Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Belfry Theatre. A review.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Belfry Theatre. A review. There’s something to be said for the absence of the traditional curtain in modern theatre for it allows time to admire and...
View ArticleSmokey Joe’s Cafe at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. A review.
Smokey Joe’s Café at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. A review. Presented April 16-25, 2015 in Victoria BC. Youthful energy and exuberance abound in Smokey Joe’s Café, the end-of-year On...
View ArticleAugust Osage County at Langham Court Theatre. April 22-May 9 2015. A review.
August: Osage County at Langham Court Theatre April 22-May 9 2015. A review. Important note: August: Osage County begins at 7:30pm and late-comers will not be seated until the end of Act I. It runs...
View ArticleHedda Gabler by Working Class Theatre at Craigdarroch Castle. A review.
Hedda Gabler by Working Class Theatre at Craigdarroch Castle April 28 – May 6, 2015. A review. There can be no more perfect setting for the great classic by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen than the...
View ArticleCock by Mike Bartlett at Theatre Inconnu May 5-23, 2015. A review.
Cock by Mike Bartlett at Theatre Inconnu May 5-23, 2015. A review. John is confused—but is it by his sexual orientation or by life in general, bound-up as he is in a general inability to make a choice?...
View ArticleAn interview with Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick at UNO Fest 2015 in Victoria BC.
An interview with Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick at UNO Fest 2015 in Victoria BC. Alanna Mitchell is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author (New York Times, CBC’s Quirks & Quarks, Globe and...
View ArticleMacbeth at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre May 5-17 2015. A review.
Macbeth at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre May 5-17, 2015. A review. Macbeth at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre (May 5-17, 2015) is quite simply astonishing–an exemplary, boundless and prodigious...
View ArticleSuitcase Stories by Maki Yi. Uno Fest May 2015.
Suitcase Stories by Maki Yi. Uno Fest May 2015. Maki Yi begins her performance of Suitcase Stories with a quote, in French from Québecois writer Dany Laferrière who fled Haiti in his youth, and now...
View ArticleShrek the Musical by Four Seasons Musical Theatre May 22-31, 2015. A review.
Shrek the Musical by Four Season Musical Theatre May 22-31, 2015. A review. The appreciative buzz in the jam-packed lobby of the Isabelle Reader Theatre (Spencer Middle School in Langford) as fans...
View Article4th Annual Touch a Truck May 31 2015. Fundraiser for neuroblastoma research.
Touch a Truck May 31 2015. Fundraiser for neuroblastoma research by Team 4 Hope at Panorama Rec Centre, North Saanich BC. What young child doesn’t love to clamber over fire trucks, ambulances, police...
View ArticleDouble Bill Triple Threat by the CCPA Alumni Troupe May 30-June 14 2015. A...
Double Bill Triple Threat by the CCPA Alumni Troupe May 30-June 14, 2015. A review. I’ve come to expect nothing less than poised and perfectly polished productions from the Canadian College of...
View ArticleHumble Boy at Langham Court Theatre June 10-27, 2015. A review.
Humble Boy at Langham Court Theatre June 10-27, 2015. A review. Not your typical bucolic English country-side romp, this tale of a mother and son relationship gone terribly awry reserves many surprises...
View ArticleThe Wanted Composers Tour. Victoria Composers Collective tours BC interior...
The Wanted Composers Tour.Victoria Composers Collective tours BC Interior June 28-July 9, 2015. I had the opportunity to attend the Victoria kick-off concert and was highly impressed not only by the...
View ArticleTheatre SKAM presents SKAMPede July 10-12 2015.
Theatre SKAM presents SKAMPede July 10-12, 2015. The festival formerly known as Bike Ride has become even more inclusive. Scheduled in 2015 for one weekend only on a section of the Galloping Goose...
View ArticlePrivate Lives by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre July 7-26, 2015. Interview...
Private Lives by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre July 7-26, 2015. Interview with Victor Dolhai. Private Lives is a play by the celebrated writer and bon vivant Noel Coward, written in 1930. Coward is...
View ArticleThe Tempest by Victoria’s Shakespeare by the Sea July 2-August 2, 2015. A...
The Tempest by Victoria’s Shakespeare by the Sea July 2015. A review. Victoria is a city rich in outdoor sites for summer cultural events, and one of the most spectacular has to be the seaside from...
View ArticleA Midsummer Night’s Dream by the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2015....
A Midsummer Nights Dream by the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2015. A review. July 8-August 8, 2015 in Victoria BC. Is there any more enchanting story in all of Shakespeare’s canon than A...
View ArticlePrivate Lives by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. A review.
Private Lives by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. A review. July 7-25, 2015 in Victoria BC. Light and airy, with an definite bite—like the warm summer air wafting in when cool fog hangs in Georgia...
View ArticleBOOM by Rick Miller at the Belfry Theatre August 4-23, 2015. A Review.
BOOM by Rick Miller at the Belfry Theatre August 4-23, 2015 From the macro to the micro, Rick Miller’s BOOM, currently at the Belfry Theatre until August 23rd, is a sweeping, dazzling and entertaining...
View ArticleYou Can’t Take It With You at Langham Court Theatre September 30-October 17,...
You Can’t Take It With You at Langham Court Theatre September 30-October 17, 2015. A review. You Can’t Take It With You, the 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, currently at...
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