John Ullyatt Soars in Life-Affirming Theatrical Experiment at the Citadel
Every Brilliant Thing is another effort by the Citadel to pry open our concept of what theatre is. Part of the “Highwire Series” of small experimental productions, it’s a one-person show featuring Edmonton actor John Ullyatt. It runs at the Citadel’s Rice Theatre through Feb. 23. The show was originally a big hit at the […]
LISTEN HERE: The Confusionaires Put Bourbon Into Friend Zone
On first rush, The Confusionaires’ new song Sour Mash comes off like a celebration of whiskey. Man, these rockabilly guys sure like to drink. But no, there’s a twist (of lime): The whole song turns out to be an anthem for moderation, using “Sour Mash” – a type of bourbon perhaps best known in the […]
Mile Zero Dance Goes Punk in SNFU Tribute Show
To mash together punk rock with modern dance seems like an insane idea. You know how punks “dance” – they mosh, crowd surf, stage dive, slam together, elbows akimbo, mohawks flailing, running madly in a circle (always counter-clockwise. Why? Short answer: The right foot goes a little further. Long answer in this highly scientific study). […]
REVIEW: Walterdale’s 1984 Doubleplus Good!
In the last two weeks Edmonton theatre has presented two remarkably prescient stories of how easily corruption, dehumanization and fear can overtake a society. Both were written in the past, and chart many misuses of power that are so sadly obvious today. MacEwan’s drama department is currently running an excellent version of Arthur Miller’s 1954 […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Bedouin Soundclash reformed, renewed, returning to Edmonton
Next Tuesday the venerable Starlite Room hosts the almighty Bedouin Soundclash. This reggae-ska-pop band out of Kingston, Ontario, recently returned from a nine-year hiatus with a monstrous creation of an album, 2019’s Mass. It’s the fifth album in their catalog, and the return was anything but assured, with lead singer Jay Malinowski writing a novel […]
Canoes Literally Fly at Flying Canoe Volant Festival
If you’ve noticed people doing inexplicable things with canoes this weekend, don’t worry, it’s not some kind of French-Canadian uprising: The Flying Canoe Volant is in full swing. The annual winter festival calls itself “a cultural, creative and interactive event designed to celebrate local history and the magic of a long winter night.” Wrapping up […]
THE CRUCIBLE: It’s the Greatest Witch Hunt in History!
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a partly-fictionalized allegory based on the 1692 witch trials in colonial Salem, Massachusetts. The subject of the play is the paranoia and persecution that came out of the so-called “Witch Hunts” undertaken by the American House of Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s. They were trying to unearth Communists that […]
REVIEW: Evil Clowns Slaughter Shakespeare in Disturbing New Play
The audacious new production from Theatre Network will have you helpless with laughter – as long you don’t mind humour that is outrageous, dark and discomforting. It’s called The Society for the Destitute Presents Titus Buffonius – and it’s a clown show. There are no red noses or seltzer bottles. It’s bloody, bawdy and grotesquely […]
