Thomas Weller ©Honeymoon Suite.

"Honeymoon Suite has had a great year touring all across Canada and the U.S.A. It’s been a lot of fun and with 2010 coming to a close and only having 2 Ontario dates remaining, we always enjoy playing in our backyard. To all those that could not make it out to our last performance at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre we look forward to seeing you at Brampton’s Rose Theatre. We love playing venues like the Rose theatre, it gives us the opportunity to be more intimate with the Fans."


Photo: Hockey Hall of Fame Ceremony at the ACC

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See Honeymoon Suite live in concert at the Rose Theatre Brampton on November 19 at 8PM.
Don't forget your memorabilia! Honeymoon Suite will be signing autographs and taking photos in the lobby after the performance.

Written By Bill McLean


In My Heart I Know begins with a softly plucked acoustic guitar, and is soon joined by an evocative arco bass, to set up this beautifully romantic ballad. Ocean Eyes is an excellent example of Braun’s “cabarazz” style, a mixture of cabaret and jazz. Her sultry vocals caress the lyrics, swooping and soaring over the pulsing beat of Kevin Barrett’s guitar and the piano of Jordan Klapman. Grace “walks with a steady pace/Through the summer heat,” a loving ode to “the place where she and I belong.” It is good to hear that Braun has taken Shirley Eikhard’s encouragement to “put my songwriting foot forward.” These three tunes are hopefully harbingers of many more originals to come.

Braun is also noted for her determination to bring Canadian songwriters to her audiences’ attention, and she does so exquisitely with Tony Quarrington’s collaboration with Jordan Klapman, Rain on the Roof. Songwriter Julian Taylor joins Braun on his composition It’s Not Enough, a pop ballad reminiscent of the many duos of 90s rock. Other contributing artists on “Canadian Scenes I” include bassist George Koller and Glenn Anderson on drums. The EP is available through Braun’s website.

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See Adi Braun live in concert in the all new Rose Theatre Studio Jazz Series on November 26, 2010.
Tickets: $25. To order, call the Rose Theatre Box Office at 905-874-2800 or buy online at http://www.rosetheatre.ca/

Be afraid, be very afraid!

There is a common notion that a comedy-thriller is usually set in a stately country manor where, first, a murder takes place and then it's followed by the prerequisite plot twists, cover-ups, likely and unlikely suspects, maybe even more murders and more plausible or implausible plot twists. Well… that is exactly what happens in Sleuth, but with quite a few original and really unexpected twists! It is also important to add that the reason this genre still lives on and entertains is because it keeps the audiences laughing throughout.

We see then that good comedy-thrillers have an almost interactive characteristic about them that is fun, highly amusing and unpredictable, wherein, for example, a moment of terror is immediately relieved by a moment of true hilarity. What attracts some patrons to the genre could be the pleasure of being constantly surprised, while others are drawn by the challenge of deducing what will happen next. Most, however, seek the smug satisfaction of being able to say to their “unsuspecting” companion sitting next to them: "Ha! I told you this would happen!”

It is a given that characters in whodunits are never what they seem and that their secrets and veiled identities envelop the plot with the obligatory shroud of mystery and help pepper it with red herrings. Sleuth still feels like a fresh comedy-thriller not only because the lead characters are two very clever men, but maybe because in the audience, even the sharpest “sleuth” or the most cynical of patrons may find it full of surprises.
Research shows that there are two categories of game players: those who just love to play and those who need to win at all costs. Well, there is no need to guess which category we are most fascinated with, is there? If you are one of those players who are always used to winning and can’t even fathom defeat, well then, be on your guard, watch and learn a lesson, and … be afraid, be very afraid!