By Jeff Kubik
Open your minds kids and kittens because straight from the Beat generation to the Big Secret Theatre, it’s Dream Machine, a musical experience from One Yellow Rabbit. If you’re not up with what I’m laying down, then it’s time to pay a visit to a theatre company for those with tastes that the Establishment just… Continue reading Dream Machine beats the establishment, man
By Jeff Kubik
It’s all around you, you’re drowning in it and if you were given the chance, you’d wallow in it. From Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting, and for the first time in North America, it’s Filth. Adapted from the novel of the same name and performed by Tam Dean Burn, Filth is a one-man production… Continue reading Filth and Tapeworms come from Scotland
By Jeff Kubik
For giving fire to humanity, the titan Prometheus was chained to a rock for all eternity. Every day, an eagle would come to devour his liver, only to repeat the process again and again until the end of time. No commuted sentence; no rehabilitation for that poor bastard.In Prometheus Unplugged, Prometheus (Adam Bergquist) is now… Continue reading Greeks, Gods and Hidden Insanity
By James Keller
If, like myself, you’ve never read W. O. Mitchell’s famous Canadian novel, Who Has Seen the Wind, you’re currently at a loss. Your loss stems from the craft of Mitchell’s story, the way he humanizes life on the prairies and personalizes growing up. The story is about religion, but it is by no means religious.… Continue reading Intro to a Canadian classic
By Jeff Kubik
Today, the ribald exploits of the British royal family are exposed in tabloids across the world. Sex, intrigue and powerful personalities sell papers to an audience that craves sensationalism. In the imperial court of ancient Rome, Emperor Nero put them all to shame. Nero would have been a tabloid god.Britannicus, the latest production by Theatre… Continue reading Greedy bastards
Remember the Vagina Monologues popping through the theatre charts in 2001? Ryan Luhning, Sean Bowie and Eugene Stickland, the three conspirators behind Cocktales, do. In their opinion, the Monologues was rather uninviting to those who didn’t possess the sex organ of discussion. “Why can’t guys talk about their cocks?” pondered Bowie, the thoughtful Cocktales director.… Continue reading Bigger, longer and certainly uncut
“New energy, new impulse and new ideas.” This is how Clem Martini describes his new piece The Replacement, scheduled to open next week at Lunchbox Theatre. The Replacement is the story of Norman, a widowed man who decides to take the leap back into the dating world. He invites a woman over for dinner but… Continue reading U of C prof stirs up Lunchbox
By James Keller
Cramped in a tiny apartment with only the noise of his neighbours keeping him company, Doyle understandably has some very deep-rooted psychological problems. Whether it’s frustration built up by the elderly blind woman next door, unaware her husband is lying dead on the floor, or the writer upstairs constantly tearing up rejection letters, Doyle can’t… Continue reading Did you hear that?
For director Darold Roles, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible rings just as true today as it did 50 years ago when it dramatized the Salem witch hunts in the 1600s to critique the McCarthy trials of the 1950s. This latest production, presented by the University of Calgary’s Department of Drama, has a contemporary meaning that is… Continue reading Universal Crucible
The TheatreThere are some things one doesn’t forget. Take for example, a U of C 101 experience in the aged University Theatre that left me with one hour of my life I’ll never get back. Since then, my butt has held a certain apprehension when invited to return to that theatre.Fortunately, those fears were put… Continue reading Reworked masterpiece