by Colin Thomas | Nov 28, 2014 | Review
Avenue Q is the show to see this weekend. The musical’s satirical take on Sesame Street—and the generation of young folks raised to feel special and disappointed to find that they’re not—is hilarious. The songs include “What Do You Do with a BA in...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 21, 2014 | Review
The top picks for this weekend are wildly different: Speed-the-Plow at Studio 16 and Saint Joan at the Stanley. In the monumental Saint Joan, an all-star cast led by Meg Roe, Dean Gibson, Scott Bellis, and Tom McBeath, tells the story of the Maid of Orléans. Director...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 19, 2014 | Review
It’s a good year for queer artists at the Governor General’s Awards: FOUR queer artists were honoured when the prizes were announced on Tuesday—and two of them are from Vancouver. Jordan Tannahill, who’s based in Toronto, won in Drama for Age of...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 14, 2014 | Review
Are you a female playwright? Want to get a public reading of your script? Then you should know that Ruby Slippers Theatre, in conjunction with the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Equity in Theatre have got a little somethin’ goin’ on. It’s called...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 14, 2014 | Review
What to see this weekend? That would still be Saint Joan, which is on at the Stanley until November 23. Don’t wait until the last minute though; if there’s any justice in the world, it will sell out. Director Kim Collier brings the intelligent but...
