Home Front are Graeme Mackinnon and Clint Frazer. Their influences are readily apparent, homages to bands and genres that they clearly love, well-executed experiments in pastiche — Joy Division transitioning to New Order (“Crisis,” “Face Value”), Suicide (“Born Killer”), and Ian MacKaye’s vocal stylings (“New Face of Death”). “Nation” is a personal favorite and outlier. …
Led by singer-songwriter Rob Malowany, the shifting cast of players is given complete freedom to continually reimagine songs; tempo, tone, intensity: everything is up for on-the-fly interpretation by the ensemble. In response, Malowany morphs and bends his stripped-bare lyrics and emotive guitar work to make each performance a unique, unrepeatable experience.
Godfrey is one of the hottest comedians on the circuit. Growing up in Chicago, he constantly got in trouble for misbehaving and being an all-around class clown. Godfrey's Nigerian parents unknowingly encouraged his bad behaviour by showing him classic comedy films from an early age. While performing impressions of his college football teammates, Godfrey realized his irreverent …
Directed by Belinda Cornish Starring: Beth Graham, Oscar Derkx, Cathy Derkach, Rachel Bowron, and Mat Hulshof Not seen since the 2009 Fringe, this award-winning Lemoine hit infuses romantic comedy with danger and mystery in an elegant 1930s Swiss setting. In the lakeside city of Lausanne, a blossoming romance between a Canadian teacher and an American …
Few works have more memorable melodies than Dvořák’s charming Cello Concerto, performed by young Canadian cellist Stéphane Tétreault. John McPherson has been the ESO’s Principal Trombone since 1980 and was also Composer-in-Residence in 2016-2017 when he wrote his moving exploration of grief, peace, and liberation. Robert Schumann’s romantic symphony glows with optimism, especially the stunning brass …
Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. Directed by Brian Deedrick & Music Directed by Steven Greenfield
The all-new Royal Canadian International Circus 2023 will be touring Canada and the USA for 198 spectacular shows from April to October 2023 & will mesmerize, astound, thrill, and captivate audiences beyond the extraordinary. In addition, after a successful 2022 launch at the Mall of America in Bloomington Minnesota, we have added two new locations …
There is no denying that rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly is alive in the Canadian Prairies! The irresistible beat of Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Elvis and Jerry Lee’s music has been rooted deep in our hearts, our feet and our collective musical consciousness. This is why The Dice Cubes seem both familiar and shockingly new. …