Get Yours Shaken and Stirred with Acme Burlesque’s From Acme With Love
Acme Burlesque’s new show parodies James Bond and brings an eight piece band to the stage. Octopussy and Pussy Galore have nothing on this show.
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Race and Gender Mix Explosively in South African Mies Julie
August Strindberg’s Mies Julie gets an update and a transplant. The play set in South Africa adds the problems of apartheid to the battle of the sexes.
Berry Sweet Strawberries in January a Warm Look at Love
Strawberries in January a sweet, delightful play performed in French and English on alternate nights, examines teen love.
Review: Alfred a Metaphor for the Beasts Inside
Heady new play at Theatre d’AUjourd’hui has one actor take on six different characters in a story about a man who releases the animals of the zoo.
Jesus Christ Superband : Better than Your Momma’s Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Theatre St. Catherine crew joins forces with local indie musicians to perform the greatest rock operetta ever based on the Bible.
Q&A with Mike Payette: The Bridge and Black Theatre Workshop’s Discovery Series
Shauntay Grant’s The Bridge is featured at the Black Theatre Workshop’s Discovery Series. Director Mike Payette discusses the production.
Political Theatre Blind Misses Its Weak Spots
Suffering from a clichéd protagonist, the good points of this show can’t redeem the bad.
Dance and Animation Meet in Norman
This trippy tribute’s to the ground-breaking Canadian animator and filmmaker Norman McLaren last presentation is not to be missed!
Growing Up and Growing Old Ungracefully. Review of 4000 Miles
The Centaur’s production of Herzog’s 4000 Miles brings together a Gen Y hippie and a Greatest Generation hippie for a month of unpacking baggage.
Perfectly Polished and Fierce. Glengarry Glen Ross Review.
An in-sync cast delivers polished show about real estate.
On Creativity and Going Bald: An Interview with The Balding’s Jeff Gandell
Jeff Gandell talks about his remount of The Balding, as well as the process of writing and creating the show.
Studio Porte Bleue Opens its Door to Experimental Works
Colin Lalonde, founder and artistic director of Studio Porte Bleue, talks about why he showcases non-traditional theatre works in a non-traditional space in St. Henri.
The Aeneid : More puppets, Less Intermission
Told entirely with puppets, the Aeneid lets the audience forget the puppeteer.
The Best Time You’ll Have with the Illuminati and the Devil : Alex Cross and His Rise to Fame
Alex Cross and his Rise to Fame begins with a powerpoint thesis that debauchery in today’s music business is actually a satanic conspiracy. Then the fun begins
Of Omelettes and Operas : Stu&Jess Productions Reinvents Opera
New opera company Stu&Jess Productions latest Le Docteur Miracle takes opera out of the theatre and transforms it through innovative performance space and contemporary updating.
Review : Fennario Launches his Attack with Political Motherhouse
Play about a woman working in a Verdun munitions factory more a platform to express the playwright’s political views on war (anti-), French-English relations (laissez-faire), big business (evil), and people with jobs who live in condos (slightly less evil).
Scripting the Shortstanding Festival (Line Up A)
Julie Santini composes her own piece about the four short works of Line Up A at the Freestanding Festival.
Risky Absurdist Theatre Hits All the Right Notes. Review of the Bald Soprano
Raise the Stakes’ production of the Bald Soprano is funny, risky, and instantly charismatic.
Seedy Unseamly Strips Down Fashion Industry
Unseamly shows an uncomfortable side of the fashion industry and provokes a reaction, but not necessarily a welcome one.
Seagull Soars With Talented Cast and Moving Story
The Segal’s world premiere of Hinton’s adaption of Chekov’s The Seagull is moving and beautiful acted.