Trying to get a much-needed jumpstart on this months preview post of theatrical shenanigans in Ottawa, because HOLY GODDAMNED HELL is there a lot going on this month. It’s bloody brilliant. To start, there’s all the shows that started last month, still running over into November. Shows likethe NAC’s SALT-WATER MOON (until the 5th), Ottawa [...]
Pines and Pints at the GCTC
Another week, another premiere. Ho hum, don’t these things become positively DREARY after a spell? I do say… …Nah, just kidding, premieres are AWESOME!!! And I got invited to one at the GCTC this week, so you better believe I snapped on my red suspenders and bowtie (fresh from RAGTIME dont’cha know), called up my [...]
Somerset’s Circle
There’s something I really love about checking out a show from a group, or at a theatre that I’ve never seen before. Gives one that real pioneer spirit, you dig? And if anyone gets into the pioneer spirit, it’s effete pampered sissies like me. So off I went, venturing far, far into the untold reaches [...]
Eurydice vs. MacBeth
Time for a bit of an oddly-themed double-bill of a post: A pair of student show reviews, one as timely as I could make it, the other so woefully out of date it’s actually a little bit sad. Now, in my defense, that latter one I only saw on the last day of its run, [...]
Moon over Newfoundland
This Friday was a pretty exciting night for me…a premiere at the NAC! Never done an opening night there, and there’s always something really nice about checking out a show at the National Arts Centre. It just has a swanky vibe, you know? Once you step inside its hallowed halls, no matter how much of [...]
Under an Ancient Sea
I know, I know…you’re not supposed to review the ‘preview’ shows. It’s a whole thing, and I don’t understand it, but you’re really not supposed to do it. Well, phooey on that, what am I, REAL media? Besides, it’s a busy couple of weeks, time is collapsing, everything is happening at once and the preview [...]
Coming Up in What’s Left (oops) of October 2011
Well, I’ve already missed half the month, haven’t I? But luckily for me, this is a rather lopsided October for theatre, and besides the killer SPEED-THE-PLOW (currently ongoing at the Gladstone) most of the action takes place in the second half of the month this time around. Here’s what I’ve come up with: – DREAMS [...]
Rebuilding the Third Wall
So, a little while back, the Ottawa theatre community got some might grim news (and I’m not talking about losing FamousActressNancyKenny to Toronto, tho I’m still a little verklempt about that, thank you very much)…namely, that veteran company THIRD WALL THEATRE was being forced to cancel their upcoming 11th season due to budgetary constraints. Now, [...]
Faster than a Speeding Plow
So how great of a triple-win day was yesterday? Started off with a coffee date downtown with Fringe superheroine and Ubermom Natalie Joy Quesnel, wherein we discussed all things Fringey, plotted against our enemies, and just generally had a swell time chillin’. Then it was, of course, new comic day, and I scored myself the [...]
May, Can, Do!
Last week (late again, I know, I KNOW…) was a very special weekend here in the Ottawa theatre community, you bet. That’s because it was the second anniversary of that little theatre company that could, MAY CAN THEATRE. The high-powered mutant offspring of local boys Cory Thibert and Tony Adams, May Can is fresh from [...]
