Designer Olivier Landreville puts five versions of one character in separate boxes
The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi is one of those beautiful PuSh offerings with a ridiculously short run. It closes January 25 so book now. [Read more…]
Archives for January 2014
Get a measure of Mom medicine this weekend
January 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The delight that mother and son Ravi and Asha Jain take in each other makes A Brimful of Asha an infectious good time
I highly recommend two shows in the world of Vancouver theatre this weekend: Asha and Ravi Jain’s A Brimful of Asha and TJ Dawe’s Medicine. I’ve also got high hopes for director Kevin Bennett’s take on Measure for Measure, which opens at Pacific Theatre tonight. [Read more…]
Shameless self-promotion
January 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
One thing about working with writers: they express their appreciation very articulately.
Is it shameless self-promotion even if I’m quoting other people? Yeah, it is. But what the heck.
One of the best things about working as a substantive editor and story editor is that the authors I work with are so darn appreciative. [Read more…]
Online comment: revenge of the idiots?
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is an idiot, but many of the people who comment on straight.com aren’t.
I was all prepared to write a rant about the sorry state of online commenting. I was going to tie it into Rob Ford and the general decline in public discourse. But—you know what?—in the theatre section of straight.com, the state on online commentary ain’t so bad. [Read more…]