Posts Tagged: review

Vertigo Theatre’s ‘The Brothers Paranormal’ is a stunning, shivery ghost story.

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Vertigo Theatre’s production of The Brothers Paranormal by Prince Gomolvilas has it all. Interesting characters, a terrifying ghost, impeccable acting, and theatrical design that keeps the audience rooted to the spot. It’s thrilling and intriguing, but also has its sweet moments. Usually, ghost stories don’t deliver this level of depth of character, but this is what makes […]

Theatre Calgary’s ‘Dial M for Murder’ is a dynamic thriller

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When people think of the thriller Dial M for Murder, they usually think about Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. The original play by Frederick Knott is viewed as one of the great thrillers of the modern stage. Vertigo Theatre produced the play back in 2015 and now Theatre Calgary is putting on […]

Stage West’s ‘Shear Madness’ is still a hitting whodunnit.

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In the Shear Madness Salon, things have gone mad. In Stage West’s production Shear Madness by Paul Pörtner, the landlord Isabelle Cherney, who is also a famous pianist, is murdered by stabbing in her apartment upstairs. A pair of hair cutting shears is the murder weapon and the staff and customers in the salon downstairs […]