By Paul Jarvey
Bargains with the devil are never easy to escape, slinking through woods dark with allusion and symbolism. November Theatre’s The Black Rider took the Big Secret Theatre stage with unexpected brilliance. A dark dance of light and style paying no attention to an audience’s sense of warmth and comfort, it’s anything but unsatisfying. In this… Continue reading Theatre Review: Black Rider has devil’s whimsy
By Paul Jarvey
Think of a gin-soaked breeze from hell, painted over a Brechtian rock opera dredged out of one of David Lynch’s dreams and you’re somewhere close. The Black Rider brings insanity and bliss shuffling across the stage like the devil himself. Where no fairytale is safe from the tattered ravages of the streets of a proverbial… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Chocolate Jesus and the Soft Machine
By Paul Jarvey
This rich, fierce, and experimental union of voice and cello lies somewhere between the emotive lyricism of Tori Amos and a more aggressive, personal, and playful communique similar to Bjork and A Silver Mt. Zion. Jorane’s The You and the Now is this years third release for the Quebecoise songwriter as well as her first… Continue reading Jorane