Posts By: Jenna

Alberta Theatre Projects’ Disgraced doesn’t dig deep enough

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Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced is quiet. It gets under your skin. It’s uncomfortable and charged. The cast is talented and their performances are nuanced but the play could go deeper. It brushes on deep rooted anger and racism but once it gets interesting the play seems to turn away from the […]

Birnton Theatricals’ Fully Committed is great intimate theatre

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There is a little show by Birnton Theatricals at Lunchbox Theatre called Fully Committed, written by Becky Mode, directed by Chris Stockton and starring Griffin Cork. One young actor, a headset connected to a reservation line that won’t ever stop ringing, and 40 different characters. It’s a bit of a daunting role for Griffin Cork, […]

The Wedding Party is the best wedding you will attend

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Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of The Wedding Party by Kristen Thomson is that wild wedding that you always wanted to attend, as long as it wasn’t YOU in the middle of the family bickering. It has it all – the narcissist father of the bride who is paying for the whole affair, the mother of […]