While Western Society’s approaches of sexuality seem exceedingly liberal in juxtaposition with 17th Century attitudes, incest remains taboo. Pity, Ellandar Productions’ re-working of English playwright John Ford’s Pity She’s a Whore, sets the action in a secular world where reason and morality are guided by modern psychology, philosophy and science. Opening last Thursday in Fringe […]

Campari Kid and Siren of the Squeezebox created haunting and beautifully expressive music at the Artrage Bakery on Thursday night. Siren of the Squeezebox Cathie Travers virtuosically weaves through Campari Kid !an L!lburne’s poetic examinations of the human condition. She sighs and sings with her accordion while he sings poetry with his Spanish guitar. Further […]

Deception makes reality relative to perception. Communications with strangers, those we are close to and even ourselves cannot always be trusted. Deceits reveal themselves in ugly but entertaining ways in Ellandar Productions’ A Night of Deceit, directed by Ellen O’Connor and Iskandar Sharazuddin. Five shorts set in the 1940s are introduced through cabaret and woven […]