by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment I’ve written all of the reviews that I get to write for the Georgia Straight, but I saw a show last night that I wish I’d seen earlier and I want you to know about it. Falling Awake is excellent. In this clown show, a woman’s partner is killed by...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 11, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment In One Good Marriage, Ese Atawo (curled up here next to co-star Dan Willows) delivers a gorgeously subtle performance. There’s a very particular excitement that comes when you discover new talent. In Sean Reycraft’s script One Good Marriage, we meet a...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 10, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment Go see this show. The After After Party by Katey Hoffman and Cheyenne Mabberley is one of the funniest things at the Fringe. Teenagers Jules and Fiona are so drunk and stoned that they can’t remember what they did at the pre-party, the party, or the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment So far, I’ve seen 12 shows that are playing the Vancouver Fringe Festival. (I saw nine of them in Victoria.) The leader of the pack is The Ballad of Frank Allen, a hilarious buddy comedy about a guy who is accidentally miniaturized and takes up...