GIGGLE CITY: Never ‘too soon’ for Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried has one of the most recognizable voices in popular culture – heard in countless movies, TV shows, children’s cartoons, commercials for respected insurance companies – but he also happens to be one of the filthiest, most controversial stand-up comics in the business. What could possibly go wrong? It’s surprising he doesn’t get into […]
Mile Zero Dance performance art happening to be powered by bicycle
One usually doesn’t think of how much energy it takes to run a theatre show, but Mile Zero Dance is about to change that – and set a new level for “audience participation” at the same time. All of the acts featured in Saturday night’s “Unplugged Salon” at the Westbury Theatre (10330 84 Avenue) will […]
Year of the Dragon to be a good year for China, Edmonton
The dragon is the only creature in the Chinese Zodiac that isn’t real. What does this mean for the year ahead? Who knows? Celebrants attending this weekend’s Year of the Dragon Carnival at City Centre Mall and in Churchill Square should at least know this: China itself IS the dragon. The new year begins Monday, […]
Risky business at play in Canoe Theatre Festival
In a society that values safety so much, it’s funny how the word “safe” is such an insult when applied to the arts. In Edmonton, for instance, there is a surfeit of “safe” theatre – Cats, The Sound of Music, anything put on by the Mayfield Dinner Theatre – standing in stark contrast to the […]
Performance art troupe Pocket Universe a door through which anything goes
When submitting a request to a performance art troupe, be careful what you wish for. Pocket Universe, which will be performing at Art’s Birthday, the big bohemian performance art “happening” taking place Saturday night at the Ortona Armory (9733 102 Street), once performed at a function put on by a kink organization in Victoria, B.C. […]
Jim Cuddy strikes the perfect balance between solo and Blue Rodeo
Jim Cuddy sure has a nice career going here. It figures, since he has such a reputation as “a nice guy,” never mind that time he got into an alleged hockey fight with Dave Bidini. That sort of thing just makes him more adorably Canadian. Cuddy can play theatres as a solo artist – as […]
GIGGLE CITY: Donovan Workun funniest when allowed to be himself
The whole notion that “corporate comedy” is a brain drain that removes the best comic talent from the public eye recently surfaced with the curious case of Donovan Workun – a master comic improviser who’s so good at doing those high-paying corporate shows that he rarely performs in public as the Atomic Improv anymore. The […]
FROZEN FESTIVAL: Ice on Whyte to be the Works of the Winter
Winter in Edmonton is becoming a frozen funhouse mirror of the summer festival season – so that must make the Ice on Whyte Festival the “Works of the Winter.” Opening Friday at the rarely-used End of Steel Park (that chunk of land with the stranded CN caboose across the street from the Yardbird Suite), the […]
