Pippa Wennberg and Neil Bonner shine in the Saint John Theatre Company’s remounted production of Mary’s Wedding under the detailed direction of Scott Thomas. It is the touching, sometimes gut-wrenching, tale of young love blossoming at the beginning of the Great War, WWI. Continue reading In Review: SJTC’s Mary’s Wedding
Krista Hasson Gathers No Moss
It wouldn’t be fair to call Krista Hasson a painter. It’s too limiting. She’s an autodidact with the barely contained energy of a small star. It gives the impression that at any moment you might be engulfed in a supernova as she reinvents herself in a new medium; consumed in the sound and the fury. Fortunately, as Krista is quick to point out, she’s also a goofball. Continue reading Krista Hasson Gathers No Moss
In Review: Theatre Outre’s UNSEX’d
The Saint John Theatre Company is playing host to Lethbridge Alberta’s Theatre Outre and their production of UNSEX’d under the direction of Richie Wilcox. Touring the production are actor Adam Beauchesne, actor/co-writer Jay Whitehead. The two-man comedy explores the lives of two gay actors working in Shakespeare’s theatre company, and the roles they inhabit as the apprentice supplants the master. Continue reading In Review: Theatre Outre’s UNSEX’d
New Music: David R Elliott’s Sunshine
There is no question that David R Elliott is a Maritimer. He knows it’s been a hard winter – time for some reverb soaked balls to the wall Rock ‘n’ Roll! Grab your bag, catch up with the train, and don’t forget your bottle of whiskey; you’ll need it. Continue reading New Music: David R Elliott’s Sunshine
70 Things You Can Do With A Skateboard
Back in my day, the term ‘skateboarder’ was synonymous with ‘hooligan’. They were portrayed as ruffians, and law-breakers, and the bullies in every afterschool special. For every Marty McFly (who even then was a rather ambivalent agent of karma) there were ten Griff Tannens. But a couple of decades (and three awesome movies) later, skaters have shed that stigma. When one of their own passed away last year, they and the community came together to honor him with a memorial skate park. Continue reading 70 Things You Can Do With A Skateboard