3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
WhoringArtists make choices - should we respect them?by Gaëtan L. CharleboisBiz is part of an arch-political rap group in Quebec called Loco Locass whose most popular song, Libérez-nous …
The hidden side of religion: lust, power and more.Trident offers a solid new adaptation of a Michel Tremblay novelBy Isabelle-Ann CharleboisPower is the essence of Thérèse et Pierrette Ã�…
COC offers the Tried and True...and DeliversTosca sounds and looks beautifulby Axel Van CheeConsidered to be one of the most innovative and adventurous of all the opera companies in North Am…
Jean Yoon & Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)Soulpepper draws from the Academy for KimWaiting pays offby Beat RiceI cannot recall the last time I was this excited to see …
Camryn MooreCamryn Moore continues her conquer-the-world tour with her show Phone Whore making a stop in Montreal at Mainline. Phone Whore has been as well-received as it has been controvers…
(Photo courtesy of the Stratford Festival)Letter From CalgaryThe corporation Enron still casts a shadow on this city.by Antoni CimolinoSo its the end of week two of rehearsals on Enron at Th…
Foreground: Tony Nappo, David Fox; Background: David Yee(photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Sit back and enjoy your meal. "Number 6: Thai soup with chicken, coconut milk, Thai ginger, to…
NOTES FROM THE LONDON UNDERGROUNDjoel fishbaneA few weeks ago, while most people were braving the Canadian cold, I was across the pond braving the damp chill of Mother England. It was my sec…
(Photo credit: Yves Renaud)Hiromi Omura is Not Madama ButterflyBy Richard BurnettThere are not many great opera singers who come out of Japan. And fewer who take the opera world by storm. Bu…
D'Arcy McGeeFilling In (Well)Blood on the Moon at GCTC ropes in the audienceby Jim MurchisonThe play originally set to open last night was You Fancy Yourself, but due to a serious illness, a…
5 Reasons Why There Should Be More Nudity in Montreal Theatre. I hardly need to list 5 reasons, do I? Nudity is a reason in and of itself. This may as well be a Friday One. The re…
Crucial life lessons from cynical puppets on Avenue QToday's review has been brought to you by the letters E and Cby Émilie CharleboisI have now seen Avenue Q twice and I would most defi…
Noel Burton, Danielle Desormeaux, Elana DunklemanCarry Me Away!Fundamental concepts of theatre are raised...especially in winterby Gaëtan L. CharleboisAs I trudged through the ice-slush t…
Insights: The Poster Design For Three Sistersby Rosaura GuzmanThe concept for the poster for Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov's most famous play, arose from our discussions about the broken drea…
Diane Paulus, the controversial director of Porgy and Bess, now playing on Broadway, will be taking on the task of bringing themes from Shakespeare's Tempest to the new Cirque du Soleil show…
The COC team pitches the seasonThe Canadian Opera Company (COC) announced its season earlier today and it promises to be one of the most solid years in the house since the death of Richard B…
CharPo has lucked into first-person articles by three directors presenting the same work: Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad. Read the articles by director Kelly Thornton (Nightwood Thea…
It's coming! Stratford's 60th!AD Des McAnuff and General Director Antoni Cimolinodiscuss the upcoming season
Megan Follows (l) and Bahia Watson (photo credit: Robert Popkin)Giving Voice to the VoicelessStaging The Penelopiad by Kelly ThorntonAs the Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre, it ha…
The Touchy (Feely) Business of TheatreA recent story makes one question the dynamics of theatre creationby Gaëtan L. CharleboisA story in the news, here in Montreal, has a lawsuit being i…
Zoé Doyle (photo credit: Alex Felipe)Isabel's JourneyRed Snow provokes, fascinatesby Beat RiceALPHA stands for the Association for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia. Their…
You won't find Shaw just at the Shaw Festival - this week he's revving up at Manitoba Theatre Centre in a high profile part of Winnepeg's own ShawFest. What IS Mrs. Warren's profession? Thin…
Megan Follows (photo credit: Robert Popkin)A Whimsical Production that Warrants Applause...and a conversion...by Alexandra LelliThe word 'contemporary' gets thrown around a lot when describi…
The glamourous world of Tonya Lee Williams (courtesy BTW)Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proudMontreal's trailblazing Black Theatre Workshop hosts its 26th annual Vision Celebration Gala w…
