Theatre
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Timeless classic makes for Top-notch theatre
Both charmingly humorous and startlingly disturbing, MTC’s production of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls vividly illustrates the subjugation, struggles and successes of various women throughout history.
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Churchill double feature Not Not Not Not Not to be missed
Performed in the intimate space of Studio 320, Far Away / Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen is a chilling double feature that leaves the audience asking questions about their own position in society.
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Still relevant after all these years
With a full cast of 18 characters, The After-Dinner Joke is made up of busy interactions and shorter skits within the main story. The play is light-hearted and humorous, even as it identifies blatant contradictions in the way that we live our lives.
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Good ideas fall flat
Although Michael Redhill’s ideas in Goodness are fascinating explorations into the human psyche, the transition to theatre performance falls short of being a coherent examination of the motives behind peoples’ actions.
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Over-the-top satire done to perfection
Kicking off the new year with a little something different, Manitoba Theatre Centre’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone is a high-energy rendition of this spoof on 1920s-style musicals.
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‘Merry Christmas, you wonderful, old Building and Loan!’
The first music video ever broadcast on MTV was for the song Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. It reflected a nostalgia felt for the passing genre of radio and the lost stars whose careers ended with its demise.
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Heartbreaking and captivating
A dramatic tale about disappointment and deception, Hannah Moscovitch’s East of Berlin has you hanging onto the edge of your seat the whole way through.
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A raucous and raunchy performance
Conventionally, thinking about theatre brings to mind posh sensibilities, stuffy dialogue and, more often than not, appeals to good taste. Le Mort is anything but a conventional theatre performance.
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Beautiful, but exasperating
Twenty years after its first production, Prairie Theatre Exchange’s Bordertown Café holds up well enough as a story of role reversals, but the unceasing conflict between characters quickly becomes exasperatingly frustrating.
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A captivating retelling
Remembrance Day is a time of reflection for many on the sacrifices made by those at war. We acknowledging their bravery with symbols like the poppy and pay tribute to our veterans at community centres and Canadian Legions.
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Last Dog will have its day
he Last Dog of War, a one-woman show written and performed by Montreal-born playwright Linda Griffiths, will be running Nov. 5-14 at the Costume Museum of Canada on Pacific Avenue, courtesy of the Theatre Projects of Manitoba.
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No Wow-factor
Manitoba Theatre Centre’s 52nd season opens with a witty, whodunit murder mystery.
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Bitter redemption
Cherry Docs refers to the 18-holed combat boots which are the catalyst for the strange relationship at the centre of this play. The relationship represents themes of justice, forgiveness, tolerance and redemption.
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A mass of facts and myths
Writer/actor Pierre Brault and director Brian Quirt are about to bring a legend back home with their highly acclaimed one-person play 5 O’Clock Bells.
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High school sex scandal
Sex, secrets, performance art blogs and blackmail. What else do you need from a night at the theatre?
Stage16’s latest production marks the Canadian premiere of Speech and Debate, a hugely successful off-Broadway play.
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A full doll’s house
Shakespeare, Ibsen and Brecht were all masterful playwrights. But as societal views change, are the meanings of our classic plays getting lost in the passage of time? And if so, how are we to keep the classics relevant in the modern age?
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Original theatre and fab fun in Winnipeg’s Exchange
In the mood for something fun and light-hearted? Check. Something for the whole family? No prob. What about something raunchy? You betcha.
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U of W’s theatre department contributes to the Fringe’s success
The Winnipeg Fringe Festival, conceived as an answer to the extremely popular Edinburgh Fringe Festival, has been around for just over 20 years. The festival has always served as an open and affordable opportunity to anyone interested in putting on a theatrical production. This, as you might imagine, is the ideal opportunity for University of Winnipeg students studying dramatic arts.
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Reasonable doubt
A nun with nasty habits and a priest with secrets to hide – what could be more dramatic than that?
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Inside the mind of a murderer
For many theatre-goers, a night out may involve an elegant evening of soothing soliloquies and happily-ever-after tales of romance. These people will want to skip Infinity Land.