3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
That Which One Cannot Escapeby Winna Tse@tsewinnaDo you have a past that you're trying to escape from? Pieces of Me, a musical drama brought to us by Promise Productions, is about a restless…
Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn (photo: Guntar Kravis)Gay Heritage Moments: a concept for a new show?But they don't quite add up to a wholeby Jason BookerEnthusiastically performed, amusing an…
(photo: Matthew Fournier, Corinne Beve)A Play Without Characters or Dialogueby Aleksandra Koplik@SashaVKIvan Viripaev's Oxygène (Kislorod) is a piece divided into biblical commandments; dis…
Blue Collar Worldby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonSometimes it can be valuable to change your environment. From an artistic point of view stripping things down to their most basic elements can b…
Like A Virginby Valerie CardinalI heard a lot about Michaela Di Cesare's 8 Ways My Mother Was Conceived on the Montreal Fringe circuit in 2011. I never got to see it, so I was excited to rev…
We don't think anyone will complain that a production from director/writer/actor Robert Lepage is unphotogenic. As can be seen here, with this photo by Frank-Nicola Vachon for Needles and Op…
(photo by Seanna Kennedy)To my horror, what appeared?Woman in Black receives strong presentationby Jason BookerThe Woman in Black, an adaptation by Stephen Mallatratt of Susan Hill's novel, …
(photo - cropped - by Brandon Gaukel)Dreams Manifestingby Gaëtan L. CharleboisPlaywright Anton Lipovetsky is a writer, composer and actor. Most recently, he performed at Bard on the Beach…
This terrific little video - a unique behind the scenes piece from Théâtre de Quat' Sous- takes you to the creation of their season brochure.
The F*** EffectWhen news gets in the wayby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisLast week a strange thing happened. Despite a mountain of reviews and truly great features, our traffic plu…
Promoting The Causeby Estelle RosenDanielle A. Caddell is the Artistic Director of Beyond the Mountain Productions and is currently the Production Manager for Tidbits from Talk, Music from M…
Belfry poster artLife Long LovesChanging Romeo and Juliet's Starsby Morgan McPhersonYoung love. Burning, all-consuming, can't-imagine-life-without-the-other passion that lights up the soul.&…
Some Men Die Before they Go Over the Topby Spencer MalthouseIn the midst of the calamity of noise and mud are men. R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End is a story of how they coped with the fear a…
Écrire à coeur ouvertWriting with an open heart or How teens can blow your mindby Pierre SimpsonPierre Simpson is a bilingual actor and director whose roles have included L'Emmerdeur,…
Michael Spence and Joel Benson (photo by Michael Cooper)A Company Soars...the script...?by Ramya JegatheesanThe Sacrifice Zone is a story about living in a dying place, where the birds are s…
Marcus Youssef and James Long (Photo by Simon Hayter)A dialogue we want to have, but frequently don't…Winners and Losers a contemplative workby Dave RossIt's taken me a couple of days to t…
Not Afraid of Virginia Woolfby Gregory BunkerLadies and gentlemen, Virginia Woolf. It's 1928, and in what seems hardly a stretch, the Bloomsbury Collective has transformed Campbell House int…
Hardcore Abbeyby Keely Kwok@Kwokles Julie leaves, razor in hand, and John is left alone on stage polishing a pair of shoes. The phone rings, it's upstairs calling. John, statuesque, uns…
The Myth of Meritocracyby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreWhen I was at Edinburgh Fringe this year, I had the good fortune to meet Tomas Ford, an Australian musician/performer, and to see his show…
The Lonely Melancholy Dane by Jim Murchison There is no set. There are no costumes. There is just one supremely talented actor in a well-directed Hamlet that wrings all manner of subtleties …
L-R: Casper as Sandy and Jenny Weisz as Annie (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)Not so Hard-Knockby Beat RiceAnnie has always had a special place in my heart, as it was a favourite during my chi…
photo by Burdett PhotographyAll Hips and No Biteby Spencer MalthouseTurning and turning in the widening gyre, the actor cannot hear the director; things fall apart, the centre cannot hold, m…
Bringing Up Babyby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonI have read Part 1 and Part 2 of Keir Cutler's I'm a Genius Syndrome articles. I really like the articles because they point to two very im…
