Review: Pit and the Pendulum (Wildside)

Dark Poe-try

A short story as theatre is not for the faint of heart

by Christopher Lane

Sometimes torture is violent and physical, and then sometimes it is the emotional state it induces that is the most painful. The Pit and the Pendulum allows the audience to vividly imagine both of these frightful experiences.

Review: The Wild Party

The Dysfunction of Theatre - with music!

In Your Face delivers the goods - with bathtub gin, cocaine and lust

By Christopher lane

Step back into 1928 New York with In Your Face Entertainment’s current production of The Wild Party, directed by Jonathan Patterson and playing at Mainline Theatre. The musical, by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, takes place at a party hosted by Queenie and Burrs, a dysfunctional couple entrenched in the world of vaudeville. Their flamboyant parade of guests all seem to come to the party with differing intentions, which lead to some dramatic results at the party fuelled by bathtub gin, cocaine and lust.

Review: All I Want Is U2

Cédilot (Photo: Louis Longpré)

U2be

An artist traces his life...and the iconic band's

by Christopher Lane

Mainline Theatre is currently staging a new show called All I Want is U2, in conjunction with Théâtre Sans Fond. This one-man show is performed by its writer, Laval native Stéfan Cédilot, and directed by Stéphanie Pelletier. All I Want is U2 tells the story of the band as seen through the eyes of the playwright, a longtime fan. Through a mix of storytelling, lecturing, acting, music and video, Cédilot takes the audience through his experiences discovering and following the band’s evolution up to the present day. He shows how his experiences with U2 were continually changing as the band changed.