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Knockout Moments of 2011

This year, all of the Arts reviewers at the Straight picked two highlights from the past year. You can find all of them, including mine, at http://www.straight.com/article-571426/vancouver/years-worth-visions

Waiting … for a Happy New Year

Waiting for Godot divides theatregoers into two camps; you either love it or hate it. The non-fans complain that it’s intimidating and/or boring. But, well produced, the play can be extremely funny—as well as harrowing. And good performers bring out the...

The Meaning of Mentor, Crisis, and Climax

  In the three-act structure, there’s a difference between a mentor and a Mentor. Friends, allies, and mentors might help your hero out at any point on her journey, but the capital M Mentor serves a specific function: the Mentor helps your protagonist to...

Carousel’s Wizard Is Wizard

          Carousel Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz is probably the best theatrical holiday entertainment currently playing in Vancouver. Under Carole Higgins’s direction, the cast is confidently eccentric. I especially...