WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Mike Dambra’s sperm cures cancer

Posted on May 17, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider, Theatre

Mike Dambra has become famous for, nay, almost dependent upon, a joke so politically incorrect it can cause even insensitive boors to swoon in shock – a routine about retards. That’s right: Retards. Being from New York is his excuse for using the word “retard” instead of “special needs” or some such – he uses […]

REVIEW: Comedy on slow boil in understated new Lemoine, The Adulteress

Posted on April 28, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Front Slider, Theatre

With all the elements Stewart Lemoine has put into his latest play The Adulteress – an outspoken woman who lost her eye in an office accident, an awkward meeting between two prospective tenants who both want the same room, a landlord caught in the middle – you’d think we’d have another rip-snorter on our hands. […]

THEATRE: The Adulteress marks play No. 70 for Stewart Lemoine

Posted on April 22, 2012 By Adrian Lackey The Latest, Theatre

Stewart Lemoine has written more plays than the average Albertan will see in his or her lifetime – a lot more. He’s one of our most prolific playwrights, not just in Edmonton, but anywhere in the world. The world premiere of the The Adulteress Thursday at the Varscona Theatre makes play No. 70, for those […]

WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Landry airs dirty laundry

Posted on April 20, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy

It’s getting a little tiresome to see ethnic stand-up comics going on and on about their ethnicity time after time after time – but hey, write what you know, eh? Still, it seems a bit lazy. One of the best in Edmonton this weekend is the mono-named Landry, at the Laugh Shop in Sherwood Park. […]

WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Rob Schneider, Dave Foley return to comedy stage

Posted on April 12, 2012 By Albert Smith Comedy, Theatre

The trick to enjoying Rob Schneider movies is to have low expectations – and in that light, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a comedy classic. To a lesser extent, so is Grown Ups. Conversely, when the Saturday Night Live star returns to the stage-up comedy stage from whence he came – Friday night at the […]

WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Bonfire Improv Festival opens Tuesday

Posted on April 5, 2012 By Albert Smith Comedy, Theatre

Without Canadian comedy, American comedy would consist of Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy. And Dennis Miller on Fox. And without Edmonton comedy, Canadian comedy wouldn’t have SCTV, Kids in the Hall (to an albeit small extent) or the rich legacy of comedy improv forwarded by the redoubtable Rapid Fire Theatre company. Conclusion: Edmonton […]

Those who can do, teach – Kevin McDonald shares his comedy secrets

Posted on February 28, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider, Theatre, TV and Radio

Everyone’s a comedian – that’s one cliche come true in the age of the internet. What will NEVER become a famous saying, according to Canadian comic actor Kevin McDonald, is this: “Everyone’s a GOOD comedian.” But he’s here to help. The Kids in the Hall member perhaps best known as the “Slipped My Mind” Guy […]

Sam Shepard like a bad boyfriend in Fool for Love

Posted on February 17, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Culture, Theatre

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 […]

GIGGLE CITY: Julian Faid, Player of the Month, makes it all up as he goes along

Posted on January 5, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy

There are a lot of ways to skin a cat for a laugh when it comes to live comedy – cat lovers, please hold your tongues – but both improv performers and stand-up comics have the same goal: To make drunk people laugh. Improv comedy has been a proven alternative to straight stand-up shows since […]

THEATRE: Newfoundland take on classic tale to warm area hearts

Posted on December 21, 2011 By Albert Smith The Latest, Theatre

Poised to become a local Christmas “thing” on the order of A Christmas Carol or The Nutcracker or Handel’s Messiah or Candy Cane Lane or Peter Pan is play called The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever! Playing through Friday at the Varscona Theatre, it is a Newfoundlander’s take on the classic Barbara Robinson tale […]

THEATRE: New couple cooped up in The Survival of Pigeons

Posted on November 30, 2011 By Ben Dextraze Front Slider, Theatre

Nothing tests a love affair like moving in together. Just ask the characters in Surreal Soreal Theatre’s new play “The Survival of Pigeons As Studied By Human Lovers,” opening Thursday at the Varscona Theatre. “The play really speaks to moving in with another person and the deepening of that relationship as you discover who they […]

Playwright David Belke takes love of film to the stage in Bless You Billy Wilder

Posted on November 2, 2011 By Mike Ross Culture, The Latest, Theatre

For a guy who loves movies so much, you’d think David Belke would be itching to make one –  but no, he’s content keep writing plays ABOUT movies. “I’ve certainly thought about making a movie,” he says, “but I must admit my first love is theatre. There’s something about the energy, the life, the connection […]

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