In 2001, twenty-five aspiring artists performed in the atrium of Market Square as part of InterAction School of Performing Arts’ debut show. Fifteen years later, with now more than 250 students, the school is bringing stories to life with their first festival of the performing arts. Continue reading Saint John Performing Arts School Has First Festival
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In Review: SJTC’s ‘An Enemy Of The People’
Old story, new play. With genderbent characters, a contemporary Canadian context, and the incorporation of social media, An Enemy of the People is anything but dry. For fans of Henrik Ibsen’s classic, Maria Milisavljevic’s adaptation may seem unrecognizable. The basic premise, however, remains the same. Continue reading In Review: SJTC’s ‘An Enemy Of The People’
In Review: Off the Leash Production’s ‘The Belle of Amherst’
Robin Hebb sparkles as Emily Dickinson in Off The Leash‘s production of The Belle of Amherst directed by Jeremy Webb. Fourth walls be damned—pull up a chair and a cuppa and tuck in to some of your friend Emily’s famous black cake. She talks a lot and gets lost in her own stories, but it’s all part of the charm of the non-linear existence of a writer.
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In Review: NFTC’s ‘Cocaine Plane!’
The boundaries of time and space are suspended in this intriguing production. Cocaine Plane!, written by local first time playwright Emily Bossé and directed by Jake Martin, tells the stories of eight people—two teenage girls, two struggling lovers, two stoners, and two Columbian drug lords—and their varied and oddly connected reactions to an event that put Fredericton on the map, or at least in the New York Times. Continue reading In Review: NFTC’s ‘Cocaine Plane!’
In Review: TNB’s ‘Little Women, The Broadway Musical’
Just in time for the season of holiday cheer and precarious family dinners, TNB’s production of ‘Little Women, The Broadway Musical’ is a welcome reminder of the importance of love, forgiveness, and family. Continue reading In Review: TNB’s ‘Little Women, The Broadway Musical’