Of all the enduring love stories in literature, none is more epic, well-known and passionate than William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The timeless tale of ill-fated love between teens from feuding families has enthralled us for hundreds of years. After all haven't we all been a teen in love at … [Read more...]
Tolerance and An Open Mind
I created UrbanMoms and I still, seven years later, feel passionate and protective of this space and the community. We have grown and changed but, at the core, our values are still the same - Your Voice. Your Place. My goal was always to represent the diversity that is Canada. I wanted to give a … [Read more...]
Can Puppets Make Shakespeare Relevant?
It's not often that you go to a Q&A after a play, let alone a Shakespeare comedy, and hear questions like "why did you pick bears and cats to be couples?" or "why doesn't the alligator get married?" But that's exactly what Jane McClelland & Mike Petersen are getting after their … [Read more...]
Why is Theatre important?
Long before there was Reality TV, there was Theatre. Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Shaw - they were all making social commentaries of their time: they mocked, questioned, entertained and provoked conversation. And while Jersey Shore is certainly no Hamlet, you can certainly draw … [Read more...]
Words of Wisdom
Do you remember high school English? Remember studying Hamlet? Remember the character Polonius (he was Ophelia's father), and how he spent a whole scene spouting off advice to his son, Laertes? He offered up such gems as:"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" (hah! how true that one is these … [Read more...]
My lifetime love affair
Hey! Get your mind out of the gutter. I am a married woman! Plus, my mom and my sister-in-law (not to mention my sexiest-man-alive husband *sheepish grin*) read this blog so...as IF. Anyway on to the real post... I can't explain it but there is something about certain writers that resonates deep … [Read more...]