Tag: Regina Leader Post

My preview of Thom Collegiate’s upcoming musical…

…, Little Miss Christie, is in today’s LeaderPost. An excerpt: “We have some really strong performers,” she says. “And it’s a light-hearted show. It’s an easy couple of hours to sit through and be entertained.” While the audience is being entertained, the students will be making memories. “It gives them a chance to be someone …

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My review of the National Arts Centre Orchestra…

…which played a benefit concert for the Regina Symphony Orchestra Saturday night, is in today’s LeaderPost. It begins: “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got those strings” would be one way to sum up the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s concert Saturday night at the Conexus Arts Centre. The strings are the heart of …

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Examining autumn, reviewing Shakespeare

I have two pieces in today’s Regina LeaderPost. On the front page of the Weekender section you can read my article on the science of autumn, which comes complete with a rather odd picture of me holding up a leaf and looking slightly deranged. Then, in the Arts and Life section, I’ve got a review …

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My preview of next week’s Philip Scriven organ recital…

…was in yesterday’s LeaderPost. It begins: When the organist and “Master of the Choristers” of the centuries-old Lichfield Cathedral plays recitals, you might expect him to limit himself to the most traditional pieces of the classical repertoire. In the case of world-renowned Philip Scriven, giving a recital at Holy Rosary Cathedral on Oct. 22 at …

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My review of Saturday’s Regina Symphony Orchestra concert…

…,Big Bands to Broadway, is in today’s Regina LeaderPost. An excerpt: Leora Joy Godden, Mark Oddan, Jeffrey Pufahl, Kaitlyn Semple, and Tahirih Vejdani sang a selection of current and past Broadway hits, interspersed in the first act with numbers by the RSO Big Band. Accompanying the singers were the full orchestra and, sometimes, the Halcyon …

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Preview of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is online

My preview of Globe Theatre‘s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is online now at the LeaderPost. An excerpt: For audiences, it’s not physical vocabulary but Shakespeare’s 400-year-old verbal vocabulary that may intimidate. But Geoffrey Whynot, who plays Theseus and Oberon, points out that “in real life we don’t necessarily hear every word someone speaks. …

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My review of Saturday’s Regina Symphony Orchestra concert…

… can be read online here.

Nice review of Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw

Much to my surprise, there’s a big review (in the newspaper itself, it comes with a giant image of the book!) of Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw in today’s Leader Post. Edward Willett has cobbled together a walking guide that will appeal to history buffs and those with a keen appreciation for architecture. …

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My interview with "Weird Al" Yankovic

I write the occasional entertainment preview for the Regina Leader Post. This week I interviewed “Weird Al” Yankovic, and since when I posted that fact in my status update on Facebook I discovered a lot of people were interested, I thought I’d point out that you can read the interview online here. (In the print …

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Laura, the complete story

I’ve started writing some entertainment stories for the Regina Leader Post on a freelance basis. My first one ran today, but unfortunately was curtailed rather drastically, so that it ended extremely abruptly. So here’s the complete story, as it read in a perfect world where newspapers have unlimited space and brilliant copy is never edited: …

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