Hey Ladies! Imagine The View on acid – and booze

Posted on April 12, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Comedy, Theatre

Yup, it’s that time of the month. At least it is for Davina Stewart, Cathleen Rootsaert and Leona Brausen – hostesses of the monthly comedy-variety show Hey Ladies! At the Roxy Theatre this Friday night, it’s a throwback to those afternoon hostess shows you used to watch on TV with your mom before you were […]

Oldest English story a monstrous undertaking in Beowulf the King

Posted on April 9, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Theatre

Consider that the oldest story ever written in (Old) English is about a terrible monster and the monster’s even more terrible monster mother, who, after wreaking much destruction and death, are defeated by a magic sword-wielding fighter who is eventually killed by a dragon. You could make a couple of conclusions: 1. Man, we’re a […]

REVIEW: Titanic, the musical, sinks

Posted on April 5, 2012 By Adrian Lackey The Latest, Theatre

The Titanic will go on forever as a symbol of European industrial arrogance. It was – according to lyrics in a musical about the greatest nautical disaster in history – “the largest moving thing on Earth.” Its designer, owner and captain all thought it too big to sink, and thus deemed it unnecessary to provide […]

Cirque du Tom Waits to explore ‘visual music’ at the Arden Theatre

Posted on March 27, 2012 By Mike Ross Music, Theatre

The members of L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres get some funny looks walking through airport security with a pair of hedge clippers. It’s part of their arsenal of unconventional musical instruments they’re bringing for a Tom Waits tribute at the Arden Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Not just any gardening shears will do. “Once you find the one that […]

THEATRE REVIEW: Ignorance is bliss

Posted on March 24, 2012 By Adrian Lackey The Latest, Theatre

“Happiness gives our existence meaning,” the audience is informed at the top of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop’s new play Ignorance. However, the narrator adds, the average person experiences only 14 minutes of true happiness in his or her lifetime. As we listen to this, an innocent child is being strangled to death by one […]

THEATRE REVIEW: God of Carnage a comedy of bad manners

Posted on March 17, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Front Slider, Theatre

Remember how Seinfeld pimped itself as a “show about nothing?” On reflection, we can all realize what a lie this was. Seinfeld was the new rulebook of etiquette for the upcoming millennium. The comic deceit, however, is that this new book of etiquette was being written by four people who were the most oblivious to […]

Neil Simon’s Chapter Two a lime green slice of 1977 in 1929 theatre

Posted on March 13, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Theatre

Do you dare enter the theatrical time machine? There’s sure to be some temporal confusion among citizens attending the latest theatrical amusement at the Capitol Theatre in Fort Edmonton Park – a 2011 reproduction of a 1929 theatre in a 19th Century historic park presenting a Neil Simon play from the 1970s. Good theatre is […]

THEATRE: Yuppies with kids behave badly in God of Carnage

Posted on March 8, 2012 By Adrian Lackey The Latest, Theatre

If life has taught us one thing, it is this: If you want to anger someone, all you have to do is accuse them of being passive-aggressive. Want to piss them off even further? Show them you can dish out the “passive-aggressive” label, but can’t take it. This sure-fire method will have you pushing the […]

REVIEW: David Mamet lays waste to liberal white guilt in Race

Posted on February 25, 2012 By Adrian Lackey The Latest, Theatre

Race does matter – and it always will. Hence the title of David Mamet’s controversial legal drama, which makes its Canadian premiere in a Theatre Yes production at the Catalyst Theatre through March 11. Right off the top of “Race,” black lawyer Henry Brown asks and answers the question, “Does the black man hate white […]

Oscar Night at the Varscona strives to make Academy Awards interesting

Posted on February 25, 2012 By Albert Smith Film, Theatre

The months, weeks, days, hours and moments leading up to the Academy Awards are far more exciting than the Academy Awards themselves – which is why it’s so crucial to watch the show in good company, to use your powers of imagination to make an “event” out of the biggest non-event of the year. “I […]

Sam Shepard like a bad boyfriend in Fool for Love

Posted on February 17, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Culture, Theatre

Picture this: The play starts with May (Jamie Konchak) wrapping her arms around the legs of her rodeo cowboy-stuntman-estranged boyfriend Eddie (David MacInnis) to cling onto him, and – within minutes – she plants her knee square in his nuts to push him away. This opening seems to be the thesis statement of not only […]

REVIEW: Laughter flies in the face of damage in beautiful Moving Along

Posted on February 12, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Culture, Front Slider, Theatre

“Nobody appreciates damage … at the time.” These are the striking words that started the public’s introduction to Chris Craddock’s magnum opus Moving Along back at the 2001 Fringe Festival. The play has resonated with audiences ever since. Moving Along has been remounted seven times over the years – and here it is some 11 […]

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