Saturday, May 3, 2014
(photo by Cliff Cardinal)Dark Theatre to Die Forby Jim Murchison The set for huff is stark. There is a chair, a couple of plastic milk crates with beer bottles in them. Long white plast…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:31PMPaul Sun-Hyung Lee, Andre Sills (photo by Bruce Monk)“Corner store comedy” balances humour, family drama and culture clashKim’s Convenience a familiar microcosm of immigrant experience…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:27PMHang Out With Me While I Packby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreHi, thanks, no, I’m fine, everything’s good, I just have to pack up, you don’t mind if I keep working, do you? Great.No, my pl…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFriday, May 2, 2014
So Much T[Dot]alent!by Dena Jackson@deendawgWhat a line-up we had last night at SheDot TDot! There was so much talent in one room and an (almost) packed house, bringing great energy for the …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:05PMGoing It Aloneby Jim MurchisonI was thinking about what is right and what is wrong with theatre. The Fringe is coming and there are a lot of one-person plays at the Fringe. That is fine for …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThursday, May 1, 2014
Pierre Brault, Damien Atkins (photo by Joanna Akyol)A Story of Historyby Jessica ChenBeatrice and Virgil is an imagistic journey that shifts between the worlds of two Henry's. One, a yo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:30PMDoing What You Love...The Realitiesby TJ Dawe@TJ_DaweI don’t care for the phrase “doing what you love” to describe pursuing your passion. It makes it seem like you spend your days skip…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMCylla von Tiedemann draws your eye to the simple things - which, to render in a photo, are not so simple: negative space, where the light falls (here on the faces of Michelle Monteith and Gr…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMWednesday, April 30, 2014
(photo by Ali Barillaro)Over The RainbowLegendary theatre director Roger Peace teams up with legend-in-the-making Chris Barillaro to recreate Judy Garland’s extraordinary 1961 concert at t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:30PMKaren Mitten speaks and Who (else) To Watch at SheDotby Dena JacksonIntroducing Dena Jackson: Writer, Comedian, Cheese Lover, Weirdo My friends have often asked me why I decided to get …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:05PMHart House Theatre Announcesits 2014/2015 SeasonToronto, Ontario - Hart House Theatre, the University of Toronto's Performing Arts Leader Since 1919, is proud to announce its 2014/2015 …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:00PM(photo by Emily Cooper)Theatre and the TruthEquivocation Rounds Off Spectacular Shakespeare Season at the Belfryby Morgan McPhersonSince I have started my very young career as a theatre revi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:01AMHey, Nonnie, Nonnie!by Gaëtan L. CharleboisA veteran of Canadian theatre and Andrew Allan’s fabled CBC Stage radio series, Nonnie Griffin is indelibly remembered for her appearances in su…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe Segal Centre has mastered the art of promo video and this one for Top Girls is no exception. Clean, focussed, and the magnificent actors in the production put front and centre.(Read also…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTuesday, April 29, 2014
Your True Voiceby Becky BaysThe first time I tried stand-up comedy, I was 20 years old and living in London, England. I was studying theatre, and had a sketch comedy duo with a friend, but o…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMThink women aren’t funny? Then you don’t know the right ones…by Cristina MarkhamIntroducing Cristina Markham:Cristina Markham is an amateur comedian who dislikes the word “comedienne…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMNow Is Not The TimeRandom thoughts on the organizations which protect usby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI'd like to start by offering a personal anecdote. (Yeah, yeah, I know - but what's the point …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMonday, April 28, 2014
SheDot: Top 5 shows I am looking forward toby Lauren MitchellIntroducing Lauren Mitchell:By day, I work in academic publishing and by night, I am all over the city telling jokes. I like to s…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMa touch of humor and absurdismby Estelle RosenOne of six finalists nominated for the 2013 TELUS newcomer Artist award, Lua Shayenne is founder of the African dance c…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSunday, April 27, 2014
Don’t Stop Believing by Shannon ChristyPeople give strange wedding gifts. Imagine for a moment that you have just been married to a stunning woman who hails from a remarkable family, …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:29PMVinegar Tom (photo by Kreddible Trout Photography)Mixed BlessingsThe Playwright Project presents Caryl Churchillby Jason BookerThe Playwright Project – now on its third iteration – …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:12PM(photo by Sunny Kaura)Lost in Translation: An office comedy where Kafka meets Seinfeld. by Lisa McKeown @lisammckeown I was full of anticipation at opening night of The M…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:04PM“Behind the Scenes”, or “Inside the Delivery Room”? by Anna GustafsonWe’re having a baby. It’s a girl. She is the SheDot Festival, Toronto’s First Festival of Funny …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSaturday, April 26, 2014
(photo by Michael Cooper)Caught in a trapby Shannon Christy"Hell has no fury like a woman scorned” - Virgil may have had his own twisted purposes for writing of Dido’s rage against Aenea…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:11PM(photo by Marc Lemyre)Giddily pretentiousby Lucy Wells@LWellsTOIt’s been years since I last spoke French on a regular basis. But hey, I did read Molière in French literature class once up…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:02PMA Window Opensby Jim Murchison twitter@JimMurchisonJohn P Kelly has ventured into co-production with a long time friend from Ireland Pat Moylan. Ms Moylan was on hand from Dublin for th…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:00PMAsking For Favorsby Cameryn Moore@camerynmoore“How do you do it? How do you put a tour together? Do you have a manager?”I’m not sure that anyone would be asking me that sort of thing i…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFriday, April 25, 2014
Funny Peculiar; Funny Ha-Haby Martha O'NeillComedy is a funny business; as in, both funny peculiar and funny ha-ha (hands up, who misses Les Nessman?).Comedians live in a separate space in t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:40PMWhat is it about the Irish, Whiskey, and Child Death? by Spencer Malthouse@spencemalthouseIf you’re going to kill a baby do it definitively. I thoroughly enjoy seeing an Irishman try …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:31PMHere are the articles we have published for the 2014 edition of the SheDot Comedy FestivalMartha O'Neill discusses the new festival in a first-person piece
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