3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
She lands at the Queen Elizabeth in Vancouver in four weeks...Mary Poppins, of course!
Everybody Cut Foot Loose! (Just don't put it in the mail and send it to the Conservatives, please.) (And if you're writing headlines about either, try not to put them together, ok,…
She Has a Name from Burnt Thicket isnow playing at the Montreal Fringe as part of its touracross Canada.(Read our review)
One Fundamental JoyHealing the spiritby Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhen things get hairy - health, finances, The Charlebois Post, life, love - I pick up my dog, he glues his body to my chest (kn…
Aaron Krohn as the king (photo: Andrew Eccles)Let's start with this: the movie of Kiss Me, Kate stinks on ice. It is so dull and stagebound and the only time it comes alive is when Ann Mille…
Butt Kapinski, Private Eyereviewed by by Chad DembskiA film noir clown show (improvised?) by American Deanna Fleysher (from Hollywood appropriately) that attempts to solve a murder that has …
Here is How I Wake Upby Cameryn MooreHere is how I wake up:Reciting lines. I'm performing in the Out-of-Towner Fringe-for-All tomorrow, still working out the flow of my one-minute preview. S…
AN UNENLIGHTENED CONVERSATION WITH ELIZABETH BLUEjoel fishbaneI met Elizabeth Blue a year ago but she still hasn't met me. Such is the life of the actor: you perform a series of quirky quasi…
Codpiece Daughters: Women on the Early-Modern Stageby Dan Bray (All photos by Dan Bray, Yuen-Ying Carpenter, and Clare Waque.) SIR ALEXANDER'Tis woman more than man, Man more …
CalderNIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE: The Shaw Festival has named a new Executive Director: Elaine Calder. Calder's resumé is impressive. "Ms. Calder is recognized as one of North American's most soug…
Invent your own story for Emily Cooper's terrific photo of Wade Bogert-O'Brien in Shaw Festival's French Without Tears!
And it's time to Shake and Bake (Shakespeare outdoors!). Starting off withone of two - at least - productions of Taming of the Shrew this summer: Bard on the Beach in Vancouver.(The ot…
Back to the Mercersby Howard DaiI've always been a big fan of David French's Mercer Family series, and have been waiting for these Canadian plays to be put on stage in Vancouver. And th…
Why We Do ItAnswering the question: "Why is there so much Fringe shit on your site?"by Gaëtan L. CharleboisFor the next three months or so - whether you go to our national, Atlantic, Albe…
'Tis Pity She's a Whore(l-r) Randy Hughson, Dan Chameroy, Lucy Peacock, Marek Norman, Robin Hutton, Tom Rooney photo: Andrew EcclesIf you're in Central Canada 'tis Fringe season. N…
What to Expect When You're Expecting (to Plan a Fringe)5 Things to Know When Creating a Fringe Festivalby Sarah Segal-Lazar 1) You are insane. And there is a very good chance that you h…
Life is a cabaret, old chumBugs takes in Cabaret in London's West End, then previews the upcoming Montreal production of the famed musical as he uncovers similar themes within his own politi…
So...where do I sleep?by Cameryn MooreBillet. Homestays. Couchsurfing. When I explain the concept to non-touring people, or, let's face it, people who are well off enough to be able to get a…
(poster art)A Light in the DarkClearwater Theatre finds the truth in a complex showby Stuart Munro"I am the one who knows youI am the one who caresI am the one who's always been thereI am th…
"Building" from Einstein on the Beach (photo credit: Lucie Jansch)The Must Be SeenGlass, Wilson, Childs, Luminato = eventby Axel Van CheeEinstein on the Beach, an opera composed by Philip Gl…
ANOTHER SUMMER OF FRINGEjoel fishbaneArtists are starting to look alarmed. Actors mutter to themselves on the street as directors quietly go mad in the shower. Journalists comb through press…
LES DEUX SEUL-ITUDESBy Rick Miller, June 7, 2012Gaëtan thought it might be interesting to write about "going from Stratford (en anglais) to Carrefour (in French)". Indeed, it's been most …
Liisa Repo-Martell and Alex IvanoviciSEEDS OF THEATRICAL LIFEjoel fishbaneThe great questions of the universe have been bottled and staged in Seeds, the exquisite docudrama by Annabel Soutar…
