Theatre
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Always look on the bright side of life
If genocide is like an assembly line, who is to blame? How do normal people commit horrific crimes?
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A decade of FemFest
Winnipeg’s theatre scene changed in 2000 when Hope McIntyre moved to this city.
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Twenty-five years on the Fringe
Glancing over the 25th annual Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival’s extensive lineup of shows, it’s immediately apparent there will be no shortage of intriguing entertainment, what with titles such as The Complete History of the Moustache, Surf Chimps and Pretending Things are a Cock finding their way onto the recently finalized list.
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Theatre By the River set to present Maureen Hunter’s Transit of Venus
Lovers of both art and science will be pleased to know that local company Theatre By the River (TBTR) will be putting on a show to combine the two disciplines.
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Artist on artist (on artist)
Ross McMillan and Sarah Constible are two mainstays of the Winnipeg theatre scene. They’re being directed by Bill Kerr in Theatre Projects Manitoba’s current production of Steve Ratzlaff’s Dionysus in Stony Mountain, a play in which a prison psychiatrist and her patient (who’s chosen to go off his meds) debate Nietzsche, Canada’s prison system and the inability of institutions to facilitate personal healing. The Uniter caught up with them between rehearsals.
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Come sail away
Mandatory sentences for petty crimes, no funding for the arts, the labelling of women… What sounds like the present-day Canadian political climate is actually the basis of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, Our Country’s Good, being presented this week by the fourth year University of Winnipeg Acting Honours class at the Gas Station Theatre.
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The Gods must be crazy
What starts out as a comedy of manners between two couples attempting to settle a playground spat ends with the parents behaving just as badly, if not worse, than their children.
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MTC serves up verbal fencing match in God of Carnage
Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage begins innocently enough.
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An extraordinary, emotionally charged masterwork
Angels in America can’t be called “just another play.” It would be like calling Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible a decent LP, or saying Mad Men is an OK period piece.
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An enduring reminder of the joy of live theatre
Two voices joyfully chant the poem in perfect harmony.
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The Boyz are back
Prairie Theatre Exchange’s main space is in a state of controlled chaos as the media call for Altar Boyz - PTE’s current co-production with Winnipeg Studio Theatre - gets going.
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Equal rights still worth fighting for
Although it’s been almost 100 years since women won the right to vote, people still herald Nellie McClung as one of Canada’s most important historical figures - with good reason.
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Anything’s possible
Several wooden platforms, a gravel pit and hanging street lamps fill the performing space of the University of Winnipeg’s theatre building.
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Main stage brought to life with laughter
It’s easy to tell when a comedic play does its job sufficiently. The tell tale sign is gut-splitting laughter of course, but it’s important to know where the humour comes from.
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Scumday Mondays
There’s a new place to find scum in town on a Monday night, and it’s not where you might expect.
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Playing it personal
Imagine, one day, a loved one disappears without a trace.
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It’s all in the writing
It could be argued that to reverse the ills that plague a society people need to realize the things that they’re doing wrong.
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Shirley Valentine poised to impress
At almost 800 seats, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s John Hirsch Mainstage is a very large venue - especially when you’re the only one onstage.
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Young love and death in Jerusalem
When telling an old story that nearly everyone knows by heart, it’s normal to want to give it a new spin.
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Sex, drugs and pantyhose
The issue-packed and controversial Spring Awakening makes its Winnipeg debut thanks to Winnipeg Studio Theatre.