Posted on October 17, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music, Theatre
How opera singer Carl Tanner didn’t wind up as a country star is anyone’s guess. He’s from Virginia. He grew up with country music. His dad worked as the custodian at the church his family went to every Sunday, and where young Carl sang church music with a big, booming voice more mature than his […]
Posted on October 3, 2012
By Mike Ross
Film, Front Slider, Music, Theatre
To have someone from the Yukon come all the way to Edmonton to present a “reconstituted” 1923 silent movie about the REAL Klondike is real treat for locals who are sick of the FAKE Klondike. On the recent moronic rebranding of our formerly bogus festival Klondike Days as K-Days, Whitehorse filmmaker and musician Daniel Janke […]
Posted on September 24, 2012
By Mike Ross
The Latest, Theatre
A compassionate person would worry about the state of mind of the actors in She Has a Name, a dramatization of the life of a sex slave. The play runs Sept. 25-30 at the Catalyst Theatre as part of a Canadian tour to raise awareness on the issue of human trafficking. Calgary’s Burnt Thicket Theatre […]
Posted on September 19, 2012
By Mike Ross
The Latest, Theatre
Anything that can be done to hasten the annual Halloween creep would be fine by the folks at Kill Your Television Theatre, whose production of “Victor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale of Terrible Things” opens Friday at the Varscona Theatre. They originally wanted a late October run, which probably would’ve sold more tickets, but with schedules […]
Posted on September 19, 2012
By Mike Ross
The Latest, Theatre
“You want the truth?! You can’t handle the truth!” Imagine having that damned line of dialogue hanging over your head when you’re trying to do a serious stage version of “A Few Good Men.” Hell of a distraction. The line – uttered by the crusty Colonel Nathan R. Jessep in the famous courtroom blowout in […]
Posted on September 15, 2012
By Maurice Tougas
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
The Mayfield Dinner Theatre had great success with “The Buddy Holly Story” back in 2010 – it was a corker, despite the fact you knew going in that it wasn’t going to have a happy ending. So there are high hopes for “Four Lads Who Shook the World, The Beatles Story: Part 2,” the current […]
Posted on September 12, 2012
By Maurice Tougas
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
Funny thing about Cavalia, the equine-themed extravaganza now playing under the very big top at the City Centre Airport – it could do with a little less horse play. “It’s ABOUT horses, idiot!” I hear you saying. “Why would you want fewer horses in a show about horses?” First, there are no two ways about […]
Posted on September 11, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy, The Latest, Theatre
The annual Die-Nasty Soap-a-Thon – running continuously this Friday through Sunday at the Varscona Theatre – has chosen “Game of Thrones” as its theme this year. But don’t worry, it shouldn’t be any harder to follow than any other 50 hour marathon of improvised comedy. The inexhaustible Mark Meer – who once again is expected […]
Posted on September 11, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Theatre, Visual Arts
For fashionistas pondering the impending autumn installment of Western Canada Fashion Week, the answer to the question of “Why Edmonton, of all places?” is simple – why not? No other city in the West has managed to mount a fashion festival that covers Western Canada and survive for eight years. Not Calgary. Not Winnipeg. Edmonton’s […]
Posted on September 9, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Family, The Latest, Theatre
The horses nuzzle their trainers affectionately, they object when you stop scratching them, they roll around on the ground like giant dogs – it sure seems like the stars of Cavalia are having a great time. But we never know, do we? We can only guess. It’s no stretch to imagine that these well-hung stallions […]
Posted on September 5, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, Theatre
The old idea that the Citadel Theatre is the Edmonton version of Broadway, this ivory tower that’s both artistically and financially above all other local theatre companies is about to get turned on its head. Rapid Fire Theatre is moving in. These guys are loud, known to cuss, usually hilarious, and they don’t even know […]
Posted on September 4, 2012
By Maurice Tougas
Family, Music, The Latest, Theatre, Visual Arts
Look up. Look wa-a-a-ay up. Just try not to walk into a lamppost as you are serenaded by live music being played from the rooftops along Alberta Avenue during the Kaleido Family Arts Festival. And that’s just one treat in a cornucopia of artistic endeavours for both enjoyment and participation, running all weekend in and […]
