Review: The Hazards of Love

The Hazards of Musicals

A team at McGill Players meets a challenge

by Byron Toben

First off, in musical song, I'm your basic Berlin-Gershwin-Porter-Weill kinda guy. I had not even heard of The Decemberists, an indie-folk group which surfaced around 2001. So I was a blank slate when I went to see The Hazards of Love, one of their titles, around which McGill students Charles Harries and James Hugh Keenan Campbell have constructed a folk opera.

Theatre for Thought, February 11, 2012

An Open Letter to the Board of Directors of Stratford Shakespeare Festival

from joel fishbane

Dear Stratford Shakespeare Festival:

I am writing with great concern over the way you have chosen to conduct the search for your festival’s new Artistic Director. A series of private interviews behind closed doors is no way to generate interest in the contest. If the Republican Primaries are any indication, the public is hungry for a media firestorm centered around a dramatic competition with a completely manufactured narrative. 

Review: I, Claudia

Would you be 12 years old again?

Geordie brings Claudia to Montreal

by Nanette Soucy

Can parents of 12-year olds, besought by the stuff of parenthood, have an accurate idea of what it’s like to be one of these “tweens” we hear about now? If they have a memory of being a “pre-teen”, in today’s reality it’s completely irrelevant.  While you’re struggling with the new Facebook layout, their entire emotional landscape is being shaped by the compelling exhibitionism and creative self design that the Internet is made from. When they feel like escaping, they disappear into their screens.

Review: Scientific Americans

Michael Blake (photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)

Mighton by the Numbers

Sidemart at Segal examines issues and offers entertainment

by Chris Lane

We all know that working for the military can take over your life. And that they are always watching you. Or is it the Soviets who are watching you? Scientific Americans, by Canadian playwright John Mighton, presents numerous questions and possible answers in a sharp, witty and multifaceted depiction of a young scientist getting drawn into the harsh world of American military research.

The Friday Five, February 10, 2012

FIVE THINGS CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER NEVER SAID (BUT I LIKE TO THINK HE DID)

Canadian Icon, Christopher Plummer says a lot of things. He has never said any of the following, but sometimes, when I lie awake at night, I imagine that he has. Come, imagine with me...

by Matt G of Matt and Kyle and Matt

CharPo's Real Theatre!, February 10, 2012

CPM's Picture of the Week, February 9, 2012

Trent Pardy and Julia Course in Scientific Americans at The Segal with Sidemart Theatrical 

Grocery (photo: Andrée Lanthier)

EVENT: Gollywog

Blog: Crystle Reid on ArtHere!, February 8, 2012

Hayley Lewis and Isaac Bell of All The Fixin's Theatre

(photo credit: Kes Tagney)

February 8, 2012

The People

by Crystle Reid

The deadline for people to submit performance pieces to ArtHere! is like Christmas Day for me.  I even check my email right after midnight, just to see if there are any stragglers.  And this year my “presents,” for ArtHere! look really good.  We never force a theme on the event beyond the space itself.  One usually emerges as everyone separately submits.  This time around it’s shaping up to be a favorite of mine: carnival. 

Beyond Our Fourth Wall, February 8, 2012

A disconcerting look at the indifference of Western countries to war and child soldiers in Africa

Après-moi, le déluge

Feb. 21 – Mar. 18 Théâtre Quat-Sous 

Theatre…en français

by Estelle Rosen

Two orphans on a journey to decipher their place in society in a play by the mysterious Réjean Ducharme.

Ines Pérée et Inat Tendu

Feb. 21 – Mar. 10 

Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui

Ageing man realizes there’s no time to waste; one has to be happy…the road to happiness has many detours.

Cranbourne

Salle Fred-Barry

Feb. 29-Mar. 17

Who is what, when and why? How do our instincts affect our bodies? How dependent are we on our drives and (how long) can we control them?

Birth Of Prey

Feb. 23-25 Usine C