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Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2013: Storytelling

Many Fringe shows include a strong element of storytelling – and it's almost a given in one-person shows that much of the narrative will be told as well as acted. As a storyteller and a devoted story listener, I was happy to attend some Fringe shows...

Fringe play review: Good People Bad Things

Written, performed and produced by Daniel Thau-Eleff Direction and dramaturgy by Chris Gerrard-Pinker With assistance from Arne MacPherson July 17 -28 8:30 pm 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg August 8 – 18 at the Toronto SummerWorks Festival Good People Bad Things is...

Checkmate: The Jews v Christians Chess Set

In Brussels six months ago on my way back from Israel, I happened upon the Jewish Museum of Belgium, and the exhibit that I most remember was of a chess set of “Christians” against “Jews.” It was a very unusual chess set, one which gave a...