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A Shakespearean Quiddit
I’ve been trying to understand why the amount on the bill I receive from my telecommunications provider is different each month. There are no extra charges incurred by me, but the amount is always a...
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A Pearl Among Rideau Awards
So maybe now it’s time to get Emily Pearlman squarely on your radar. Since returning to Ottawa, Pearlman has shown up a great deal in theatre talk; at last summer’s fringe festival, she was the main...
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Friends, Timing and Gertrude Wilkes
One day Gertrude Wilkes is sitting in her call-centre cubicle trying to soothe a distressed customer; the next she’s trying to sell theatre fans on a performance of Shakespeare. The set of...
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Unleashing Foolish Shakespeare
Fairy dust in Strathcona Park. Photo by Andrew Alexander. By Ryan Pratt Having never visited Strathcona Park before, it was easy to attribute the touch of magic in the air to its gothic lamp posts or...
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How Ottawa Burns Out Artistic Talent
By Mike Levin During the past year Ivo Valentik designed seven theatrical sets in seven months, building most of them. For a third straight season he has been nominated for the Rideau Awards’...
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Status Quo – Scott Florence
That's for you, Shakespeare. Photo courtesy of Orleans Young Players. With the grin of a Fool, Scott Florence claims to be Ottawa’s Shakespeare because he’s willing to borrow ideas from just about...
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