Hey Ladies! Imagine The View on acid – and booze
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 […]
REVIEW: Trans-Siberian Orchestra equal parts pleasure, pain
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra brought every trick in the book to the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday: Fog machines, dry ice, projectors, lasers, strobe lights, a huge set, a seven piece string ensemble, a choir and enough flame canons to warm of the faces of those sitting in the second balcony. In a show equal parts pleasure […]
REVIEW: Titanic, the musical, sinks
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 […]
REVIEW: Blue Man Group an epic acid trip minus the acid
Blue Man Group has evolved from avant-garde darlings into an Les Biz theatre institution – and judging from its awe-inspiring show at the Jubilee Auditorium playing through April 1, it’s easy to see why. This is a must-see event. The original Blue Men creators of 20 years ago, Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink, […]
THEATRE REVIEW: Ignorance is bliss
“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: Yuppies with kids behave badly in God of Carnage
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
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 […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Deep Purple thrills 3,500 intimate stangers at Rexall
Forty summers ago they ruled the planet with Machine Head and Smoke On the Water – a song about a Swiss gig gone horribly wrong – and they became some of Headbangerdom’s first anthems, long before we had a name for the throngs of long haired, bobble-headed moppets. They have their place in The Guinness […]
Sam Shepard like a bad boyfriend in Fool for Love
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 […]
