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Toilet talk onstage in Urinetown: the Musical
By Matthew Willis VANCOUVER — Urinetown: the Musical is simultaneously one of the seminal musical theatre pieces of the 21st century and also most likely to be skipped because of its title....
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The Particulars is a one man show about existentialism and natural bug spray
By Maya-Roisin Slater Photo: Devin Kerrington VANCOUVER — In the back table at a roadside beef noodle house, actor Nathan Barrett and director Jamie King sit with thick strands of udon protruding from...
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From Amsterdam comes Social Fiction, a new virtual world full of fun and games
By B. Simm CALGARY — Theatre Junction lives in the modern world and brings it to our doorstep in the most innovative and imaginative ways. With Mark Lawes as artistic director, they are unquestionably...
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Review: The Dumb Waiter (Theatre Encounter) at EPCOR Centre’s MOTEL
By Sara Elizabeth Taylor November 25 – December 6, 2014 Photo: Mike Unrau CALGARY — It’s safe to say that I have never had, and probably never will have again, as strong a visceral and mental reaction...
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Places Please: December 2014
By Matthew Willis VANCOUVER — Wide Awake Hearts By Brendan Gall Dec. 3-20 195 East 26 Ave., Little Mountain Gallery Twenty Something Theatre and Hardline Productions This meta-production tells the...
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Places Please: December 2014 – Christmas Theatre Roundup
By Sara Elizabeth Taylor Stephen Hair stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in Theatre Calgary’s A Christmas Carol.Photo: David Cooper CALGARY — As we prepare for a time of year known for its rich tapestry of...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Chelsea Hotel: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
By Sarah Kitteringham Steve Charles and Lauren Bowler in Chelsea Hotel.Photo: David Cooper Trapped in a magical sideshow CALGARY — “It’s written on the walls of this hotel. You go to heaven once you’ve...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: The Keith Richards One Woman Show
By Jennie Orton Deanna Jones in The Keith Richards One Woman Show. Becoming the pirate junkie CALGARY — When I was 11 years old I put on my parents’ vinyl copy of The Beatles’ Abbey Road, and while the...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Mump & Smoot
By Lisa Wilton Photo: Gary Mulcahey The Clowns of Horror return CALGARY — John Turner has made a pretty decent career out of something he originally thought was a ‘stupid idea.’ “I didn’t want to be a...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Untitled Feminist Show
By Pamela Haskell Powerful and comfortable in their skins CALGARY — Was it only a year ago that the title Untitled Feminist Show would have seemed uncontroversial? Provocative and humourous perhaps,...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
By Sara Elizabeth Taylor Beau Dixon stars in one-man show Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story.Photo: Clifford Skarstedt Exploring one man’s heroic act of courage and bravery CALGARY — On...
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Places Please: February 2015
By Sara Elizabeth Taylor CALGARY — Theatre in Calgary always starts off the new year strong, with the High Performance Rodeo providing a multitude of opportunities to get your fix of cultural creations...
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Theatre Junction’s provocative pop mediation
By B. Simm CALGARY — Salton Sea is the biggest lake in California, and once a thriving beach community in the post-war leisure boom that took place in the Golden State during the ‘50s and ‘60s....
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Skinny Fat Jack’s provides big atmosphere in a small space
By Jessica Brodeur VANCOUVER — Depending on where you are, brushing shoulders with strangers can be annoying, unpleasant, or downright awkward. Being squished on the Skytrain? The thought alone is...
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Pull Festival: ‘The YouTube of theatre’
By Chelsey Stuyt Photo: Cameron Anderson VANCOUVER — This year’s Pull Festival will see seven brand new 10-minute plays make their professional debut. Written by local playwrights and acted/directed by...
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International Festival of Animated Objects is a celebration of puppets, masks...
By Christine Leonard Photo: Sean Dennie CALGARY — Artist-activist Xtine Cook couldn’t be more pleased to be presenting the seventh biennial International Festival of Animated Objects (IFAO). The...
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Highlights of the International Festival of Animated Objects
By Christine Leonard CALGARY — BeatRoute asked IFAO’s outgoing director and curator, Xtine Cook, to highlight a few of the not-to-be-missed events from amongst the many featured Main Stage and Sideshow...
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Review: ‘Everybody Knows This is Nowhere’ picks right up where ‘Sometime’...
By Max Maxwell Photo: Kelsey Miller February 27 – March 7, 2015 CALGARY — What do you get when you cross Nietzsche with Lana Del Rey? Horrifying mental images of a german philosopher in a cocktail...
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities’ stage design is a...
By Christine Leonard Photo: Dominic Arenas CALGARY — The celestial bodies of Cirque du Soleil are geared up for a steampunk odyssey through a dreamscape of spectacular oddities. And, according to the...
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‘Usually Beauty Fails’ dances the night away to the poetry of reality
By B. Simm Photo: D. Farley CALGARY — Montreal choreographer, Frédérick Gravel, enlists six dancers and a live band that take the stage in an fearless, avant-garde, dance performance centered around a...
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