThe moment I touched down in Winnipeg, I felt at home. Which was unexpected, considering that I've never been here before.The sa…
Christopher Plummer in Stratford's A Word or Two. Andrew Eccles has created a delightfully whimsical portrait for the production.
Artistic Director designate Antoni Cimolino presents his reasons for each of his choices as well as brief explanations on his Laboratory and Forum projects. (Links here and below are for a Y…
An absolutely fascinating video of the studio recording of Bien l'bonjour (Good Mornin')for the Just For Laughs/Juste pour rire production of Chantons sous la pluie (Singin' in the Rain…
Screen grab of Anita Sarkeesian in a video "game"Do we need feminism?How a discussion on video games should make us reflect on theatre.by Gaëtan L. CharleboisGloria Steinem once wrote tha…
ArmorerIt's an odd summer. The Shake-and-Bakers (outdoor Shakespeare companies) are taking on some pretty tough material. Montreal's Repercussion and Vancouver's Bard on the Beach decided to…
Taking On HistoryThere is more to the story than James Cameron's CGI effectsby Anthony SherwoodI was in Halifax, the city of my birth, in late March of last year giving a talk at the No…
Promo art for The Sheets, The...Speedos and underwearThe rise and rise of Toronto actor and playwright Salvatore Antonio, from wearing nothing but underwear at an audition to co-starring in …
The presence in the Hallby Cameryn MooreBehind the curtain at my venue, the crowd noise is diffused and muffled, so I didn't know he was out there until the show started. But then I knew he …
KILLING THE THINGS WE LOVEjoel fishbaneIt's long been a truth that the only thing worse then having your work forgotten is having it remembered. Poor Shakespeare finds this out every summer:…
Rasmussen and McCooeye (photo by Antoine Yared)First there is the problem of the playCan our critic get over the fact that Shrew is "egregiously outdated"?by Jessica WeiSometimes you have to…
The magnificent founders of Metachroma. (l-r) Mike Payette, Quincy Armorer, Tamara Brown, Lucinda Davis, Warona Setshwaelo, Julie Tamiko Manning, Jamie Robinson and Glenda Braganza.(pho…
AN UNUSUAL TALENT COMES TO PBSjoel fishbane"Theatre is the extreme sport of acting " you just gotta be at the top of your game." So states John Leguizamo at the outset of Tales from a Ghetto…
Rainbow Stage gets everyone Footloose earlier this month!
Back to the FringeFurther discussion requiredby Gaëtan L. CharleboisBefore we start: be aware that I wrote an After Dark that got some incredibly interesting discussion going on at least …
Alon Nashman in Hirsch (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)It is bombastic, it is gentle, it is beautiful, it is funny...it is all that AND 76 Trombones. It is, of course, The Music Man. A co…
The Vincentsby Jim Murchison[NB: This is a review of a single-performance show]Years ago a pair of gentleman named Vincent collaborated to create a classic rock theme. Vincent Price did the …
Introducing Metachroma Theatre!(Metachroma Theatre is: Quincy Armorer, Glenda Braganza, Tamara Brown, Lucinda Davis, Julie Tamiko Manning, Mike Payette, Jamie Robinson, and Warona Setshwaelo…
"Fuck all that...we're coming to Quebec!"The Terror of the Rock OperaOn the eve of Roger Waters' final-ever performance of The Wall on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Bugs explores why…
Here is How I Go to Sleepby Cameryn MooreHere is how I go to sleep:Stretching my legs long under the cool sheets, feeling the answering throb in the tender soles of my feet. They're sore fro…
CANADA'S DREAM FACTORY: THE TORONTO FRINGEjoel fishbaneMontrealers are still shaking off their post-Fringe hangovers but over in Hogtown the populace is just starting to down their first bee…
