Review: An epic battle between Shakepeare and Zombies hits the Calgary stage!
I’m pretty lucky to know some great people. Great people like Alex Kingcott, who I called yesterday when it was decided that I was too...
Theatre Reviews
Reviews of musicasl, plays and weird modern dance shows.
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Review: Broadway Across Canada’s “Mary Poppins” soars high!
When the curtain rose for tonight’s opening night production of Broadway Across Canada’s Mary Poppins at Calgary’s Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, I could barely contain...
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Review: [Title of Show]
I’ve always kind of felt bad for theatre. It seems either you like or you don’t, and it’s a rare production that has something for...
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Review: You’re a lot like Seinfeld Charlie Brown
This weekend, the curtain rose on Alberta Theatre Projects new production of the family friendly show You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. For me, Charlie...
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Review: Cavalia
The thing about being media, you get to see a lot of shows. Some are good, some are great and inevitably, over time, you become...
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A Christmas Carol: A trip down memory lane.
Photo credit: Calgary Herald The production of A Christmas Carol is a long-standing holiday tradition in Calgary. In fact, with this weekend’s opening of Theatre...
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Review: What it’s like to watch The Lion King as an adult!
This week, Broadway Across Canada’s production of The Lion King returned to Calgary. This was also the forth time I have seen the show since...
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k.d lang’s Balletlujah: Helplessly perfect.
Ballet and I haven’t always gotten along. For me, it’s sorta like that cousin you see at family reunions. You understand why people like them,...
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Five Tweets: Riverdance Review
Tonight the fast moving fancy-free feet of Riverdance came to Calgary for an exclusive one week engagement. If I’m being honest, I’ve probably never had...
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The five best things about Evil Dead:The Musical.
Calgary is known for a lot of things: The Calgary Stampede, traffic, proximity to the Rocky Mountains and wicked storms. But it isn’t really known...