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Ghost Light Podcast: voices of #yegtheatre
I’m excited to announce the launch of my new podcast about Edmonton theatre, Ghost Light! This will be a weekly podcast featuring guest interviews with the performers and creative teams behind upcoming local theatre productions. […]
Coming soon to a blog near you: Edmonton theatre coverage!
I’m excited to announce that I’m going to start covering local theatre again! After this year’s Fringe, I realized that I really missed writing about Edmonton’s excellent theatre scene. I left Vue in 2016 and […]
Mel on I Don’t Get It podcast
If you’re looking for a great debrief on the recently concluded Edmonton Fringe, head over to the I Don’t Get It podcast. I joined a panel of my fellow Beer Tent Reviewers for a lively […]
Beer Tent Reviews at the 2019 Edmonton Fringe: Q & A with co-founder Andrew Paul
Rushing in to fill the void left by the departure of alt-weeklies, the Beer Tent Reviews (BTR) zine just landed at the 2019 Edmonton Fringe. The zine is print-only and the reviews are words-only – […]
Food, Fringe 2019, Theatre, Wine
Food and drink pairings at the 2019 Edmonton Fringe
Finding the best food and drink pairings at the Fringe is a finely honed skill that I’ve developed over the past 12 years of spending way too much time on the Fringe grounds during marathon […]
Check Me Out: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
At turns funny, clever and heartfelt, Check Me Out delves into a quartet of women’s lives and relationships as they unfold in the alley behind Pennywise Family Grocery. The four characters are vividly different from […]
Gender? I Hardly Know Them: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
“Gender is dead; welcome to the funeral.” So declare performers Elena Eli Belyea and Sydney Campbell at the outset of their raucously witty sketch comedy show. The duo are practiced comedians and present a barrage […]
You Belong Here: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
Fans of Brooklyn-based Martin Dockery will not be disappointed with his entry at this year’s Fringe. You Belong Here follows suit with Dockery’s signature brand of storytelling: rambling and digressive, delving into the humour of […]
Niuboi x Earth: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
“Queer alien space cabaret” is as apt a description as any for this zany little show featuring Niuboi (Julie Ferguson), a trans non-binary alien who has come from space “to save the world from a […]
The Birthday Party: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
Harold Pinter’s 1958 absurdist classic is a play that you should see at least once, if for no other reason than its seminal importance in the history of drama – not to mention in Pinter’s […]
Edmonton Fringe 2019: opening night and review of Eusha
This is my 12th year reviewing Fringe shows and I’ve got a well-rehearsed opening night routine. I head to the Fringe grounds (via ETS – seriously just don’t try to drive to the Fringe) a […]
A Fringe without stars (or reviews)
There was a brief period of time, right after I left Vue Weekly, when I thought maybe I wouldn’t review any more Fringe shows. That didn’t last long. I left Vue in July 2016; a […]
