CharPo's Real Theatre!, November 4, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Review: (Ottawa) I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell by The Charlebois Post

Richard Gelinas, Tim Oberholzer, Kelly Rigole, Robin Guy, Kathi LangstonA Blast With No AnswersDr. Fell fills the prescription for the November blahsBy Jim MurchisonThe current tradition in …

The Friday Five, November 4, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

The Five Best Animals to Bring to the TheatreI love going to the theatre, but it's extremely difficult for me to leave the house without my cat. I immediately miss her smell, her saucy saunt…

Blog: Critical Condition, November 3, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

November 3, 2011Remembrance of Dinks PastBy Gaëtan L. CharleboisOn my first day of theatre school there was a transit strike. The buses were on but the metros were closed. So I got up at …

CPC's Picture of the Week, November 3, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

The evocative and lucid poster art for Sudbury Theatre Centre's Waiting for Godot.(Design: 50Carlton)

News: Shaw Festival has winning season by The Charlebois Post

In a release (see after cut) the Shaw Festival has announced they have had a banner year. There was a 5% increase in attendance over 2010. Despite the fact that Shaw's previously announced 2…

News: Quebec critics association hands out awards by The Charlebois Post

L'Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre (AQCT) has announced its awards for the 2010-11 season.Among winners were: for best production, Montreal, Chante avec moi, a productio…

CPC's Video of the Week, November 2, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

The first part of a terrific series of videos on the making ofThe Test, starring Eric Peterson openingthis week in Toronto.

Review: (Montreal) Au Champs de Mars by The Charlebois Post

Mathieu Quesnel and Josée Deschênes (Photo: Suzane O'Neil)Catching Up With The Wrong PlayA story of returning from war is one which should have resonanceby Gaëtan L. CharleboisTh…

After Dark, November 1, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

We-are-the-world-hold-hands-and-swayCritics are not the enemyBy Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhen CharPo editor-in-chief, Estelle Rosen, and I were preparing to work together as cohosts …

Openings We're Tracking This Week, October 31-November 6, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Jake's Gift, Lunchbox (photo credit: Benjamin Laird)Hopkins and Jessica B. Hillat Segal (photo:Andrée Lanthier)The Lunchbox Theatre in Edmonton is calling Jake's Gift by Julia Mackey a "Can…

Blog: Theatre Night Fever, October 30, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Judge Dee and The Haunted GardenOctober 30, 2011by Howard DaiFor the past week to Halloween, I'm volunteering for Seven Tyrants Theatre in Vancouver, for this Halloween site-specific pr…

The Abominable Showman, October 30, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Another party in another place: The BolshoiTo honour and respectThe Theatre du Nouveau Monde's dumbfounding (emphasis on "dumb") dismissal of women in this season's "L'Affaire Cantat" proves…

First-Person: Vanessa Porteous on The Penlopiad by The Charlebois Post

(Clockwise from top): Meg Roe, Laara Sadiq, Rachel Aberle, Ming Hudson, Sarah Donald in the Arts Club Theatre Company's production ofThe Penelopiad. Photo by David Cooper.a world of ech…

Review: (Ottawa) Whispering Pines by The Charlebois Post

A whisper of humanityWorld premiere fails to moveby Jim MurchisonThere is an added air of anticipation on the opening night of a World Premiere. You can feel equal amounts of excitement and …

Review: (Toronto) Super-Villains by The Charlebois Post

(Photo Credit: Ivona Nowak and Iwan Mota)Against the Grain Theatre's Super-Villains: Wicked FunYou may have missed this show, but you mustn't miss the nextby Émilie CharleboisAs a gradua…

Theatre For Thought, October 29, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

MUCH ADO ABOUT JOSS WHEDONUntil this week, Whedon's legion of fans were salivating over the recently released preview for The Avengers...joel fishbaneThis being a theatre column, I don'…

Shakespeare Authorship: Keir Cutler Responds to Joel Fishbane by The Charlebois Post

[Editor: Keir Cutler sent us this article in response to Joel Fishbane's Theatre For Thought of October 22]The True Story of Shakespeare The Stratford-upon-Avon billion dollar tourist indust…

The Friday Five, October 28, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

FIVE LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THEATREFile under: Top Secret (filed under Bottom Secret).by Matt Raudsepp of Matt and Kyle and MattTheatre was invented by an alien raceLong ago, just prior to…

CharPo's Real Theatre!, October 28, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Blog: Critical Condition, October 27, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

First DateOctober 27, 2011by Gaëtan L. CharleboisAs the play began last night - Fanny Britt's Chaque jour - I realized there was nowhere else I would rather be at that moment. I thin…

Blog: Theatre Night Fever, October 27, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

David French and the Mercersby Howard DaiA month ago, I asked one of my theatre friends for a good dramatic monologue for me, he told me without any hesitation " "Go read 'Of the Fields, Lat…

CPC's Picture of the Week, October 27, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

All the drama of Ibsen's Ghosts in Sian Richardsterrific production shot. At Soulpepper.(Joseph Ziegler, foreground, and NancyPalk and Gregory Prest)

Review: (Montreal) Chaque jour by The Charlebois Post

l-r Marie Tifo, Vincent-Guillaume Otis,Anne-Élisabeth Bossé(Photo credit: Suzanne O'Neill)i-PlotOne less character, and you might have had brillianceby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI always l…

Review: (Ottawa) Salt Water Moon by The Charlebois Post

Holly Gauthier-Frankel and Jamie Mac (Photo: Andrée LanthierReturn to Coley's PointDavid French goes homeby Jim MurchisonThere is a saying that "you can't go back home". That may be true in…