There’s something special about laughing at the cutesy antics of a clown fishing for audience members who then changing gears to laugh at his decapitation.Mump and Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner, respectively) are masters of humour for the adult audience who remembers its inner child. In Flux, the Canadian clowns of horror take the… Continue reading Clowns of death in Flux
Tag: Theatre Review
Puppets only go so far
Puppetry and epic-tragedy. Sadly, the two just don’t mesh.Puppets, by nature, make people laugh. They are absurd renditions of reality that ask us to smile and forget about the real world for a while. They are Punch and Judy and children’s theatre. To make us cry, give us chills and beg our sympathy, a puppeteer… Continue reading Puppets only go so far
U of C play not languid
By Anna Chan
The University of Calgary Drama Department’s The Languid Lady; or The Mollusc, written by Hubert Henry Davies, is anything but languid.Directed by U of C’s Barry Yzereef, The Languid Lady finds Tom Kepp visiting his sister, Mrs. Baxter, for the first time in four years. He discovers that she has mastered the art of being… Continue reading U of C play not languid
Audience won’t buy Love and Money
By Anita Singh
ATP’s For Love and Money contains neither love nor money. Instead, the playRites 2002 piece is completely riddled with cliché.For Love and Money follows Howard, a rich oil tycoon, and his wife Janie as they strike it rich and then watch their family fall apart. Unsurprisingly, Howard becomes abusive due to his and Janie’s alcoholism,… Continue reading Audience won’t buy Love and Money
A middle-aged love affair
Eugene Stickland’s Midlife proves there’s no atypical midlife crisis.While the play centers around Jack-an older oil exec drawn to a younger woman, Amber-it avoids delving into clichés about love, lust and betrayal. Instead, Midlife provides the audience with keen insight into the male psyche and a hell of a lot of laughs.This success lies primarily… Continue reading A middle-aged love affair
Acting, script save war story
"Is this going to be any good?" asks the woman sitting on my left.However rude the comment may be, perhaps we should let an opening night at playRites ’02 speak for itself. I indulge her with an: "I sure hope so."How can I not hope for the best from playwright Stephen Massicotte and his first… Continue reading Acting, script save war story