Posts By: Jenna

Mercutio & Tybalt – Review

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We always knew that the really interesting characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet were Mercutio and Tybalt. But now Valour and Tea have put it into a play as part of the Calgary Fringe Festival. And it’s outstanding. Mercutio & Tybalt has Val Duncan and Celene Harder explaining from purgatory, how things actually happened, other […]

Helmut’s Big Day – Review

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SabirĀ  talks to his helmet. Helmut gives him advice on his marching and has an ambition to be a dancer. Sabir (Alan Johnson) is defending the empire, positioned on top of the wall that divides the Great Plains from the Barren Plains. And his friend Helmut stops him from going crazy, because it can get […]

A Picasso – Review

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Imagine pitting Pablo Picasso (Greg Spielman) against a Nazi Cultural Minister Fischer (Jennifer Meria). She wants his to verify the authenticity of three of his drawings because there is a private exhibit that she wants to feature them in. And by feature she means burn. Thus unfolds the story behind each drawing and whether each […]