THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Aren Bergstrom February 16, 2012
Some plays are so insightful, so vivid and so entertaining that they demand to be turned into films. Or so some producers must think. Unfortunately, what works in the theatre may not always work in the cinema.
Such is the case with Carnage. I suspect the Tony Award-winning play by Yasmina Reza may be far more hard-hitting and hilarious than its cinematic counterpart. Nevertheless, while it may not be as vicious as it tries to be, Roman Polanski’s Carnage has enough dark humour and mischievousness to make up for whatever was lost in translation.
By Blair Woynarski January 25, 2012
When I walked into the upper gallery of TCU Place on Jan. 21, I was struck by something unusual. It was classy — a little too classy. But that is the life of the fine arts student: spend your daylight hours shuffling through the hallway in black sweatpants or paint-covered jeans, but be prepared at any moment to clean up and dazzle your audience with elegance and charisma.
We the Artists was one such occasion.
By Aren Bergstrom November 3, 2011
It’s not every day that the ballet comes to Saskatoon.
Already receiving rapturous reviews from the likes of the CBC, Svengali is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s newest creation, an artistic retelling of the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. The ballet tells the story of Svengali, a young man yearning for fame who has an entrancing effect on women. After escaping the confines of his repressive mother, Svengali meets the innocent young dancer Trilby, whom he transforms into a dancing sensation.
By Blair Woynarski October 6, 2011
Russia comes to Saskatoon as the dedicated drama students at Greystone Theatre prepare to kick off the season with Anton Chekhov’s classic play The Three Sisters.
The play, written in 1900, centres on the Prozorov family, landed gentry living in rural Russia. The titular sisters are the motherly spinster Olga, the unhappily married Masha and the young and idealistic Irina, who live alongside their brother Andrei and his fiancée Natasha.
By Holly Culp September 24, 2011
Cabin fever takes on a whole new meaning in the latest Persephone production, Dead Midnight.
By Aren Bergstrom August 13, 2011
The Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival used to be something great. Sadly, those days have come and gone.
By The Sheaf August 1, 2011
Part three in a series of reviews featuring a selection of plays at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival.
Big Shot is a fast paced character piece involving six compelling and unique personalities intertwined against the backdrop of Vancouver.
By The Sheaf July 31, 2011
Part two in a series of reviews featuring a selection of plays at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival.
It’s Been Taken is a lovely comic break if you want to tickle your funny bone, reminisce about your past and escape your own harsh reality for sixty minutes.