Untapped potential
This past Tuesday evening I witnessed a rarity — the recorder (that instrument you probably played in elementary school music class) used in a contemporary…
John Herbert Cunningham
A glimpse into the forbidden world of the salon
“My favourite emotion, laughing through tears,” said Clairee Belcher (Susan Clarke), one of the six memorable characters who inhabit Truvy’s Beauty Salon. The packed house…
Chamber night
How often is it that you get to see classical music being performed without the presence of a conductor or violins? If you’re answer is…
Lovely Rita
It’s back. Did we think that, just because, in 1983, Michael Caine and Julie Walters did such a memorable job in the movie version of…
Bloody brilliant
How often does a play come along that has the audience rollicking with laughter while, at the same time, ripping their hearts out? Kevin Loring’s…
Mother Lover
What does the 30 Years’ War — which involved most of 17th century Europe — have in common with contemporary society, particularly one viewed through…
She’s so heavy
Imagine Franz Kafka, but without the joy and hope. You’ll arrive at Caryl Churchill’s Fen — a play as bleak as the landscape from which…
New music, Ho!
The 2010 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival is set to kick off this Saturday. In anticipation, the Manitoban’s John Herbert Cunningham spoke with WSO…
CD review – Will Bonness “Subtle Fire”
Jazz pianist Will Bonness is one of the young lions of the up-and-coming Winnipeg musicians that have arrived as a result of the U of…
Top Notch
Alright, then. The Churchill Fest has begun, as announced by the confusion, laughter and stunned silence of the packed house in attendance on opening night…