by Colin Thomas | Nov 15, 2018 | Review
God save good art from simplistic politics. Donna Spencer has adapted Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, which premiered in 1882, to create The Enemy—and by “adapted” I mean “shrunk”. In Ibsen’s story, Dr. Stockmann, the medical officer for a new spa in southern...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 14, 2018 | Review
There are only about fifteen minutes of plot in Beautiful: the Carole King Musical: it’s more of a themed concert than a musical play. And the rotation of hits is relentless. But the songs are fantastic and the production is as slick as can be. The set-up is simple....
by Colin Thomas | Nov 10, 2018 | Review
There’s some good fun to be had at Bacio Rosso, the cabaret circus that’s playing in a tent in Queen Elizabeth Park. But you have to pay for your fun in more ways than one. I’ve never been to an event like Bacio Rosso before. It’s more intimate than some circus-style...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 9, 2018 | Review
There seem to be at least a couple of good stories in the source material for Three Winters, but writer and director Amiel Gladstone hasn’t figured out how to tell them. Gladstone based Three Winters on his grandfather’s memories of being a prisoner of war in Stalag...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 8, 2018 | Review
Check out the texture of this piece. (In Vancouver, SmallWaR is being performed in English). There are passages in SmallWaR that are as exquisite as anything I’ve seen. The opening is a stunner. Valentijn Dhaenens, the Belgian artist who created SmallWaR, also...
