Monthly Archives: September 2008

Staged & Confused Unearths Some Vintage Thompson

How far will a man go to prove that he is not a wimp? How does one escape a cycle of violence, poverty, prejudice and alcoholism? What does it mean to be Canadian? Where has Canadian theatre come from and … Continue reading

Posted in craig pike, judith thompson, michael murphy, rick jon egan, staged and confused theatre, theatre passe muraille | Leave a comment

Patricia Zentilli is Back Somewhere That’s Green

 farren timoteo & patricia zentilli Two and half weeks ago in Edmonton I took two young girls to see Little Shop of Horrors at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre. The show boasted brilliant direction by Marianne Copithorne, the likes of which … Continue reading

Posted in andrew macdonald-smith, edmonton, farren timoteo, marianne copithorne, mayfield dinner theatre, natasha napoleao, patricia zentilli | Leave a comment

Monty Python’s Spamalot Always Looks on the Bright Side of Life

the cast of spamalot From a very British television sketch series, to a very British film, the very British Eric Idle has created Monty Python’s Spamalot, which may be the most authentic, bona fide American Broadway musical that I have … Continue reading

Posted in christopher sutton, dancap productions, eric idle, esther stilwell, jonathan hadary, matt allen, patrick heusinger | Leave a comment

Scorched Paints Poetry on the Ceiling of the Tarragon

A sniper shoots men, women and children in an unnamed village- first with a machine gun, and then with a Polaroid camera. He captures their corpses, bloody, mutilated and horrible, and creates a sort of work of art. Scorched by … Continue reading

Posted in alon nashman, janick hebert, nicola lipman, richard rose, segio di zio, sophie goulet, tarragon theatre, wajadi mouawad | Leave a comment
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