Archive 1997-2016
By Amber Mything
Actors have often been described as being a breed apart. Well, as Tom Wood shows us in his play Claptrap, they also inhabit their own universe.
Set in the fictional town of Oslo, Ont., Claptrap takes a satirical look at a company of actors performing at a major summer theatre festival called the “Ibsen Festival,” named after Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.
By David Kolbusz
Arts organizations in the downtown area are concerned about how some new grant money will be divided.
Truscan Property Corporation, owners of the World Exchange Plaza, announced at the end of January that they would donate $300,000 to the arts community in order to help enliven the downtown core.
By Meredith Dundas
Alfonso Cuaron’s film Great Expectations probably won’t help students pass their English exams but it may inspire them to enjoy classic literature.
The producers and directors of Great Expectations have taken the liberty of changing the books to suit today’s setting — and that can be a tricky thing to do without losing the appeal of the original story.
By KateLynn Savidan
There is a new form of violence emerging in mainstream Hollywood cinema.
A veritable ballet of blood, this new violence is a far cry from that made popular by Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers. It is a controlled carnage, a highly choreographed dance of bullets, blood and death, where bodies and bullets fly gracefully and stylized through the air.