3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
West is East is and East is West, and Sometimes in AlbertaThere's not much happening in the Canadian theatre scene that doesn't happen in Alberta. by Anne NothofBorders are blurring, C…
It's easy to criticize; it's harder to do something about it.National Theatre School celebrates 50 by getting together by David SklarNTS' (National Theatre School of Canada) 50th …
Okay, we're sorry: we've been holding onto this video for monthsand we know it's nowhere near the opening but we justlike the images from this show so much - War Horse - coming to Toronto,&n…
Albert Schultz announced the new year's productions, this morning, for Soulpepper. Among the highlights of 2012 at the venerable Toronto rep house are the actors' dreamplay, Long Day's Journ…
The Sickness of HomeIt's everywhere and it's killing the cultureBy Gaëtan L. CharleboisForgive me if I go Québécois on you for a moment (and Gay into the bargain).My significant other a…
Lettice & Lovage with Heather Goodall (left) and Malorie Mandolidis (right). Photo by John McQueen.Peter (Equus) Shaffer's Lettice & Lovage is a tried-and-true but a whole gener…
October 23, 2011Starting upby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI have been a critic for almost as long as I've been a theatre person. The main difference was that when I was 15 and writing for the Que…
La Cattrall (Photo: Hugo Glendenning)Photo of Louis Negin and Liliane Burnett - by Richard BunrettGlamour girlsMarlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Joan Collins, Kim Cattrall (and even my…
The ThreadOccupy Wallstreet, Occupy Broadway, Occupy Stratford, Occupy the COC, Occupy the Canada Council. Theatre people, like it or not, are in the 99% - how do we advance our cause? Discu…
October 22, 2011by Mark Leiren-Young (Reprinted with permission leiren-young.com)Not long after Never Shoot a Stampede Queen was published, one-man-show sensation TJ Dawe called. He wan…
Coming Soon:We have asked several theatre people to submit to CPC on an as-the-mood-strikes basis.Gaëtan L. CharleboisMark Leiren-Young
Glenda Braganza and Éloi ArchamBaudoinInto The Head of AnotherA bizarre journey reveals truth about real life and imaginationby Estelle RosenWhat would we see if we were Daniel Martin (�…
SHAKESPEARE AND THE OTHER 99%...the canon is a symbol for the ultimate possibilities of artistic thought and for the universality of the human condition.joel fishbaneHate laws are being re-e…
Nina ArsenaultFinalists have been announced for the awards handed out by the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre (AQCT).Though one English-language work is nominated in the…
l-r Jeff Miller and Jonathan Wilson (Photo credit: John Karastamatis)Bring Tissues"…it's not a civil right issue, it's a contagion issue." by Beat RiceThe Normal Heart is one powerful…
FIVE PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IN THE AUDIENCEFor an actor, looking out into the audience during a performance can be perilous. You do not want your eyes to suddenly happen upon the wrong…
Closing this weekend: Michael Sean Marye and Luke Garwood in I Send You this Cadmium Red. (Photo by John Lauener.)Our Beat Rice called the piece "a truly memorable experience."
West Side Story in rehearsal and Vancouver Opera
Occupy...Stratford?How long are theatre artists going to tolerate an underclass in the underclassby Gaëtan L. CharleboisMy old leftist heart has been beating a little faster, these last w…
Coma UnpluggedCunningham and HunterThe Gentleman Caller of this title is a handsome young man who comes to visit an aged, ragged, virtually ruined Tennessee Williams and bring him back to hi…
The king of pop fizzThe Cirque du Soleil's new one-act show Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour cashes in on a legendby Richard BurnettI was reminded with all the hoopla over the …
The ThreadSomething is wrong with the Governor General's Awards for drama. Frank Moher, in an editorial this week, put his finger on all the problems. We'd like to add our comment: the GG wi…
Daniel Brochu and Harry Standjofski (photo: David Babcock)Beyond The Young AudienceThe Prince may be little, the effect notby Estelle RosenI love theatre for young audiences. Their honest re…
Just Another Renaissance: Vile Passéist's Theatre of the Obscureby Dan BrayThe first thing anyone asks me when they hear about my theatre company is always the same: why is is called "Vile …
