James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt come together in Edmonton in April
Here’s a show where you’ll want to come early to catch the opening act. The legendary James Taylor is bringing Bonnie Raitt with him on a cross-Canada tour in spring 2020. They come to Edmonton at Rogers Place on Friday, April 17. Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 6. Will they perform on stage together, […]
REVIEW: Experimental Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again hits the feminist nerve
Alice Birch’s Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again is an angry and passionate scream railing against the rape culture and violence toward women in general. The word “feminism” is not mentioned once in the (intermissionless) 90 minutes but it hangs over the production like the sword over Damocles’ head. Birch’s voice is ferocious and unrelenting in […]
Bold new play turns The Simpsons on its head to create futuristic religion
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play is a dark comedy written by Anne Washburn. It’s based on Cape Feare on The Simpsons (Season 5 Episode 2), which is a take-off of the 1961 Robert Mitchum thriller. In this one, Sideshow Bob tries to kill Bart on a houseboat. Mr. Burns is not just a satire of […]
LISTEN HERE: Tales of the Tomb keeps it real
“David Koresh, the master, the one who would save them all, destined to be a disaster, for he watched the buildings fall. The compound burned down. No one alive was found.” It’s weird to hear a death metal band be so literal. Then again, there’s plenty enough real horror in the world – why in […]
REVIEW: Waitress a sweet, satisfying confection
To everyone’s surprise, the modest but charming little 2007 movie rom-com Waitress turned out to be a sleeper hit. It told the story of a small-town waitress (and terrific baker) named Jenna who yearns to enter a pie-baking contest to win prize money so she can escape an unhappy life. The film gave TV star […]
Bob the Angry Flower
Oops NEXT COMIC: Party time in End of the Earth! THIRD COMIC: Sluggish = like a slug in Bill Benson:
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OLD MAN MIKULA’S CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS: Cancel Culture Claims New Victim
The PC police have won another victory by not only firing elections commissioner Lorne Gibson, but dissolving his position entirely. Here is a man who was doing his job, extremely well at that. It appears that level of straight-shooting integrity doesn’t sit well with the UCP. All Gibson did was issue a little over $200,000 […]
A PLAY FOR OUR TIMES: Wild Wilder Wonderfully Done by Bright Young Things
The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder’s head-scratcher of a three-part allegory about the precarious life of mankind, debuted in 1942. The biting satire won a number of best play awards – including the Pulitzer Prize – and immediately became a hit in the early years of World War II. Watching it return in 2019 […]
Theatre Network season opener a smart two-hander with humour and heart
Mark Crawford’s Bed and Breakfast is one of those Canadian stage comedies that overcame small beginnings in a summer theatre in Ontario to take on a life of its own – and much like Kim’s Convenience, became the basis of a successful television series. Theatre Network begins its new season in the Roxy on Gateway […]
REVIEW: MacEwan Theatre tackles challenging ’70s musical to great success
The musical Pippin has been a long time coming to Edmonton. The Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Roger O. Hirson (book) opened on Broadway in a Bob Fosse production in 1972. The original ran for a long time (36th longest on Broadway) and in 2013 was revived in a successful production. The show is […]
