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Vagina Witchcraft — ‘Vagina Witchcraft,’ 4/5
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Vagina Witchcraft’s debut record doesn’t open with a scream or sludgy riff, but a missive, spoken with such raw feeling as to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up: “I...
From back of the merch table to front of the stage
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Nearly everyone, at some point, dreams of becoming a rock star. Or, perhaps not a rock star but a supermodel, an acclaimed actor or a comedian — plucked off the street or pulled onstage,...
The Evies celebrate this year’s shortened theatre season
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Earlier this month, the fourth annual Winnipeg Theatre Awards, known as the Evies, was streamed online for the first time. This year’s awards ceremony was hosted by Melissa Langdon and Matthew Paris-Irvine from local...
Odario — ‘Good Morning Hunter,’ 4.5/5
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There is a notion that times of political and social turmoil create incendiary music, the kind of essential, galvanizing work that inspires and unites people.
It’s true that sometimes certain artists are able to capture...
Creativity in a climate of constant change
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As we plunge headfirst into another wave of tightening restrictions, it’s hard not to look back at the pandemic’s tentative beginnings in March, when it all felt more like a temporary circumstance rather than...
A season of measured optimism
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Winnipeg, theatres were some of the first institutions to be shut down. The Manitoban sat down with the artistic director of Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP), Pablo Felices-Luna,...
Teaching practical arts during a pandemic
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Like many theatres across Canada and the world, the U of M’s Black Hole Theatre Company (BHTC) has put a pause to its regularly scheduled programming in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the virus...
