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Puppet characters dealing with monotony, isolation

According to reports, The Revenant shoot — which took place in remote tracts of Alberta, British Columbia and Argentina — was an endurance test for actors and crew alike.

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Enduring room continues to reinvent itself

As sparkly as a glass of Champagne, The Rivals bubbles over with wicked wit, silly jealousies, hilariously mangled language and mistaken identities.

Happy-go-lucky was in short supply at the movies in 2015.

How did I love thee? Let me count the ways. This is a sampling, not necessarily of the best, but of what delighted, challenged, provoked, unsettled, stimulated and entertained me throughout 2015.

1. Ballet BC presents Alberta Ballet’s holiday classic The Nutcracker with live music by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Symphony Orchestra. The sugar plum fairies do their thing Dec. 29 to 31 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca.

When they pulled the wraps off C Restaurant (almost a couple decades ago), it marked a defining moment in the evolution of the city’s culinary scene.

Told from the point of view of the Ghost of Christmas Past (Thomas Jones), the Ghost of Christmas Present (Melissa Morris) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Mike Stack), Ebenezer: A Christmas Ghost Story is a riff on Dickens’ classic.