3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Nope, what you are seeing is not the trickery of Photoshop, it is photographer David Cooper capturing Adam Kenneth Wilson and the theatre magic that is Helen Lawrence (now on tour, and stopp…
The Evolution of a Showby Nancy Kenny 2009 " The idea of a roller derby show comes to mind. I start researching the sport, interview people involved and writing scenes. My show is…
Speaking for the Unknownby Gaëtan L. CharleboisJennifer Ansell-Clark was born in Quebec City and grew up living by the docks with her mum, aunt, uncle and her dog Lady. From her first tim…
Maverick director Peter Sellars is bringing his production of Hercules to the COC. Here, he discusses the genesis of the original production as staged at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; returnin…
Colour, comedy, sex and new workby TJ Dawe@TJ_DaweDoes colour blind casting do any good?Or gender blind casting? Actually, I don't know if gender blind casting is even a thing. But…
The Myth of CultureThoughts on Quebec and all the restby Gaëtan L. CharleboisMany won't say it out loud, though many others will, but it has been a commonly held belief for over four deca…
The Actor/Director Relationshipby Estelle RosenLaura Orozco is in her third year studying Psychology and Theatre Studies at McGill University in Montreal. She is currently co-technical direc…
(centre) Lucy Crowe as Iole and Richard Croft as Hyllus in the Canadian Opera Company/Lyric Opera of Chicago (LOC) co-production of Hercules, 2011, LOC. Photo: Dan RestSold on Sellarsby…
Vivisecting a brain: an exercise in flexibilityby Natalia TcherniakNatalia Tcherniak, a graduate of both the University of British Columbia and Carleton University, spends her day working in…
Here are the articles which have appeared about the Fringe circuit in 2014. If you would like to write about your own show, have a look at what was done last year and please contact us. For …
4 By 2by Beat Ricehe:she is the title of a show made up of four choreographic works. Four musicians join a total of six dancers, including Peggy Baker. In the programme it states that the pr…
Eric Peterson (photo by Maxime Coté)Food for Thoughtby Jim Murchison Julie Fox's set strikes you on different levels. There are a number of lab tables filled with scientific instrument…
(photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)(Re)writing our stories. Greek myth meets time travel. by Lisa McKeown @lisammckeownWhat do you want your story to be? This is the question …
(photo by Nancy Caldwell)Dickens Classic Brought to Stageby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesCharles Dickens wrote The Old Curiosity Shop as an on-going story with regular instalments in 1840-41…
Fusionismby Chad DembskiNorman is a Montreal original creation that has a had a healthy seven year history since its creation in 2007. Originally premiered at the National Arts Centre in Ott…
photo by Lucetg.comGrowing up and getting oldHerzog's 4000 Miles gets loving treatment at CentaurSarah DeshaiesLeo shows up in the middle of the night, schlepping his dirty bike and worldly …
The Ethics of Crowd-Fundingby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreThere aren't many things that I remember solidly from my M.S. in Arts Administration, mostly because it was all about fairly to very l…
(photo: Frédéric Auger)Of Two Mindsby Ramya JegatheesanIf there's one word I would use to describe this play, it's psychedelic. This is bad news if you're sober. Marie Brassard's Me T…
(photo by David Hou)Dancemakers and 40by Beat RiceThis year, Dancemakers celebrates its 40th anniversary and premieres a new collaborative work, Around. The first thing you experience b…
(photo by: André Cornellier)Nothing Cavalierby Élaine CharleboisThere is no wonder why Louise Lecavalier recently won Le Grand Prix du Conseil des Arts de Montréal. From the mome…
SEGAL CENTRE 2014-2015 SEASON DREAMS BIGHighlights of new season include two World Premiere Musical Adaptations of iconic Montreal stories;Broadway legend Alan Menken; the directorial d…
Suspense Needs SurpriseJim MurchisonI saw three plays in three nights last week. The third one was Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter. Pinter for some reason is not produced an awful lot in Ott…
Simprov (photo by Caolyn Zapf, Alumnae Theatre)A Gamble and A Winby Keely KwokAlumnae Theatre's New Ideas Festival has definitely earned its name. With four short plays in the span of …
We had to slightly crop this Tim Matheson photo to fit our format (we try never to do that) but we wanted you to feel as much of the impact of it as we did. It is for Theatre at UBC's produc…
