Curtain To Rise On ‘Nutcracker’ This Weekend
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 10, 2008
A cast of 70 local students, parents, dancers and actors will take to the stage this weekend as The Dancers Studio presents the second annual performance of The Nutcracker at the Heydel Fine Arts Center on the Cumberland University campus.
The ballet opens with a grand party. The Staulbounds are hosting a Christmas party at their [...]
Curtain is lifted on Russia
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
A quality piece of television has been Jonathan Dimbleby’s five-part journey through Russia.
So far, the journey has been incredibly interesting and absorbing, and this final instalment was no different.
Most of the episode revolved around a visit to Irkutsk, a city that’s been gripped with Aids and prostitution since the fall of communism.
Thankfully, Dimbleby also visited [...]
Movies ‘10,000 B.C.’: Mammoth disappointment
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 9, 2008
10,000 B.C.(out of 4)Starring Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis and Affif Ben Badra. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 108 minutes. At major theatres. PG
There are bad movies. There are hack directors. But with 10,000 B.C., a prehistoric epic that deserves extinction, Roland Emmerich enters a whole new tar pit of crapitude.The Razzie Awards may have [...]
Dickens staging a great long journey
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 1, 2008
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPart I:
(out of 4)Part II:
(out of 4)By David Edgar. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Directed by Jonathan Church and Philip Franks, until April 20 at the Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W. 416-872-1212
The year is still young, but I’m willing to bet [...]
Soundstreams premieres first Cree opera
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008
The very first operas, four centuries ago, were based on Greco-Roman myth. So an opera based on First Nations myth, with its similar conflicts between god and human, isn’t too much of a stretch.Tomorrow and Saturday, Soundstreams premieres Pimooteewin (The Journey), the offspring of composer Melissa Hui and playwright Tomson Highway. At a seminar at [...]