REVIEWS Articles

’33 (a kabarett) – Review

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Bremner Duthie’s solo show ’33 (a kabarett) is a mix of music, singing and sorrow. It is a show inspired by a song entitled ‘Unsrer Shtetl Brent’ (Our Village is Burning) by Mordecai Gebertig, music that speaks about standing up to oppression. Gebertig was making reference to Hitler’s Germany, as he wrote the song in […]

Lovely Lady Lump – Review

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Lana Schwarz is a breast cancer survivor and she’s at the Calgary Fringe Festival to talk about it. All of it. In her show Lovely Lady Lump, Lana details her experience with cancer and the audience gets up close and personal. The play is funny and heartfelt but could use with a bit of smoothing […]

Dancers’ Studio West examines transformation in ‘Metamorphosis’

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You could say that Dancers’ Studio West’s Metamorphosis is all about transformation. The performance, as part of DSW’s Dance Action Lab, is the culmination of choreographers going through a rigorous training and mentorship engagement. Metamorphosis is a collection of three pieces by three different choreographers.