EDMONTON THEATRE: Stuck in the House
If we are to believe the video posted on the Citadel Theatre’s website (above), it was Executive Director Chantell Ghosh’s idea to institute a series of short videos featuring local performers who suddenly found themselves out of work during the COVID-19 lockdown. From at home in her closet – “It’s the only place where I […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: The Stream Must Go On!
Alberta’s own Corb Lund (below, right) is still scheduled to play live and in-person at the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday, May 4. They’re still selling tickets – but like many events upcoming, no one really knows what’s happening and what’s not. Meanwhile, undaunted, our cosmic cowboy is staging a live-stream concert on Instagram Live – […]
Streaming a Good Outlet for Artists and Fans – But Where’s the Money?
It seems darkly ironic that the primary escapes so many of us are anchoring to during these uncertain times as more and more of the nation becomes house-bound – be it movies, televisions, books, and music – are proffered to us by those in the so-called “gig” economy, whose incomes have been most impacted by […]
REVIEW: Romance is the Uncertainty Principle in Delightful Love Story
Werner Heisenberg was a German physicist who in 1927 postulated that it was impossible to measure both the position and momentum of a sub-atomic particle with absolute precision – because the observation itself affects what is being observed. And what a remarkable template this complex scientific principle serves in Heisenberg, a new play by Simon […]
REVIEW: Won’t Someone Think of The Children? Apparently Not
The Children is a new eco-thriller from British wunderkind Lucy Kirkwood about the coming Apocalypse – and the responsibility this generation must assume for the carnage we have left. It’s given a slow burning but harrowing mounting by Wild Side Productions as part of the Roxy Performance Series. The ripped-from-today’s-headlines play will run in the […]
EDMONTON ENTERTAINMENT: What Hasn’t Been Canceled?
At this point it would be easier to list the events that haven’t been postponed or canceled. COVID-19 has spooked all of humanity like an alien invasion – and we’re all in the same ark. But if you’re not in self-isolation (some people have been doing this for years), there’s still a lot of live […]
