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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez The Iliad is an old story, one of the oldest still in circulation in fact. At a ground level, it’s the story of the Trojan War in which the Greeks fought the Trojans outside the walls of Troy. Also, as this production mentions, it’s the story of two brave warriors: Achilles the…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Firsts are important: first words, first names, first steps. They matter, not so much in and of themselves, but because they mark an initiation. They bring with them the traces of what is to come: a life full of conversations, years of identity, paths walked into strange and unimaginable places. All firsts…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Shakespeare in the Ruins is starting their season off strong with As You Like It. This may very well be one of the lightest of his comedies. According to director Michelle Boulet “it’s kind of an escapist play, but oddly in that that’s where you get the huge heart and all the…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Rattle is the story of two sixties scoop survivors, Bobbie and Dan. Beyond that, it is the story of their family and the ways in which trauma never stops at only impacting one person. It’s also a love letter to the community that has been created in the North End, something talked…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Disclaimer: this is not a review. This is a new project. Proceed accordingly. Years and years ago, I was at the outdoor market at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival when a saw a Book. A Book I had been looking for most of my life and didn’t know it. It was big, and…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez It’s almost June and the main seasons of most theatre companies have been put to rest. Shakespeare in the Ruins is amping up to start, and you are beginning to hear the whispers of Fringe festival in the air. It’s a liminal time, where some work has had a chance to flourish…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Rubaboo, as it is explained to us on stage, is the Michif word for stew – specifically the everything you have in your fridge and-or-pantry kind of stew. It is an appropriate name for this creation, described as a Métis cabaret, a performance experience which is not entirely a traditional theatrical play.…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez From the sanctuary of her living room at home, a young girl waits for her videographer father to come home. As she watches his footage, she dreams longingly of seeing the Arctic world and its animals he films. When he leaves again, she stows away with him to witness this wilderness for…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez This musical is based on a larger than life trip, a woman named Annie Londonderry who cycled around the globe in 1895, collecting sponsorships and giving lectures. Annie is at the newspaper to give a pitch for a regular newspaper column about her adventures. When she discovers the slide machine is out…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Opera. If you ask most people, they will describe it making reference to grand spectacles and big voices. Those in the know might hum a few bars of Ride of the Valkyries or Carmen’s habanera solo, a testament to how deep the operatic tradition is integrated into our culture. If the vast…
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