Burlesque lays Shakespeare bare
William Shakespeare is headline news again. This time the Bard is hauled in at Queen Elizabeth’s royal court for a frank discussion about his female characters.You know, the man-crazy virgins, homicidal queens, stir-the-pot witches and suicidal ingenues.
Send in the Girls Burlesque is back with Shakespeare’s Sirens, an award-nominated popular revue opening Sept. 28 and 29 at Fort Edmonton Park’s Capitol Theatre.
This group choreography stars Ellen Chorley, Morgan Smith, C. J. Rowein, Delia Barnett, Chantel Hutchison, Sarah Jackson, and Leah Paterson.
Tickets for the 18-plus show are $22 to $23.80 and are available at www.fortedmontonpark.ca.
Once upon a time
Adapted from the movie of the same title, Once, now playing at Citadel Theatre, charts a Dublin romance between an Irish man and a Czech woman. The are simply named Guy (Lawrence Libor) and Girl (Emily Dallas).He is a Dublin street musician who yearns to be a singer but is about to give it up. She hears him sing a haunting ballad and encourages him to pursue his dreams. After a quirky pickup scene, they share a love of music.
The couple meets each other’s parents, and their simple story is almost a fairy-tale romance. But not all fairy tales have a happy ending.
A winner of eight Tony Awards, the musical opens Sept. 27. For ticket information, visit www.citadeltheatre.com.
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Ignite your passion for adventure, action and travel as an armchair athlete during the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour screening at the Arden Theatre on Monday, Oct. 1.The film is loaded with jaw-dropping shots of exotic locals and death-defying stunts. Prepare to see sleek kayaks swirl uncontrollably in white water, and mountain skiers zooming through ice tunnels and across crevasses.
Mountain climbers tackle 90-degree rock faces, dog teams fly across a snow-packed landscape and in a high-wire act, a woman attempts to walk barefooted on a rope across a deep canyon.
Tickets for the adrenalin-pumping action are $20 adults, $15 students plus facility fee. Call 780-459-1542 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
