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A note for anglophones: there are subtitles available for free on tablets you can request at the door. In other words, there is no excuse for blaming language for not going to see this show. French language theatre is doing their best to make their work accessible across language boundaries. It’s up to you to…
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The fire is real. So is the fear. Three men go into the woods away from their reserve to light a sacred fire for a friend who has recently died. None are overly outdoorsy, and despite growing up together their experiences have varied widely. Dale is your doubter who never left, Shane stayed, and George…
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This is a really hard show to describe. Utterly unique, gloriously multimedia, characters Oogie and Boogie engage in play using white boards, music, well honed physical theatre, drawing, puppetry, animation and good old fashioned audience participation. There is a loose storyline about rescuing a turtle, but if you get hung up on that you lose…
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How do you measure cultural authenticity? More importantly, who gets to make those judgement calls and how should they go about it? These are some of the deep, complex, contradictory questions that drive this piece, and drive it do they ever. The story uses the case of the many, many frauds of Anishiinabe artist Norval…
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In this production, actor Tom Rooney switches between a staggering number of parts to tell a story of how Rogers communications is actually worse than you could have imagined. Yes, even after being switched between operators for forty five minutes because you want to make a miniscule change to your cell phone plan. In front…
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The tagline of this show could almost be “it should have been so simple”. Parents Carrie and Paul just want to take care of their two kids, one of whom, Daniel, happens to have cerebral palsy. Beyond that they work, pick up groceries and squabble. And yet in some achingly painfully realistic first scenes, the…
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Critique que j’ai fait avec Katrine Deniset
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Erica Wilson is not prepared to live in anyone”s artistic pigeon hole. The best part? In her February 6 show “Miss Carcass Caresse: Soft Waters”, at Kiyanaan Indigenous Theatre Festival she gets to define the terms in which she creates as, well, an artist. This year’s national indigenous arts development and showcase recipient has created…
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Le multiculturalisme canadien est devenu l’un des défis les plus importants de notre époque. Contrairement à certains , on a une population qui incarne une diversité d’histoires et de perspectives sur la question essentielle : « au Canada, ça veut dire quoi ? Appartenir authentiquement dans ta pluralité ? C’est le point de départ de…
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