PLAYBOT: Refugees find love in Canada
Canada has always welcomed refugees – and the nation is better for it. The new people just have to get used to the frightful weather. Before the poor Syrians, there were Jews fleeing persecution in Romania 100 years ago. Some of them settled in Canada – and so here is the tale in a concert-theatre […]
Young Frankenstein: It’s alive! It’s alive!
Except for the venerable Walterdale Theatre, ELOPE Musical Theatre may be the oldest amateur theatrical production entity in Edmonton. For 35 years the company has been scouring the community for talent, holding auditions and mounting productions of Broadway musicals. In the past few years they have featured such shows as Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Never the Shania Twain shall meet
Nobody should care what Shania Twain says about Donald Trump. Ditto Kanye West or Roseanne or any other celebrity. We didn’t buy their records or watch their television shows for their political opinions. That’s what Fox & Friends is for. (For a highly scientific analysis on how artists can ruin their art by talking too […]
Fly Me to the Moon a grand tall tale
We are quite familiar with the works of Irish playwright Marie Jones. She had a huge success a few years back with Stones in His Pockets the story of a couple of sad sack extras in a major movie being shot in Ireland. There have been, at least, two productions staged in Edmonton. Jones is […]
New incarnation of Robin Hood ‘engaging and spectacular’
Wrapping up a superlative season at the Citadel, Artistic Director Daryl Cloran decided to go out on a high. Like, really high. Three stories high. Back at the beginning of the year, as new Artistic Director, he was getting to know various players on our theatrical scene. One he contacted was Mieko Ouchi – the […]
Review: Pink Mexico at 9910
Pink Mexico brought everything they had to 9910 last night as they continue their journey across this great continent, throwing down all the reverb-soaked, fuzz-drenched, surf-punk they could possibly ever muster. Robert Preston, the frontman of the Brooklyn trio that was founded as his solo project, cavalcaded the group through a collection of their small […]
Music Preview: I Mother Eleven
I Mother Earth and Finger Eleven perform at Union Hall on Saturday night (show starts at 8:25, $19.99 and up, BUY), as part of a lengthy joint tour across North America. They’re in the early throes of said itinerary – some of which still remains to be announced – which sees the bands perform an […]
PLAYBILL: Shumka keeps it real
The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers have turned down an offer to participate in an all-Shumka parody of West Side Story to tell the tale of Edmonton’s two sides – North Side Story. We were told Shumka’s core subscribers probably wouldn’t go for it (based on a comic by Chad Huculak). Just as well. Keep it real. […]
Foote in The Door is in good with Company
Foote in The Door is an Edmonton based performance collective. They are graduates of the Citadel’s Foote Theatre School (and other groups who train young people in musical theatre). Getting tired of waiting for our major companies to phone with offers of jobs, they have banded together, in the best Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney tradition, to […]
Pretty Goblins pretty awesome
Twin sisters: even in the womb, they reach out to each other, clasping hands. A wondering doctor notes that their hearts are moving to the same beat. They will be born with a closeness that few will ever feel. Innocents floating in an amniotic sea, unknowing of the horrors that will be visited upon them. […]
Infinity is the perfect amount of time
Playwright Hannah Moscovitch doesn’t dodge the big issues. Moscovitch has written with distinction and considerable heart about the Holocaust, Nazi war criminals and gender politics in modern academia. Her plays (The Russian Play/East of Berlin – and others) have been produced all over the country (including Edmonton) and she has been dubbed “the hottest young […]
