Birds. They are among us. Everywhere. Unavoidable.

• culture shock
• birds
• arts
• talking fountain
• kimo
• angry elephant
• ernest doty

Joan Marcus

Something wicked this way comes

I went to Wicked expecting a musical brimming with kitschy costumes, catchy songs and maybe a heartfelt moment or two. That’s exactly what I got, but it wasn’t all. Wicked may be bright and sparkly and big on delivering a high moral message, but it’s also subversive, hilarious and crisp as a freshly minted dollar bill, all the way from the lights to the unbelievably executed, nearly operatic vocal work.

• wicked
• arts
• performance review
• popejoy
• oz
• christie chisholm
• entertainment
• review

Lucas Hussack

They don’t wanna be your beasts of burden

Are captive animals consciously revolting?

An alcoholic circus trainer with a bull-hook spears a disobedient elephant. The elephant gets pissed, digs his tusks into the trainer, throws him through the air and goes rampaging off. The elephant rushes past terrified onlookers, leaving a wake of chaos, and is eventually cornered by an armed militia. Poor Babar is riddled with bullets and collapses in a bloody heap.