Arts

With singing, dancing, mock theatre and not-so-young men in tutus attempting the cancan, the Friends of Lansdowne know how to throw a party.

This revue, called The Lansdowne Follies, was held at the Mayfair Theatre Feb. 5 as a fundraiser for the group’s mandate to challenge the city of Ottawa over the development plan for Lansdowne Park.

“Lansdowne is our legacy, we shall not be moved,” sang the clapping crowd to a banjo, guitar and tambourine melody. “No public land for private use, we shall not be moved!”

Carleton’s Oxfam club held its second annual Oxfam Jam event at Rooster’s Coffeehouse Feb. 4 to raise money for the Oxfam emergency response fund in Haiti.

Other Carleton clubs, such as Engineers Without Borders, Amnesty International and H.O.L.A.S. were also at the event, accepting donations for their own humanitarian causes in exchange for delicious treats.     

Barney’s Version
Directed by Richard J. Lewis
Distributed by
Entertainment One

Oftentimes, when we see a movie, it is presented through the eyes and the narrative of a noble person — a hero, if you will. They always seem to be righteous and usually end up in a happy ending.

But with Barney’s Version, the opposite is true.

New capital theatre company Plosive Productions has put a fresh spin on a classic play.

The group will be performing Oscar Wilde’s seminal work, The Importance of Being Earnest, at the Gladstone Theatre Feb. 10–26. The play, which is traditionally set in Victorian England, will instead take place in 1920s Raj India.

Incendies
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics

There’s nothing better than when your expectations for a movie are surpassed to the point that you wonder why you even doubted the celluloid work of art in front of you in the first place.