We Are Not Alone (in the universe, or the world)
Damien Atkins says we’re not alone. And I believe him since he’s travelled well over 10,000 kilometres to tell Edmonton audiences this truth.
Reviews + Reactions
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.
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.
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….
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…
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…
Viscosity: vignettes about the patch
Viscosity promised to be unlike anything we’ve seen on Edmonton’s stages before. And it delivered. Created by Heather Inglis using…
Pay a visit to The Bone House this spooky season
Spend an evening with Eugene Crowley and you might get more than you bargained for. The Bone House is part lecture,…
Evolution revolution: Origin of the Species
The saying goes that there’s nothing that time can’t fix. In the case of Bryony Lavery’s Origin of the Species, all…
A lean, mean, embalming machine: Lenin’s Embalmers at the UofA Studio Theatre
There are no heroes in Lenin’s Embalmers. But there are a lot of macabre jokes, women named Nadia, and shots…
After the House Lights 