Tag: Theatre Review
Powerhouse vocals: a review of Citadel Theatre’s The Color Purple
I’m adding my own voice to the chorus of unabashed praise for the Citadel’s excellent production of The Color Purple. Truthfully, I don’t have much to add that hasn’t already been said by my fellow […]
No Change in the Weather – A Newfoundland Musical
Like a Canadian social studies lesson come to life, No Change in the Weather gives a hefty dose of East Coast history and politics alongside a suite of 18 sea shanties and jaunty jigs. Even […]
Clowning Around with Christine Lesiak
What even is a clown? This week Mel talks to Christine Lesiak, director of Edmonton’s Play the Fool clown festival, to find out the answer. Funny clowns, sad clowns, scary clowns, naked clowns – we […]
Media passes and the Edmonton Fringe
Should a written review be attached to every media comp at the Edmonton Fringe? The Globe and Mail just ran a very interesting story about a controversy that started at Edmonton’s Fringe Festival and continued […]
Talking The Color Purple with Jesse Lipscombe
The Color Purple is opening soon at the Citadel Theatre and I spoke to Jesse Lipscombe to get the inside story about the production. Lipscombe is an Edmonton actor, singer, producer and activist who founded […]
Azimuth and the Importance of Arts in Edmonton
This week, Mel interviews Azimuth Theatre co-artistic producers, Vanessa Sabourin and Kristi Hansen, about Azimuth’s upcoming 2019-20 theatre season. We discuss their upcoming panel discussion and the season to come. Along the way, we talk […]
Welcome to Ghost Light!
Welcome to the very first episode of Ghost Light! I talk briefly about why I started the show, what a ghost light actually is, and the upcoming shows this September in Edmonton: Kaleido Family Arts […]
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 – […]
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 […]
