Arts & Entertainment

Fefe Dobson

With These Kids Wear Crowns
Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m.
Edmonton Event Centre (West Edmonton Mall)
$22.50 at ticketmaster.ca

Hanna

Directed by Joe Wright
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, and Cate Blanchett
Opens April 8

The world is a fascinating and terrifying place — even if your father has raised you from birth in the remote wilderness of Finland, trained you to be the perfect assassin, and finally sent you at the tender age of 16 on your first mission.

Mother Mother

Eureka
Last Gang Records

Classified

With Kidz In The Hall
Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m.
The Starlite Room (10030–102 Street)
$30.75 at ticketmaster.ca

He may be masked behind the moniker Classified, but Canadian rapper and producer Luke Boyd isn't afraid to lay his personal life bare in his music. Even "See the Truth," a song about struggling with temptation as a married man, isn't off-limits.

Pervert

Directed by Trevor Schmidt
Written by Stephen Massicotte
Starring Jocelyn Ahlf, Jason Chinn, James Hamilton, Mary Hulbert, and Doug Mertz
Runs April 8–17 at 7:30 p.m., matinée performances Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., no shows Mondays
Varscona Theatre (10329–83 Avenue)
$18 for students at Tix-on-the-Square, Saturday matinées are pay-what-you-can

The Gertrude Stein Project

Directed and adapted by Beau Coleman
Designed by Katherine Jenkins
Starring Spenser Payne, Peter Fernandes, Samantha Hill, Nicola Elbro, and Jamie Cavanagh
Runs until April 9 at 7:30 p.m., matinée performance on Thursday, April 7 at 12:30 p.m.
Timms Centre for the Arts (87 Avenue and 112 Street)
$5-20 at Tix-on-the-Square or at the Timms box office

Insidious

Directed by James Wan
Written by Leigh Whannell
Starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne
Now Playing

Filling the void left in the horror genre after the death of the immensely popular Scream trilogy proved tricky for Hollywood. People were bored with knife-wielding maniacs sporting masks and menacing voices, and craved some sort of intellectual depth to their frights.

The Threepenny Opera

Directed by Curtis Knecht
Music direction by Sally Hunt
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Starring John Evans, Gerald Mason, Kristen M. Finlay, Charity Principe, Lauren Kneteman, and Kara Chamberlain
Runs April 6-16 at 8 p.m., matinée performance on Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m.
Walterdale Playhouse (10322-83 Avenue)
$14-18 at Tix-on-the-Square or at the door

The summer movie season is almost upon us: a time of both trepidation and excitement for avid moviegoers. This is when Hollywood offers up some of its biggest flops, as well as some its most memorable films. Although creative risk is almost always minimized in the season of the blockbuster, financial risk is at an all-time high.

Mother Mother

With Guests
Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m.
Edmonton Event Centre (8882-170 Street)
Sold Out

For Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond, being a rock star is much like being an electrician.