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The unabashed, joyous kitsch of Xanadu, now playing at The Arts Club. (Marlie Collins, Gaelan Beatty. Photo by David Cooper.) Read our review.
We find something there is something truly charming about this video. Samkon and Francis Go Swimming at Toronto Fringe.
The ExecutionersA little WTF and some solutionsby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIn the short life of the Charlebois Post websites, I have had the misfortune of being witness to at least two executi…
The Boyz (photo by Emily Cooper)Lordie! it's summer and we love it and the fare is just terrific everywhere. Especially at Arts Club where they are presenting Altar Boyz. Yup, a musical - no…
Here is an index of articles and reviews specific to the 2012 Winnipeg Fringe Festival.ArticlesReviews
Even more convinced that SHE HAS A NAMEby Stephen Waldschmidt, Director, SHE HAS A NAME Canadian TourIt feels like the chance of a lifetime, steering Andrew Kooman's beautifully gripping pla…
Bessie Smith, February 7, 1936Sweet little rock'n'rollerBugs explores the blues with Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin and Montreal's very own Sass Jordan " and learns what's good for Broadway is g…
The process...by Cameryn MooreSo, I want to let you in on a little bit of process. (Theatre people are all about process, right? How we got here, and how we work with our director, and how w…
Steven Schipper(photo credit: grajewski-fotograf inc)VANCOUVER: Jessie Awards were handed out this week. Among winners were lead Meg Roe for The Penelopiad at Arts Club AND for All the Way H…
ALL YOUR THEATRE NOW BELONGS TO YOUjoel fishbaneFringe Festivals have long been a unique way to tap into the zeitgeist and this year's Montreal Fringe was no exception: there were four shows…
Gaelan Beatty and Marlie Collins (Photo by David Cooper)The Joyous Camp of it AllXanadu is a well-oiled machineby Jay CattersonHoly Zeus! This Arts Club Vancouver production of the delightfu…
The archetypal farce photo! (And we especially like the hat!)Jackie Mustakas, Josée Boudreau, Darren Keay, Karen Wood, David Leyshon, Gabi Epstein in Perfect Wedding, Drayton Festival …
One of Shakespeare's best "duals" with two of Canada's best actors:Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay in Much Ado About Nothing
In The Heat of The NightWhat is happening to the Fringe and do we all need to worry?By Gaëtan L. CharleboisThe 2012 editions of the Montreal Fringe, The Ottawa Fringe and the London Fring…
Jem RollsOh! You lucky folk in Toronto - you're in for a terrific Fringe. You'll have stuff that has been road-tested and quality-assured like ZACK ADAMS: A Complete History of Zack Adams an…
TITLE AT ENDBY BRAD FRASERTHE SETTING.An office.THE CHARACTERSThe Artistic Director (AD), male, middle-agedThe Playwright (PW), male, middle-aged.(The actors for the production were Ron Whit…
The Feeling Skinby Cameryn MooreYou know how you grab your seat in a Fringe venue, and they have the air conditioning on so high that you have to put on a jacket, or you would if you were st…
Coming to a Fringe Near YouReviews from MontrealEditor's Note: The Montreal Fringe is one of the earliest in the season and as a result some of the ratings below - for shows which will be ap…
QUEEN OF THE STAGEjoel fishbaneHere's a funny story: last winter I auditioned for the Montreal premiere of Elizabeth Rex, Timothy Findley's award-winning play about a meeting between Queen E…
This Week at the Stratford Shakespeare Festivalby Stuart Munro(Stuart Munro is a senior reviewer at The Charlebois Post - Toronto)Something strange happened at the Stratford Festival this we…
Andrew Cecon (photo credit: Allen Fraser)PerfectionWhen a reviewer puts away a notebook and just watchesby Nanette SoucyI am a sucker for a good war story.Chalk it up to coming of age near C…
According to a news article by Richard Ouzounian on the Toronto Star website and confirmed by a Tweet from Globe and Mail critic J. Kelly Nestruck, Ken Gass - artistic director for the last …
Enter The QueenTableau d'Hote conquers the heatby Anna FuerstenbergLast night's performance of Elizabeth Rex was a kind of coming of age for Montreal Theatre. It is a fantastic script, writt…
