21 December 2018
A Christmas Carol at Campbell House
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
Christmas cheer is descending on the city, and nowhere more than at Campbell House. The historic museum is the perfect venue for The Three Ships Collective’s adaptation of A Christmas …
09 December 2018
Coal Mine’s Improvised Holiday Wonder Pageant
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
The opening night of Coal Mine Theatre’s improv holiday show, The Wonder Pageant, was a hit, a WONDER-ful success. All performers demonstrated comedic accomplishment, unlike your author, and were fully …
24 November 2017
Christmas DVD Giveaway: Sabrina the Teenage Witch
By Kelly Bedard // TV
To celebrate the release of their new Classic TV Christmas DVDs, Paramount Home Entertainment has given us a copy Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Christmas Episodes to give away to one …
17 November 2017
Christmas DVD Giveaway: The Brady Bunch
By Kelly Bedard // TV
To celebrate the release of their new Classic TV Christmas DVDs, Paramount Home Entertainment has given us a copy A Very Brady Christmas to give away to one lucky reader. For …
10 November 2017
Christmas DVD Giveaway: Frasier
By Kelly Bedard // TV
To celebrate the release of their new Classic TV Christmas DVDs, Paramount Home Entertainment has given us a copy Frasier: Christmas Episodes to give away to one lucky reader. For your …
03 November 2017
Christmas DVD Giveaway: The Honeymooners
By Kelly Bedard // TV
To celebrate the release of their new Classic TV Christmas DVDs, Paramount Home Entertainment has given us a copy The Honeymooners: Christmas Laughter to give away to one lucky reader. For …
16 December 2015
Cirque de la Symphonie: Holiday Hits at the TSO
By Amy Strizic // Music
Facing the garlanded stage with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra warming up, looked down on by the Etobicoke School of the Arts Holiday Chorus, I can’t help but feel the buzz …
19 October 2014
TV on DVD: Paramount in September & October
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Netflix be damned, this month alone I raced through the first season of Game of Thrones, the third season of Mad Men and the fifth season of The Good Wife, …
15 December 2013
Top 5 Moments from 2013’s Chris-terical Christmas Cabaret
By Kelly Bedard // Music
Chris Tsujiuchi and The Chris-terical Cabaret Crew are back for their annual Christmas festivities at Buddies in Bad Times this weekend. They’ve brought a lot of old material with them (and the departure …
14 December 2013
Making the Holidays (T.V.) “Special”
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
Ah, the perennial holiday variety special. They just do not make Christmahanakwanzika specials like they use to – praise be to the great and powerful television executives! For those of …
26 December 2012
‘The Snowmen’ Reviewcap
By Saiya Floyd // TV
Merry Christmas, Whovians! In this year’s Christmas special ‘The Snowmen’, we got a brand new companion. Jenna Louise Coleman technically made her debut in the fall as the soufflé baking …
15 December 2012
Soulpepper’s Christmas Carol
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
I generally go to Soulpepper openings alone but I was out of town when A Christmas Carol opened, so I had the pleasure of getting to bring my mother to …
01 December 2012
We Recommend: The SantaLand Diaries
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
The stage adaptation of David Sedaris’ first person account of elf life at Macy’s is as smartly sarcastic and belly-shakingly funny as you’d expect from the famous essayist, but what …
24 December 2011
24 Days of Christmas – Family Tradition Edition
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
I have only repeated two movies since last year, even though it’s been very tempting to pull out some old favorites (I miss you, Elf! See you next year!). Those …
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