Fast-Food with Quirksby Caitlin Murphy@juliusmarx1977Fans of The Breakfast Club may be dismayed to realize that next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the brat-pack cult-flick. Yes, you…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:15PMThis is not a name we have featured before, but it is definitely one you should remember: Alan Dean Photography. It is rare that a photo comes across our desk that actually causes a gasp, ev…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMRedsby Janis Kirshner@JanovationsAnd this is what we love about the Fringe… For whatever reason, this particular one out of 110 shows, Project Gingervitis, has been picked. You’re pretty…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 07:36PMThe Facebook Wallby Sarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaiesIt’s a bold and tempting move to rip a story from the headlines, so-to-speak, and make it your own. Playwright Caitlin Murphy’s Lotus riff…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:30PMDanse Sans Prétentionby Sarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaiesQuicksilver Dance has ventured out of their Cambridge, Mass. base for their first international appearance right here at the Montreal Fri…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:17PMAnd No Picture Availableby Sarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaiesGod Is An Iron is a sci-fi thriller that has great intentions, but doesn’t quite thrill. Based on the novel 1982 Mindkiller by w…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:09PMToo many fish in this aquariumby Bruno LajeunesseSince the beginning of this festival of solo productions, I was looking forward to seeing more interaction between actors. "Be careful of wha…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:01PMUnburied Fossilsby Janis Kirshner@JanovationsFull disclosure here - I’m a fossil nerd and therefore biased. Kira Hall’s story about a young woman, Lea, dealing with the death of her brot…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:06PMThe Title's the Thingby Janis Kirshner@JanovationsThe show title says it all. Ian Geldart presents a neatly wrapped up play consisting of three creation stories, three existence stories and …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:58PMThe Flaws of the Personalby Caitlin Murphy @juliusmarx1977 My Playwright Sister is a tricky piece to review. One of its goals is to actively question our ability to reflect on or represent o…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:43PM(photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)The Fathers of Mad Menby Zoe Erwin-Longstaff@causticzoeWhat resonances does Twelve Angry Men have for today’s Canadian audiences? Reginald Rose’s famous pla…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:33PMThe Human Machine of Inside/Outside Operaby Joel Ivany@joelivanyTo do this piece the way we are doing it, well… it couldn’t be done with just any cast.We are fortunate to have an incredi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMThe Burden of Being Walkerby Jim MurchisonGeorge F. Walker has received nine Chalmers Awards, five Dora Awards, three Governor General's Awards (including a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award) …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe New Role, The New Score, And all of it Outsideby Miriam Khalil@SongbirdKhalilI’m excited to be making my role debut of Mélisande in Debussy’s incredible opera Pelléas et Mélisande…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:44PMDr Cutler's Returnby Bruno LajeunesseA few years ago, I saw Keir Cutler's Teaching Shakespeare at the Montreal Fringe and I remember him as a master in his domain and a quite smart pedagogue…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:30PMOn FatHow do performing arts deal with a growing realityby Gaëtan L. CharleboisA discussion that was once ridiculous has now become important. It is the one about fat and opera. A young sin…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMGod is a Scottish Drag Queen IIby MacRae CampbellThis one-God show was a delight. First the good news; God is a Scot, naturally, and a gifted raconteur who established an easy rapport with t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:03PMLooping the Loupby Élaine CharleboisIn Wolves > Boys, we first meet Lawrence (Cory Thibert) who is waiting to surprise his long-time friend Isaac (Tony Adams) whom he hasn’t seen in a …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:40PMOn the Joys of a Broken Footby Étienne DupuisI met Miriam Khalil a few years back, when we were singing together in a production of La Bohème as Marcello and Musetta. She told me abo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMPieces and BITSby Estelle RosenPatrick Kearns shies away from labels, but shamelessly flirts with titles. Lately he’s been trying to get The Artist’s number. Best known for being a comed…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMJem's Jamby Chad Dembski@surpriseperformThe fact that I had not seen jem rolls before is incredible, I have been handed a ton of flyers from him in Toronto and seen his name mentioned with e…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:56PMThe Warning Signsby Chad Dembski@surpriseperformA warning sign when I picked up the flyer for Over It was the main credit written, directed and performed by Laura Pearson. Even the mos…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:48PMGoing for the Quick Laughby Chad Dembski@surpriseperformA very short double bill of a dance film and performance about tampons. The first presented piece FRAG is a trio of short films s…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:45PMAnd the Interest Lies Where...?by Chad Dembski@surpriseperformA couple from New York (they are actually from New York) go on a weekend retreat to get away from the city and confront their re…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:41PMThe Typicalby Chad Dembski@surpriseperformSave the Date is a typical sketch improv. Comedy set up with two performers and a moderator cutting in to change things up. I was at the secon…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:34PMOh! Those embarrassing relics!by Élaine Charlebois@ECharleboisIn this one man show, James Mullinger delivers a highly energetic and charismatic performance. In his charming, self-depre…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:18PMMy Big Fat Stereotypesby MacRae CampbellAnthony and Andrew are two men in love who want to get married and must run the gauntlet of Italian stereotypes and Gay stereotypes in this farce that…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:05PMSelf-Portrait(s)by Bruno LajeunesseEverything happens in the first minutes. Pénélope Deraîche-Dallaire got me right at the beginning of her performance, sitting on her knees, looking…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:57PMDancin' The Sci-Fiby Sarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaiesIredea is a bold, inventive and wild foray into the future - and a must-see for dance and sci-fi enthusiasts.Following a disastrous series of…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:50PM(photo by André Cornellier)So Blue: A review OR A treatise on the dynamism and athleticism of Louise Lecavalier by Kallee Lins Lecavalier’s accolades speak for themselves. She was t…
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