Flips and Flops at Fringe
To say that it’s wonderful to finally have the Fringe Festival back up and running would be a serious understatement. There’s a palpable sense of gratitude every night, as eager audiences and passionate performers exchange smiles of appreciation in venues up and down The Main. After a two-year drought, we’re clearly desperate for some live […]
FTB Weekends: Bloc Montréal Provincial Party, Montreal Summer Festivals & SQDC Strike
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss Balarama Holness launching the Bloc Montréal provincial party, the return of Montreal’s summer festivals and the SQDC workers going on strike. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean on Twitter and Instagram Facebook Comments
Montreal Fringe Returns at Full Force
From June 9th through the 19th, the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival will feature over 500 performances by 250 artists in 11 venues. That’s something that happened every June, until it didn’t. For the past two years, the first event of Montreal’s festival season has only been able to offer completely virtual or hybrid versions. Now, […]
FTB Weekends: Ontario Election, Musk’s In-Office Demand and Dawn’s Library Rant
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the results of the 2022 Ontario Election and Elon Musk insisting Tesla executive workers return to the office. Plus Dawn has a rant about Halifax libraries versus Montreal libraries. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean on Twitter and Instagram Facebook Comments
FTB Weekends: Texas School Shooting, Police Inaction and Quebec’s Bill 96
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the elementary school shooting in Texas and why police refused to go in for over an hour as well as the Legault Government passing Bill 96 and who it really affects. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean on Twitter and Instagram Facebook Comments
Spin Me Right ‘Round – Kooza Brings Cirque Full Circle
When Cirque Du Soleil first formed in ‘84, its goal was to shift the emphasis away from animals doing tricks and focus instead on the dynamic possibilities of the human form. Kooza makes good on that promise, delivering a celebratory, dizzying spectacle with more heart-stopping stunts than you may be able to handle. Acrobats and […]
Hurt So Good – Contact Theatre Nails Next to Normal @ Monument National
It’s a rare and precious thing when an audience at a live show can’t even bring themselves to clap. People sitting in rapt attention and refusing to disrupt the what’s unfolding before them is a very good sign. Terrible productions always get tepid obligatory applause at regular intervals. Terrific ones paralyze. All this to say, […]
FTB Weekends: UN Security Council’s Rare Unanimous Condemnation, Legault Nixes English Debate & More
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the UN Security Council’s rare universal condemnation of and call for an investigation into Israel killing Palestinain-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh harassed in Peterborough, Francois Legault refusing to participate in an English Leaders’ Debate and Elon Musk pausing his purchase of Twitter. […]
Not-Quite Scary White – The Highs and Lows of Carrie: The Musical @ MainLine
“Doesn’t anybody ever get it right?” It’s a question the betrayed and broken-hearted Carrie White has been asking since 1988. And audiences have been right there with her. Stephen King’s classic horror story about a tortured telekinetic teen made for a thrilling novel in ’74 and a chilling, Academy Award-nominated film in ‘76, but few […]
FTB Weekends: US Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Roe v Wade & Canadian Conservative Leadership Race
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the news that the US Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade and what it might mean for Canada & the Federal Conservative Party Leadership Race plus try and find some lighter news. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean on Twitter and Instagram Facebook Comments
FTB Weekends: Downtown Montreal’s 50 000 Pound Ring, Gay Men Can Donate Blood in Canada & More Musk
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the giant and expensive ring coming to Downtown Montreal and the reaction to it, Canada lifting the ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood (and Hema-Quebec doing something “distinct”) and Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow […]
FTB Saturdays: SAT to Serve Booze for 24 Hours, Russia Bans 61 More Canadians & Depp/Heard Trial
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss Montreal’s pilot project to allow the S.A.T. to serve alcohol without a last call, Russia banning 61 more Canadians, the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial and more Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean on Twitter and Instagram Facebook Comments