“A classic Shakespearean tragedy”: Titus Andronicus
“Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, blood and revenge are hammering in my head” – Titus Andronicus, 2.3.38-39 With Halloween in the…
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Evil Dead: The Musical at the Park Theatre
Winnipeg is known for its enthusiastic support of cult films, and now an opportunity to see one re-imagined on stage is approaching. Evil Dead: The…
Cover to cover with Carlyn
Joe is a 30-something New Yorker searching for meaning in his life beyond the falsity of his copywriting career. So much so that when he…
Review: Black Rock, by John McFetridge
Whiney teenage girls. Strippers. Hippy college students who are political around men and flirty when alone. Dead women. Black Rock by John McFetridge is packed…
Miriam Toews and her Puny Sorrows
Award-winning author Miriam Toews is making her way back to Winnipeg to take part in Thin Air, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Toews will be…
Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Distinguished authors from around the world will be gracing our city during Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival beginning this Friday, Sept. 19. The nine-day…
FemFest 2014: She’s Got the Power
In the early 2000s, a time when women accounted for 27 per cent of the playwrights produced on Canadian stages, Sarasvati Productions launched FemFest, an…
Taking up space with rock ’n’ roll fury
If you haven’t witnessed the rock ’n’ roll fury that is the Pack A.D., prepare to give your eardrums a smashing treat. The energetic guitar-and-drums…
Storytelling in the Park
Winnipeg is about to become the birthplace of a new format for live storytelling that will broadcast over the airwaves. Tales are told together, recorded,…
‘An honest, fun, and raw show’
If you take four Toronto stand-up comedians—Dave Merheje, Aisha Alfa, Garrett Jamieson, and Ben Beauchemin, three of whom are former Winnipeggers—put them at the Park…