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Theatre

Ars Poetica



by Anna Fuerstenberg

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THEATRE

More Praise for Equus

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Equus continues to astound audiences, thanks to Dan Jeanotte's haunting performance as Allan Strang

by Anna Fuerstenberg
19.09.2011

In 1976, on my way from Boulder Colorado to Montreal, I stopped in New York City to see Equus, and I remember with great clarity that at the intermission I could not breathe. The play had stolen all the oxygen in the theatre; it was that good. Douglas Campbell played the psychiatrist Dysart with enormous [...]

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BOOKS

Not Your Granny’s Dragon

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A Dance with Dragons, by George R. R. Martin, Bantam Spectra

by Adrian Saldanha
18.09.2011

For many fans, the HBO series Game of Thrones was their first introduction to a world where seasons can last for decades and a gigantic Wall of ice guards the civilized world. But long before people even imagined a fantasy show could be nominated for an Emmy, others were following the saga in print. Now, after a six year hiatus between publications, the fifth book, A Dance with Dragons, has arrived.

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DANCE

Tough to be a Man, Tough to be a Woman

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Complexe des genres, Théâtre La Chapelle

by Tao Fei
17.09.2011

If there were a yearbook made for Quebec’s next wave of dance, choreographer Virginie Brunelle might be named ‘Most Likely To Succeed’.  With her third and latest full-length work, Complexe des genres, 29-year-old Brunelle cements her local darling status and confirms her talents as a serious dancemaker destined for bigger stages.  Complexe des genres received [...]

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THEATRE

L’enfer de leurs désirs

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Blackbird, Théâtre Prospero

by Mélanie Grondin
17.09.2011

« Lolita, lumière de ma vie, feu de mes reins. Mon péché, mon âme. Lo-lii-ta : le bout de la langue fait trois petits pas le long du palais pour taper, à trois reprises, contre les dents. Lo. Lii. Ta. Le matin, elle était Lo, simplement Lo, avec son mètre quarante-six et son unique chaussette. [...]

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THEATRE

Stripped Down & Dirty

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Jeanotte gives performance of a lifetime as Alan Strang in Segal Centre Equus.

by Alex Woolcott
16.09.2011

Segal Centre has hit the ground running with the first show of their new season, a stellar production of Equus, Peter Shaffer’s famous play about what happens when boy meets horse. Now almost forty years old, Equus has been experiencing a renaissance ever since Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe played the lead role on Broadway.

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FILM

TIFFbits, Pt. I

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The Toronto International Film Festival gets its “Lightbox” on, from Clooney to Cronenberg and Viggo to Werner, plus much, much more (reporting from Sept. 8-12)

by Melora Koepke
15.09.2011

Without a doubt, the TIFF Bell Lightbox is the true star of this year’s film festival. Though the festival’s shiny new citadel was pretty much fully operational last year, this is the first year that the whole festival made the full move, and everything that’s happening is happening around the area previously known as the [...]

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THEATRE

Au chat et à la souris

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Match, Théâtre Jean-Duceppe

by Mélanie Grondin
15.09.2011

Plusieurs pièces de théâtre reposent sur les épaules d’une seule personne. Il y a, d’une part, les pièces qui ont été écrites avec un seul acteur en tête, comme Shirley Valentine qui a clôt la saison 2010-2011 du théâtre Jean-Duceppe. D’autre part, il y a les pièces qui comprennent plusieurs acteurs, mais dont un seul [...]

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