This is a blog for reviewing theatre going on in Winnipeg. It includes both English and French, fringe and so mainstream it’s probably based on a movie. Anything else that comes along. There’s a lot of cool stuff that goes on in this town, and all too often the most interesting gets stuck in the cracks of media attention.
For now, this site is mainly run by Daniela Smith-Fernandez, an artist and writer who considers theatre one of the great loves of her life. The idea is to bring on more people as we go. This project started to review French language theatre, so that will continue to occupy an important place. And the page will be bilingual as soon as it is properly unilingual.
“Review” and “Criticism” both have bad reputations, so it’s worth explaining what they mean here. I believe that there is value in good criticism, by which I mean having conversations about art. Commentary. Observations. Connections made to other ideas and works. In other words, it has to be constructive to be worth it. Good criticism is not ripping the creator and-or artists to shreds to prove that you have taste so sophisticated that you’ll never be able to enjoy art in this life time. If this is you, go be miserable somewhere else. I love theatre and I have every intention of continuing to love theatre for the rest of my life. We want to contribute to conversations. Because that’s what good art does is creates conversations.
At any rate, curtains up. There are going to be some pretty great shows ahead.
Curtains Up Winnipeg 