A FEW GOOD MEN: The movie?! You can’t handle the movie!
“You want the truth?! You can’t handle the truth!” Imagine having that damned line of dialogue hanging over your head when you’re trying to do a serious stage version of “A Few Good Men.” Hell of a distraction. The line – uttered by the crusty Colonel Nathan R. Jessep in the famous courtroom blowout in […]
MUSIC: Almost too much inspiration in new Maria Dunn album
For a good old fashioned socially-conscious folk singer like Maria Dunn, you couldn’t ask for a richer topic than Edmonton’s famed GWG clothing factory. It has everything: Labour unions, local history, the immigrant experience, women’s rights and – since the factory closed seven years ago – another illustration of the drawbacks of corporate globalization. Almost […]
MORE GIGS: The Sheepdogs, Mother Mother hit town in December
The summers fill with outdoor festivals, the winters with cool indoor gigs. Behold the great cycle of life! The latest on the sked is the Sheepdogs (right), the fast rising Saskatoon foursome playing Friday, Dec. 14 at the Edmonton Event Centre – almost exactly one year after the band’s last appearance in town. Since then, […]
CONCERTS: Theory of a Big Wreck, Jordan Knight, Royal Wood
On their own, big bars. Together, the big hall. In the grand rock ‘n’ roll tradition of teaming up two slightly disparate modern rock bands to bolster their combined audience, Big Wreck and Theory of a Deadman are joining forces for a winter tour set to swing through town in December. The bands will play […]
Paul McCartney sells out two shows in Edmonton
Due to overwhelming demand – they can say that again, the first show sold out in seconds – a second night has been added for the legendary Sir Paul McCartney in Edmonton. He will play again on Thursday, Nov. 29 at Rexall Place. The Wednesday show is clean, like we said, with many fans complaining […]
WHAT’S SO FUNNY: More swords and sex than usual in Die-Nasty Soap-a-Thon
The annual Die-Nasty Soap-a-Thon – running continuously this Friday through Sunday at the Varscona Theatre – has chosen “Game of Thrones” as its theme this year. But don’t worry, it shouldn’t be any harder to follow than any other 50 hour marathon of improvised comedy. The inexhaustible Mark Meer – who once again is expected […]
CCMA Male Artist of the Year Dean Brody hits town in January
Hot on the bootheels of winning Male Artist of the Year at the CCMAs in Saskatoon on Sunday, Dean Brody is hitting the road for the fans who put him there. The originally B.C.-now Haligonian singer will perform Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Winspear Centre. Tickets go on sale Friday. Brody is hitting theatres across […]
Horses work to tell the story of their own domestication in Cavalia
The horses nuzzle their trainers affectionately, they object when you stop scratching them, they roll around on the ground like giant dogs – it sure seems like the stars of Cavalia are having a great time. But we never know, do we? We can only guess. It’s no stretch to imagine that these well-hung stallions […]
