Vertigo Theatre’s production of Peril in the Alps surprised me. I walked in expecting a straightforward mystery and left laughing at a detective who skis down a mountain. The story is simple. Arthur Hastings asks […]
I walked into Vertigo Theatre knowing almost nothing about The Brothers Paranormal. I prefer going in fresh. After seeing quite a few shows in Calgary over the years, this one instantly became one of the […]
Vertigo Theatre’s The Da Vinci Code faces the challenge every adaptation confronts: how do you make familiar material feel fresh? Director Simon Mallett solves this by focusing less on faithful recreation and more on what […]
Vertigo Theatre’s Canadian premiere of Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, adapted by contemporary playwright Kate Hamill, ambitiously reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective in a post-COVID London setting. The play is a vibrant, genre-bending […]
When one sees a Shakespearean play, it’s not always the content that imprints onto an audience’s memory. It is often the concept or gimmick on top of the material that stays forefront in the mind. […]
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