Theatre New Brunswick’s 2017-2018 season has opened with Fortune of Wolves, an ambitious dramatic undertaking. Written by New Brunswick playwright Ryan Griffith, Fortune of Wolves tells the story of Lowell, a young man who leaves home to travel across Canada, doing tape recorder interviews with those he meets along the way. On his journey, though, accounts of unexplained disappearances and supernatural phenomena start turning up in both the interviews and in Lowell’s own audio journals. These sinister peripherals boil over at the end the first act, at which point the play takes on a far more apocalyptic tone, though the exact nature of what is happening is left intentionally vague. The play’s second half finds itself far more reminiscent of Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ or of Cloverfield, if it had also been a roadtrip movie, focusing on the reactions of everyday individuals and civilized society across the country in the face of a horrific yet unknowable threat. Continue reading In Review: TNB’s Season Opener ‘Fortune Of Wolves’
New Music: Stabbing Joy Release Debut Album ‘Love It More Than You Could Ever Know’
Love It More Than You Could Ever Know, a sentiment all too familiar to a mind in adolescent euphoria, and the appropriate title for Stabbing Joy’s first release. Continue reading New Music: Stabbing Joy Release Debut Album ‘Love It More Than You Could Ever Know’
Premiere: Former Two Hours Traffic Frontman Liam Corcoran Releases Single ‘About Time’
Liam Corcoran, frontman from Joel Plaskett’s Prince Edward Island former power-pop protégés Two Hours Traffic, is releasing his debut album NEVAHLAND on Friday, November 3rd. In case you can’t wait that long we’re premiering his single ‘About Time’. Continue reading Premiere: Former Two Hours Traffic Frontman Liam Corcoran Releases Single ‘About Time’
MusicNL 2017: Janet Cull, The Kubasonica And Steve Maloney Takes Three MusicNL Each
Newfoundland and Labrador held their MusicNL 2017 Awards this weekend. The 25th Anniversary Show at the St. John’s Convention Centre was hosted by none other than legendary ambassador for the Rock and staple for east-coast kitchen parties Alan Doyle. The night also featured performances from Amelia Curran, Cordeen, Denis Parker, Fortunate Ones, Janet Cull, JYAY, Shanneyganock, Steve Maloney, The Kubasonics, The Novaks and The Once. Continue reading MusicNL 2017: Janet Cull, The Kubasonica And Steve Maloney Takes Three MusicNL Each
Trailer Park Boys Actor John Dunsworth Dies At Age 71
John Dunsworth, the actor best known for playing Jim Lahey, the curmudgeonly cop turned alcoholic park supervisor on the hit comedy Trailer Park Boys, passed away today at the age of 71. Continue reading Trailer Park Boys Actor John Dunsworth Dies At Age 71