Sweat looks backwards to find where we are today
We know the story of Sweat. As inhabitants of a resource-rich country and province, it’s all around us, it’s in our newspapers, and it influences politics at all levels.
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Horrifying history in the cardiac shadow
Walking out of the cardiac shadow, the only way I could immediately think of describing the show was ‘horrible’. The second word that came to mind was ‘poetic, but still horrible’.
Let me clarify, not horrible in terms of being terrible, horrible in the traditional meaning: to cause horror.
Remembering the women of Ravensbrück in the cardiac shadow
In the middle of winter in Edmonton, in a world with rising racial tensions, immigrant detention centres and more and…
All that glitters: The Great Gatsby at Walterdale Theatre
When you go to The Great Gatsby you know you’re going to get a party, and Walterdale Theatre’s production does not disappoint….
Get your Gatsby on at Walterdale Theatre
It’s a tragic love story that you’re probably familiar with: a mysterious, rich man who throws quite the party moves…
The elephant on stage: Matara
Conni Massing’s Matara (until Dec. 9 at the Backstage Theatre) feels like partly the story of Lucy the elephant at the Edmonton…
The Bennet’s are back: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
What could be better this time of year than a story about an underdog that takes place in the thick…
Desperate lessons in What a Young Wife Ought To Know
What a Young Wife Ought To Know is the type of play you wish wasn’t relevant in 2018. But unfortunately, centering…
A 1920s birth control education in What A Young Wife Ought to Know
In a world where women’s reproductive rights are threatened daily, it might not feel like we’ve progressed much in the…
