Inheriting movement

Adapted from their previous version of this work, the 605 Collective have re-mounted Inheritor Album with some new cast members, allowing the work itself...

L.A. Party: A night of madness and tranquility

L.A. Party, presented by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and SFU Woodward’s from Jan. 21 to 25, transcends the tedium of a tired,...

From Out of a Dream

The careers of Rodgers and Hammerstein encompassed 11 musicals, 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Grammys, and one Pulitzer Prize. What the duo...

Author profiles: Family history

Eufemia Fantetti was already an accomplished playwright when she transitioned to fiction and non-fiction writing. Fantetti grew up in Toronto and, as a teenager,...

Salt and Paper: eggs poached in white wine

When I was a kid, I was allergic to eggs. Growing up, I never had scrambled eggs, toad in the hole, or eggs-over-easy —...

A Particular Class of Women bares all

It’s a play about strippers. “If you don’t read the play and invest in it, you might think it is just trash up on stage,”...

Vexations: sugarcoated delights

Hiding just around the corner of Main Street on East Georgia is a proverbial playground made of paper, courtesy of Montréal’s Séripop (Yannick Desranleau...

Manhattan and Monopoly: Woody Allen and the commodification of art

“In Beverly Hills … they don’t throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.” This is a classic ‘Woodyism,’ embodying the perpetual commodification...

Inside Inside Llewyn Davis

Llewyn Davis is an asshole. His friends know it, his manager knows it, and the orange tabby cat that follows him around knows it....

Reviving Warhol’s Kitchen

Is the best still yet to come? Gob Squad’s Kitchen, a production presented by the PuSh Performing Arts Festival, seeks to find authenticity in...