Tag: Theatre

By Kristin McVeigh

A woman stands in her living room folding laundry, while her daughter yells at her about being a bad parent. One might expect to observe this scene walking into any suburban home with a raging adolescent. This scene, though, is a scene from Lunchbox Theatre’s Afterlife. Here’s the twist: the daughter is dead and actually… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Lunchbox and Clem Martini celebrate their Afterlife

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

Imagine the old joke about the man in the cabin who picks up a couple of drifters. If you combine any variation of that joke with the White Stripes, a picture of Lukas Black, the memory of a drunk singing in a Montreal bar and a dash of old German fairy tale; you may find… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Get Away without Orlando Bloom

By Stephanie Shewchuk

Though only a few days after the whirlwind of experimental hijinx of One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, the city get its second wind and heads rights into Alberta Theatre Projects’ celebration of the art of playwriting with its month long playRites Festival. After making its debut 19 years ago, the playRites Festival of New… Continue reading Theatre Preview: ATP’s ritual playRites committed

By AJ Kalsi

For some, the theater has been an enigmatic place for the pompous and pretentious to attend in their mothballed nightwear and feign understanding of the arts. But those days of Frasier and friends have long since passed, making way for a more hipper and fresh perspective on the long thought musty theatre. Thanks to the… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Looking into the ceiling for real theatre

By Kyle Francis

The word “puppeteer” conjures to mind many different images for different people. Some think of a megalomaniac using his evil automatons to further plans of world domination, but normal people tend to find themselves drawn more toward the image of a greasy guy dancing a marionette up and down the sidewalk with a hat upturned… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Pulling a John Malkovich

By Stephanie Shewchuk

All in the space of seconds, two men switch from masquerading as husband and wife to playing temperamental siblings. Then, just as quickly, they’re father and son. Co-authors and performers Chris Craddock and Steve Pirot manage to pull off the numerous characters in this religion-infused drama with humor and a real sense of believability. In… Continue reading Theatre Review: Faithless pleases even the heathens

By Jesse Keith

Like a shadow cartel or happenstance league of justice, they formed to mark the turning of the millennium. Five years ago, David Ferney and other theatre artists from Pender Island, British Columbia merged their talents with Illuminated Fools of Oregon and the Green Fools troupe from here in Calgary to form the puppet troupe Three… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Giant puppets judge humanity

By Dylan Neilson

For all those who find not sleeping, the art of extreme martial discipline and being psychologically unstable are for the more night aristocrat or the Irish dude from Braveheart, Zastrozzi promises to be a mind-fuck in a league of its own. Upon first hearing the name Zastrozzi, one is inclined to think of a certain… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Zastrozzi: master of stage

By Kristin McVeigh

There’s trouble in puppet land. As Tomas Prochazka of the Cakes and Puppets theatre troupe explains, their set is stuck in Houston being subjected to unbearable heat and monstrous space shuttles. Without the set, where will the surreal creations of the company frolic upon? But, not a minute later another member of the troupe announces… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Cakes, puppets, oh my!

By Kristin McVeigh

The set consists of five trees drawn onto fabric stretching from floor to ceiling on the black stage. There is the occasional light show among the simple costumes of neutral colours. The vibrant life of this production goes beyond its set dressing, coming from the dance choreography of Santee Smith and the production’s haunting music.… Continue reading Theatre Review: Kaha: Wi beautiful