3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
I really need to have a mini-rantby Barbara Ford, CharPo Senior Contributor@PR_Queen_007I'm doing research for a press release I'm writing and I clicked on an IMDb link in my Google search f…
(photo by Neil Muscott)Swell?by Lucy Wells@LWellsTOThe Storefront Theatre, despite recent flooding, is open for business with a double-bill of Swell Broad and The Homemaker (though note that…
A Fab Trip back to the Birth of Separatism by Spencer Malthouse@spencemalthouseSo Trudeau and the FLQ presented by VideoCabaret, part of the History of the Village of the Small Huts ser…
(photo by Kari North)Ringside seats a must-have for Studio 180's cockfightby Christian BainesTo label Cock with the cliché of 'thought-provoking' would be selling it short. Writer Mike Bart…
Baque de Bamba Marching Band at press conferenceAll This and Boy George Tooby Émilie CharleboisFollowing a lovely breakfast spread and speeches from CEO Janice Price and sponsor l'Oréal…
Raquel Duffy and Gregory Prest presenting the award for Best New Work (photo credit: Ann Fitzhenry)Jenny Weisz Hosts First Outingby Zoe Erwin-LongstaffThough the My Entertainment World award…
GCTC Artistic Director takes to the mainstage to presentnew plays and new partnerships for 2014-2015FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA, ON " April 8, 2014At 7:30 pm Artistic Director, Eric …
The Canada Dance Festival ignites the nation's capital with new dances from Canada's best.For Immediate ReleaseApril 9, 2014 - Jeanne Holmes, Artistic Producer of the Canada Dance Festival (…
Dark and In-Yer-Faceby Gaëtan L. CharleboisChelsea Haberlin is Co-Artistic Director of ITSAZOO Productions as well as a professional producer, director and dramaturge. Favourite ITSAZOO d…
There's something about festivals like FTA in Montreal and World Stage in Toronto that raises the bar a little bit for PR - especially videos. This little gem, a combo of the haunting and th…
The Music of the NightPolitesse and fluidityby Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhen the Fringe movement was beginning we all thought it would be a free-for-all. But it would not just be theatre itsel…
And Now...?by Estelle RosenStuart Fink has worked professionally as an actor and director in three provinces so far. Most recently he performed in the Opera de Montréal's production of Porg…
Richard Croft, Lucy Crowe (Photo: Michael Cooper)Suspicious Mindsby Shannon Christy"When there is peace, the warlike man attacks himself." Frederick Nietzsche Peter Sel…
(photo : Mitindo Primary Tanzania) Lush, imaginative exploration of harsh reality and cultural differencesBlind raises myriad questions surrounding treatment of people with albinism in …
(photo by David A. Fitzpatrick)Discomfortby Winna Tse[Ed: Christopher Douglas, producer for this production, is a senior contributor for CharPo]An uncomfortable subject, an intimate setting …
Burlesque Performance (photo by Ramya Jegatheesan)How to Shoot the Live Show " 10 Tips by Ramya JegatheesanRamya Jegatheesan is a freelance photographer, writer, and documentary filmmak…
Attention Spanby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI am struggling with my newest script, I'll be honest. Two and a half weeks before my first semi-public reading, and GUH, it is making me batshit. …
Rosemount High cast of FameFame!Veteran Montreal actor and arts journalist Sharman Yarnell passes on the acting torch to a new generation of theatre studentsby Richard Burnett @bugsburn…
An Angry Inch Short of Perfection by Sonia Blanchette Hedwig and The Angry Inch has received accolades and ultimate cult status. Time Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine and The New York …
DANCEMAKERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASONDancemakers Makes Major Announcement!CHANGING THE FUTURE OF DANCE IN CANADATORONTO " On April 3, 2014, as they celebrated their 40th an…
Different TastesJim MurchisonI have to give a nod to Valerie Cardinal for my article this week because it is a bit like the feature she wrote Review Squared. I reviewed Seeds at the NAC this…
(photo by Robin Junicke)Story of HatredLove yourself " stay away!by Jason BookerThis is a three-hour, intermission-less film plopped onto a stage " not theatre. Allegedly the play is about F…
(photo by Clifford Rhodes)Where 10 Shades of Gross Meets 40 Shades of 'Meh'by Christian BainesParody is dead.No, really. I'm convinced this once noble comic form passed away with the great L…
Diego Matamoros, Stuart Hughes (photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)A Songful Premise by Keely KwokI arrived 15 minutes early to last night's performance of Soulpepper's The Gigli Concert…
