The 2017 High Performance Rodeo kicks off Friday night with a performance of Songs of Resilience by the Queer Songbook Orchestra
(Photo: Moi-lesAutres. Photo credit: Lumanessence Photography) Can a body tell a story? Dance makes some people anxious, because dancers use their bodies, not their words, to tell a story, or to create a world. Well - maybe I shouldn't say... Continue Reading →
(Haysam Kadri as Richard III. Photo courtesy Benjamin Laird Photo) The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions presents Richard III at Vertigo Studio through Oct 8 Tickets: http://www.shakespearecompany.com or 403-221-3708 Five stars If you could only use one word... Continue Reading →
Broadway might be all multi-billion dollar babies these days, but back around the mid-1970's - says author Michael Riedel, in Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway - it wasn't even a million dollar baby. That's when the Shubert Organization, Broadway's... Continue Reading →
Alberta Theatre Projects presents Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell at Martha Cohen Theatre through October 1 http://www.atplive.com Three and a half stars When John Murrell was commissioned to write Waiting for the Parade by Alberta Theatre Projects, way... Continue Reading →
Handsome Alice Theatre presents The Tall Building by Jill Connell at Motel in Calgary through September 17 Four stars (out of five) (Photo: Telly James and Geoffrey Simon Brown, courtesy Citrus Photography Sulla (Genevieve Pare) is anxious. She's a woman... Continue Reading →
The first two weeks of July belong to Montreal, where the Jazz Festival collides with an international circus festival to create a city that positively levitates.
The thing about sports that it shares in common with performing arts is that they're both consumed best live. They unfold right in front of you, in real time, often in imperfect circumstances.
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