Tuesday, February 18, 2014
What does One Million Mean?The strange numbers of the internetby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisThis week our editor-at-large Richard Burnett put on his Montreal Gazette blogger's hat and …
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The Pride of Reaching and drinking an "Ugly Stepsister"It’s a vocally challenging and intricate piece, but one that is filled with roles well suited for young voices.by Estelle RosenGerman…
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The Supreme Court, GBS, The Lady and Perfectionby Robert TsonosRobert Tsonos has directed, or acted in, over 50 productions across Canada, Japan, England, Venezuela, and Hong Kong during his…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMThe Fascinating BeingIt is so important for young girls to understand that there is no shame in being themselvesby Tanisha TaittTanisha Taitt is an actor/director/playwright, singer-songwrit…
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(photo by Lily Jamali)A Loud Mosaicby Jim MurchisonThe concept behind A Quiet Sip of Coffee is intriguing right from the get go.Theatre graduates and best friends, Anthony and Nathan, one Ga…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:41PMCut Looseby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreA few weeks ago I received two pieces of bad news in the course of 24 hours. First, my fiscal sponsor for the past four years informed me that their one…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFriday, February 14, 2014
This Is the Unfolding of Lifeby Robyn Lester@RobynRobinRobThe Tashme Project: The Living Archives created by Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa is a play that demonstrates the true beauty of…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:17PM Photo by Cal ChengFans, fun and frolicking at fiftyMcGill’s Sav…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:56PMUndercurrents Move Youby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonOne of the great joys of festivals like Undercurrents and Fringe is the spareness of the theatre. I am not a hater of great elab…
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(photo by Julieta Cervantes)Unfettered Joyby Zoe Erwin-LongstaffHarbourfront’s World Stage brings us Untitled Feminist Show (UFS), written by New York playwright Young Jean Lee, with chore…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:40PMDaring Happinessby Caitlin MurphyUmberto Eco said that “We like lists because we don't want to die.” In Jennifer Tremblay's play The List, an unnamed woman – suffering an isolate…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:35PM(photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)n00b: not for newbiesWhen identities become mergedby Jason BookerSitting in my seat, waiting for the show to begin. Yes, the sound of the school-children become…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:33PMTwo Lives EntwinedSome people are forever bound together…for better, or for worseby Robyn Lester@RobinRobynRobThere are some heavy themes at work in Lisa L’Heureux’s Ciseaux. Political…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:30PMA Production With No PurposeNo Porpoise Productions: A rough start for a new companyby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTONo Porpoise Productions’ first offering to Toronto audiences is a new adapt…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:31AMIn a recent interview, photog par excellence Michael Cooper reminded us, "drama unfolds in a photograph with what you don’t light, rather than with what you do light." In this gorgeous Dav…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMWednesday, February 12, 2014
Game On (Life as Sport)by Jim MurchisonRider Girl is a play that works as a play and a pep rally all the while drawing analogies to the game of life. I can only imagine how it plays in Saska…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 07:02PMRemembering A Lifeby Jim MurchisonBrian Fidler plays Will. A small box of his late grandfather's things is the foundation of memories of a wonderful man whose mind has eroded by the onset of…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:18PMRick Roberts (photo by David Cooper)Introduction to Government 101In Which the Writer Receives Her First Political Educationby Morgan McPhersonMy name is Morgan, and I am a political neophyt…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:56PMSeduction of Heart and Mindby Sonia BlanchetteLinda Griffiths' Age of Arousal begins with Rhoda Nunn (Lisa Jeans) brushing Mary's hair. Mary Barfoot (Eleanor Crowder) has just had a terrible…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:36PMThe Said and Unsaid of Forgivingby Gaëtan L. CharleboisSoheil Parsa is an award-winning director, writer, dramaturg, choreographer and teacher, whose professional theatre career spans thirt…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMVancouver's Théâtre la Seizième's lovely teaser for Evelyne de la Chenalière's Des fraises en janvier. It is almost certainly one of the most accomplished promos we've seen from a Canadi…
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Proud...(Short...not so sweet)by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisIt's been a sordid couple of weeks. And, forgive me in advance, this will be about me blowing off steam and I will try not t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMonday, February 10, 2014
Sophocles Re-Statedby Estelle RosenHarrison Collett is a U2 Political Science/Theatre student. This is his first foray into direction, having only previously appeared on the McGill stage in …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSunday, February 9, 2014
How Fringe festivals made me a better artist, entrepreneur and personby Jean-François Plante-Tan@cravatebleue_(photos by Olivia Bowman)Jean-François Plante-Tan is a Montreal-based artist w…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSaturday, February 8, 2014
Sharing the Springboardby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI read with some interest TJ’s piece last week about the death of Fringe touring, but I wasn’t particularly disturbed. Yes, of course,…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFriday, February 7, 2014
Lucy Peacock, Diane D'Aquila (photo by Andrée Lanthier)Hinton's Chekhov's Seagull by Caitlin MurphyIn the program for The Segal Centre's production of The Seagull, adapter and director…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:38PMThis Is WarAnd War Is Hellby Jim MurchisonEric Coates designed a season with the theme "fearless" and this is perhaps the most fearless play so far. The subject of Canadian troops in Afghani…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:30PMLeah Holder, Step TaylorGet Ready to Rumble. Code White brings the A-game. by Lisa McKeown @lisammckeownI wasn't sure what to expect as I entered the brightly lit second floor…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:22PMJoseph Ziegler and Nancy Palk in Tribes. Photo by David Hou.Communicating your identityLanguage and self at core of Tribesby Dave RossExpression - how do you express yourself? What is y…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:05PMIf you love Rodgers and HammersteinOr if you love beautiful balladsby David C. JonesSome musical revues celebrate a composer and give you facts and tidbits about some other beloved songs, fo…
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