3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Loucho, a very small circus, captures a good deal of its magic in this delightful video, filmed on the Montreal métro. (Read our review of the show)
Lemons, Lemonade and The Sour Taste That StaysDutchman hangs around for a bitby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI have invited the contributors at CharPo to, when the mood strikes them, write what we…
Ignorance (photo credit: Jason Strang Photography)It's been raved about, it's colourful, and you're going to cry. Theatre Calgary is bringing back its production of A Christmas Carol - one o…
ChoicesI have come to believe the reason for my delayed destiny as an artist was to understand what a precious gift and a responsibility it is to be one.by Deepali LindblomWhen asked, what m…
Ado and Farewellby Cameryn MooreAs I write this, I have been in Boston for two days. It feels all the more unreal because of the way I left New York City, at 4am on the day before American T…
Tyrell Crews and Shannon Taylor (photo credit: Trudie Lee)Ever-Faithfulby Jim Murchison @JimMurchison By Canadian theatre standards NAC's mainstage theatre is a relatively large house a…
Ropedby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesYou walk down an unfamiliar alley and enter through a slightly ajar door at the back of a building. Inside is a warehouse with a large wooden staircase t…
(poster art)Electing Mametby Valerie CardinalDavid Mamet's November is not a production for the easily offended " it seems like every ethnicity, culture, gender and sexual orientation is moc…
SIMPLE TAKES A LOT OF WORKjoel fishbaneLast month, while killing time in New York, I decided to get lost in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After taking the subway to 86th Street, I enj…
[ED: Readers are invited to comment on articles appearing on the CharPo websites.]My First Time"Oh, no, not drama" I thought.by Howard Dai[In reponse to My First Time by GaÃ�…
[ED: Readers are invited to comment on articles appearing on the CharPo websites.]My First Timeby Tony PalermoI had never really seen (or paid attention to) a play until I was 19 years old.[…
Bridges MatterStudent-Artists Need a Practical Education Tooby Elysha del Giusto-Enos (Republished from The Link, with permission)@elyshaenosWe were young. Everything that had never bee…
Like the play it is created to promote, this photo by Shimon Karmel for Race is as subversive and as uncomfortable as the play itself. We like that actor Kewsi Ameyaw (l) is out of focus - a…
l-r Craig Erickson, Marsha Regis, Kewsi Ameyaw, Aaron Craven (photo credit: Shimon Karmel)Mamet and His Buttonsby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesFresh off the grand silliness of The Gover…
Great big buckets of fun...and supremely, stylishly sillyby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjones The Government Inspector (sometimes known as The Inspector General) written in 1836 by Nikolai …
(photo credit: Prudence Upton)From Pip to Miss Wade via The Waifsby Chris LaneMy expectations were high before seeing Dickens' Women, as it's a rare chance to see a highly-acclaimed British …
Hair Rock - From B'way to H'woodby Christian Baines@XtianBainesBy any rational laws of musical theatre, 80's hair rock jukeboxer Rock of Ages should never have got off the ground. Yet next A…
In honour of the production of The Santaland Diaries, at Arts Club, here is the writer who inspired the play with his insanely odd (and David Sedar-esque) version of Silent Night...as sung b…
On The Eating of One's Own HeadCan critics' dislikes and the internet be creating precisely what theatre needs?by Gaëtan L. CharleboisThis week Andrew Dickson, one of The Guardian's many …
Well, if you are opting out of the grotesque spectacle of consumerism that is this season, you may wish to avert your eyes for a bit as - like it or not - companies across the nation are div…
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!Mary Poppins musical co-star Ryan Hilliard comes to the Montreal stage after a storied journeyman career co-starring on stage and screen with the likes of …
A Raging Granny (photo credit: Joshua Sherurcij)An Artist PerformsUnforgettable moments in the performing artsOver the last few months we have been asking artists and contributors to share w…
Not with a Bang but with a "Should"by Cameryn MooreThis is how my tour ends, these last four weeks, not with a bang or a whimper, just a "jeezus fuck, really?" Because the tail end of my tou…
HARPER GOVERNMENT RINGS THE BELL AGAINjoel fishbaneBoth the Conservative government and a slew of Canadian artists each got a chance to enjoy their favourite hobby this week. The Conservativ…
