Hark, good citizens: Ol’ Mack is Back at the Walterdale
Roll up, roll up, good sirs, and cast yon sideways glance at this middling trifle we emblazon with the status of “Hotpick.” T’was in olde London town that a beggar named Macheath – Mack the Knife – strove to wed a comely maiden named Polly. Suffice said, her father, the King of the Beggars, did […]
Joan Rivers gives Edmonton a piece of her mind Dec. 6
“Boy George is all England needs – another queen who can’t dress … “I don’t exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor … “I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking …” Recognize the style? You guessed it – it’s the one and only […]
GIGGLE CITY: Chris Quigley survives trial by tartar sauce
He’s riffed about playing hockey while zonked on acid, on how you know you’re really high when you watch a porno movie and start getting into the music and how you can play a really good game of golf while hung over because moving your head is too painful – are we sensing a theme […]
Edmonton non-profit benefits, but indie cinema firm left reeling
Citadel Theatre says it’s not worried about filling the void that will be left when Metro Cinema departs Zeidler Hall and heads south across the river to The Garneau in a few months, but the move has an unhappy ending for The Garneau’s soon-to-be displaced tenant. “For us, it was a dream come true and […]
ELMO COMING IN JULY – ‘pre-sale’ tickets on sale today!
Now here’s a heck of a coincidence: The Sesame Street Live production of “Elmo’s Healthy Heroes” at Rexall Place July 22-24 happens mere DAYS after Katy Perry’s show in the same building. What are the odds? You remember how the pop temptress recorded a duet with Elmo that Sesame Street producers decided to axe because […]
Raise your glass! It’s Joe Bird Day
It may be better to honour the late Joe Bird on his birthday than on the day he died – but that doesn’t mean his friends can’t gather for a few quiet drinks in his memory. Bird died suddenly on April 1, 2009. Cathleen Rootsaert, his longtime partner in the comedy troupe Three Dead Trolls […]
Hot Picks, March 31: Experimenting on Gertrude Stein
Those clever Dicks and Janes at the University of Alberta are always up to something cool. Opening tonight at the Timms Centre for the Arts (corner of 87 Avenue and 112 Street) is an unusual performance art piece called The Gertrude Stein Project. The Studio Theatre production features the work of Beau Coleman, who performs […]
High octane estrogen on stage at the Roxy
As a tradition, men are a rarity in the audience for your typical Hey Ladies! show – an all-female comedy revue taking place Friday, April 1 at the Roxy Theatre. “But you (men) are always welcome,” purrs co-host Davina Stewart, aka Ms. Davina. “No vaseline on the doorknobs,” she warns, “no salt in the sugar […]
THEATRE: Almost perfectly disturbing
Kids: You do, and you do, and you do for them. You clothe them, feed them and deny them certain basic human rights – like free will. And just how do they show their gratitude? They grow up and insist on moving out. Ingrates. Meet Mathew: He is a parent who never went through the formality of […]
GIGGLE CITY: Like Bear on Brown
Paul Brown is more than just a pitchman for a popular hair restorative treatment. He is more than just the drawling, deadpan host of The Paul Brown Show, heard every weekday morning on the Bear 100.3 radio station. He is an actual working comedian – one of many radio people who have managed to transfer […]
Edmonton Tonight – somewhere between Johnny Carson and Mel’s Rockpile
The latest theatrical attempt to create an Edmonton late-night talk show may soon have a home on the Internet. Tom Bernier, a local actor, musician and filmmaker who is the zany host of Edmonton Tonight – a live variety show happening at the Citadel’s Metro Cinema tonight at 10:30 – says things are “in the […]
FAMILY: 30th Kids Fest treats fans to $250,000 CirCo spectacular
Hey kids! Remember how your parents dragged you to Cirque du Soleil and you were bored out of your mind? They promised non-stop action and laughs and fun and pure entertainment, but then it turned out to be a bunch of old creepy clowns that stood around holding umbrellas and riding giant bicycles to the […]
