Federico Garcia Lorca was a Spanish poet and playwright. He is known for his works Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba. Lorca was openly gay and had socialist political leanings. He was assassinated on August 19, 1936. There is a bit of controversy that surrounds his murder, as it is not certain […]
There are many ways that Alberta Ballet’s presentation of Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s The Handmaid’s Tale is unlike the book. Margaret Atwood’s writing is a slow burn. It’s mostly all exposition, set up and development for two thirds of the novel, then all the action takes place in the last third. This is not the case […]
Something big happened in Gander, Newfoundland the morning of September 11, 2001. When thirty eight international planes were forced to land, the town of Gander hosted the stranded passengers. All seven thousand of them. Broadway Across Canada’s Come From Away, with the book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, captures the story […]