by Colin Thomas | Sep 16, 2017 | Review
Like a fever dream, this production of Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika comes and goes. Sometimes, I was completely in its thrall. At other times, I popped out of the experience and thought, “Oh. I’m in a theatre. And not much is happening.” This mix of...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2017 | Review
Here you go: my final reviews, Executing Justice and Let Me Freeze Your Head—critiques 28 and 29—from this year’s Vancouver Fringe. Neither review is enthusiastic, but…there are a lot of excellent shows at the festival. Of the performances I’ve been to, the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2017 | Review
Vancouver Greenroom: theatre is community FALL, AND THE BIRDS ARE FLYING…EAST? East is the direction that Vancouver artists fly when they’re getting national recognition, so it’s a very good thing that actor Alexandra Lainfiesta, writer Crystal Verge, and...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2017 | Review
Here you go: Fringe reviews numbers 26 and 27 from me. Including Deneh’s reviews, that means that there are 36 reviews on this site so far. More to come. THE IMMACULATE BIG BANG Bill Santiago’s comic monologue is so much better than the rest of the stand-up I’ve...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 12, 2017 | Review
BUSHEL AND PECK There’s not enough to it. In their two-person performance, which incorporates clowning and dance, Alastair Knowles and Stephanie Morin-Robert explore the process of creation—mostly making a show, but also, potentially, building a relationship and...
