REVIEW: Cher turns back a LOT of time in Edmonton
Among my late mother’s LP collection is Cher’s 1966 self-titled album. As a kid, I would stare at the album cover, mesmerized by this dark-haired woman who looked both exotic and mysterious. The album was produced by her then-husband and collaborator Sonny Bono, and was largely folk-influenced. My mom was a big fan of ‘60s […]
REVIEW: Harold Pinter’s Betrayal unpacks painful love triangle
The new Broken Toys production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, playing in The Studio of the ATB Financial Arts Barns through June 2, is said to be the first Edmonton showing of the play. That’s a rather surprising note in a town that has seen a lot of Pinter over the years. (Movie fans might remember […]
Die-Nasty wraps Game of Thrones homage
One million idiots put their name on a petition demanding that Game of Thrones producers remake the last season – prompting an instant backlash: “Hey, if you’re so smart, then you do it!” The Die-Nasty live improvised soap opera is way ahead of the game: Since mid-October every Monday at the Varscona Theatre their theme […]
REVIEW: Alessia Cara inspires little girls in Edmonton
Security sure had their hands full at the Alessia Cara concert in Edmonton on Wednesday night. What a tough crowd. Once the 22-year-old star started high-fiving and clasping hands with all the girls in the front row of the Jubilee Auditorium, everyone wanted a piece of her. Moms carried up their little ones to get […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Cher and Cher alike
You can’t be too mad at Cher – who retired and then changed her mind, not once, not twice, but thrice! At least she has a healthy sense of humour about it. The show coming to Rogers Place on Saturday night is part of the “Here We Go Again” tour. (IMPORTANT NOTE: On Tuesday night […]
Bob the Angry Flower
‘Puissant’ means ‘having great influence.’ NEXT COMIC: New ‘Yo Bro Beer’ brand in End of the Earth: Next: Pop culture now culture in Bill Benson:
Bill Benson
When I became a man, I put away childish things . . . NEXT COMIC: There are scarier things than dragons in Bob the Angry Flower: Next: Another great new invention in End of the Earth:
End of the Earth
End of the Earth is in summer reruns – now chug your Giant-Ass Mouth Beer! NEXT COMIC: Bill Benson gets in touch with his inner nerd: Next: Bob the Angry Flower slays the wrong dragon:
REVIEW: Silence screams #MeToo from a thousand years ago
Silence, the season closer for the U of A’s Studio Theatre, takes us back 1,000 years to the time of King Ethelred, known to history as “The Unready” – who ruled the English from 966 to 1016 AD. Moira Buffini’s sprawling saga is set in the shadow of the end of the world. Like many […]
WEEKEND MUSIC: A match made in folk music heaven
Imagine, if you will, two of Western Canada’s most outstanding folk artists on tour together. Then imagine if they decided that instead of doing separate sets, one opening for the other, they’d play on each other’s songs, together. It’s not The Twilight Zone. It just what Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and J. J. Shiplett have decided […]
Bob the Angry Flower
We demand to see the full uncensored comic! NEXT COMIC: Baseball’s been very very good to End of the Earth: Next: Bill Benson throws out his back watching too much TV:
Bill Benson
Ow, poor Bill! NEXT COMIC: Bob the Angry Flower redacts the redactions: Next: Collegiate summer baseball season is here – in End of the Earth: