Seven thousand three hundred people at a sold-out show. Not bad for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, an organization that sat in artistic limbo for months last year as it struggled to keep afloat financially. Musicians had nowhere to play while a skeleton administrative crew worked against time and the odds to prepare a plan for… Continue reading Mozart returns to the mountain and Beethoven hits the bottle
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Morphine, The Best of Morphine
The more you listen to it, the more you want to have sex. Essentially, this is Morphine: a band that, since their inception in 1990, has exploited their trademark sound of baritone sax, two-string slide bass and its punk-blues roots in a way that encourages even the homeliest prudes to let their minds wander. It’s… Continue reading Morphine, The Best of Morphine
Universal Crucible
For director Darold Roles, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible rings just as true today as it did 50 years ago when it dramatized the Salem witch hunts in the 1600s to critique the McCarthy trials of the 1950s. This latest production, presented by the University of Calgary’s Department of Drama, has a contemporary meaning that is… Continue reading Universal Crucible
Reworked masterpiece
The TheatreThere are some things one doesn’t forget. Take for example, a U of C 101 experience in the aged University Theatre that left me with one hour of my life I’ll never get back. Since then, my butt has held a certain apprehension when invited to return to that theatre.Fortunately, those fears were put… Continue reading Reworked masterpiece
Orpheus dances into Calgary
Like the vast majority of people, it’s quite possible that the bulk of your ballet experience involves a two-dollar viewing of Billy Elliott after being hauled to the film by someone considerably more sentimental than yourself. Before that, you pronounced the “t.”To James “Rusty” Toth, dancer with Ballet British Columbia, the lack of experience is… Continue reading Orpheus dances into Calgary
John Wort Hannam and the Sound Merchants Pocket Full of Holes
The surprise about Pocket Full of Holes is that it doesn’t fall for the trap that capture most folk bands–the music actually has some variance. On their debut album, John Wort Hannam and the Sound Merchants produce a handful of honest, sentimental songs with a wide range of emotions, themes and sounds that are a… Continue reading John Wort Hannam and the Sound Merchants Pocket Full of Holes
Somalia reinvisioned at OYR
CORRECTION: Somalia Yellow runs until April 27 at the Big Secret Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.An artist comes back from Somalia after six days as Canada’s last official war artist. He had an hour and a half of video footage that would be condensed into 45 minutes. Discuss.In Somalia Yellow, the One Yellow Rabbit ensemble takes… Continue reading Somalia reinvisioned at OYR
Clowns of death in Flux
There’s something special about laughing at the cutesy antics of a clown fishing for audience members who then changing gears to laugh at his decapitation.Mump and Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner, respectively) are masters of humour for the adult audience who remembers its inner child. In Flux, the Canadian clowns of horror take the… Continue reading Clowns of death in Flux
Puppets only go so far
Puppetry and epic-tragedy. Sadly, the two just don’t mesh.Puppets, by nature, make people laugh. They are absurd renditions of reality that ask us to smile and forget about the real world for a while. They are Punch and Judy and children’s theatre. To make us cry, give us chills and beg our sympathy, a puppeteer… Continue reading Puppets only go so far
Centuries later, a foot shorter
A certain irony occurs when tiny puppets perform a Viking saga like Beowulf. According to Steve Pearce, there are more similarities between the two than one might expect.“There’s something antiquated about puppets,” says Pearce, one of seven artistic directors and puppeteer with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop. “There’s something medieval about them.”According to him, puppets… Continue reading Centuries later, a foot shorter