Arts

With one album, three singles, and a MuchMusic award under their belts, Abandon All Ships are redefining their sound with their new album, said lead singer Angelo Aita.

At first glance, it seems that the four inverted images on the walls of the Canadian Museum of Nature are completely black. Upon closer inspection, one’s gaze is drawn up towards the contrasting white snow hiding at the top of the photographs.

Shakespearean plays usually don’t involve clowns licking a baby in order to discover what flavour it most resembles. They also don’t involve a lot of improvisation.

Still, A Company of Fool’s production of A Midwinter’s Dream Tale, which combines two Shakespearean plays and re-imagines them, does exactly that.

The play, presented by the Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) and directed by AL Connors, runs from Nov. 29 through Dec. 18.

Conversations of booze, drugs, and sex generated an outstanding audience response at the opening night of the Sock ‘n’ Buskin Theatre Company’s This is Our Youth Nov. 30.

The combination of the actors’ chemistry and director Iain Moggach’s passion for the script, written by American playwright Kenneth Lonergan, surely contributed to the crowd’s positive reception.

For the second-last show on her Canadian tour, Feist delivered an energetic and passionate performance at the National Arts Centre (NAC) Dec. 5.

Feist took to the stage after opening act Bry Webb. She bowed to the audience as they erupted into applause.

She quickly jumped into her first song of the night, “Undiscovered First,” from her new album Metals.
After her opening number, Feist took time to talk to the audience, expressing her acceptance of the mainstream success she’s received.