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“It’s Dark Outside” is A Deeply Moving Portrait of Aging

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018
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“It’s Dark Outside” was a delight. It was intrinsically sad yet uplifting, visually mesmerising and ultimately spellbinding. Its meaning is elusive at first. Pitched as a wild west mystery, we follow our weathered protagonist’s quest to understand the mysterious things

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A Haunting DJ Beat is Immortalized in “I’m Not Here”

January 28, 2018January 30, 2018
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The beginning of “I’m Not Here” is just as the title suggests. One minute someone is there and then they aren’t. One minute the chair is there and then it isn’t. The performance asks and echoes, again, and again, “is

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“Radio Rewrite” Transforms Radiohead’s Popular Music into Classical Symphonies

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018
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A show about Radiohead can only be accurately reviewed by a Radiohead expert. So we turned to an avid fan of the iconic band to check out “Radio Rewrite” at the Push Festival. Abhi’s perspective is not only valuable in the

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The Romantic “L’Elisir d’amore” Will Turn Newbies Into Opera Enthusiasts

January 23, 2018
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I don’t know much about opera, in fact, historically my attitude has been one of disinterested ignorance. Listening or watching recordings of opera has never really moved me, apart from maybe the hard-hitting arias popularised on ice cream commercials. So

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Nicola Gunn is Playful in the Ethically Contemplative “Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster”

January 22, 2018
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Cute is a dangerous word because when we say anything is cute we think it’s small and it’s frivolous and of course, feminine. We definitely don’t think cute is intellectual or extremely well versed in philosophy, history and ethics. But

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Titillating boundaries, “MDLSX” by Motus is a Masterpiece

January 22, 2018
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A packed house in Roundhouse Mews on a rainy evening explains the transcendent experience that is MDLSX. Silvia Calderoni is beyond phenomenal and unflinchingly gripping throughout the 80 minute performance. Not one viewer felt the time go by. The Italian

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Frédérick Gravel’s “Some Hope For the Bastards” Is Unpretentious and Primal Montreal Fare

January 18, 2018January 22, 2018
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Frédérick Gravel has produced “Some Hope For the Bastards” after a long string of successes. He has been felicitated the world over for concocting a fearless and modern strain of contemporary dance that embodies Montreal’s quirky and witty spirit. As an

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