Edmonton is slowly emerging from a series of anni horribles when it comes to its theatrical performance spaces. A drastic shrinkage in the number of rentable venues in town – either conventional or, shall we say, on the fashionably rough-around-the-edges end of the spectrum – has been throwing a curve at the music and visual arts communities as well as at those of us who
“…in the sixties, there were plays inspired by the black power movement where a guy would come to the front of the stage and yell at the audience, ‘You are pigs, we are going to get you.’ And the drama critic would say, ‘My favorite part of the evening was the thrilling moment when that
It’s been years since I’ve made a blog entry on this site which, rest assured, I still consider unfinished business. After all, twenty-two hours’ worth of video footage from the interviews I conducted back in 2009 with scientists, politicians, activists and concerned citizens for U: The Comedy of Global Warming remains to be edited into