Tariq Leslie as Frankenstein’s creature.
Taking in Frankenstein: Lost in Darkness is very much like sitting around a fire on a winter evening and listening to a storyteller who is very good — if a little long-winded. [Read more…]
Archives for October 2019
Frankenstein, Lost in Darkness: waiting to be found at Pacific Theatre
October 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
China Doll: Could I get some dramatic tension with that?
October 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Jennifer Tong as Su-Ling and Manami Hara as Poa-Poa in the too-simple world of China Doll.
(Photo by Tim Matheson)
Oh man, why do such poorly written plays get produced? Yes, Marjorie Chan’s China Doll is admirably feminist and admirably inclusive of underrepresented experience, but it’s also boring. [Read more…]
Take d Milk, Nah?: Yeah, take d milk
October 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
According to Jivesh Parasram, Hindu cows don’t say moo.
He’s in a position to know.
I’ve been so bored in the theatre so often lately that I’ve been starting to wonder if I’m dead inside. That’s why I’m feeling so high right now: Take d Milk, Nah? kept me consistently stimulated and engaged. [Read more…]
Cost of Living: sentiment, beauty, mistakes
October 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This is where it gets beautiful. (Photo of Ashley Wright and Teal Sherer by David Cooper)
Equivocation isn’t much fun, but it’s all I’ve got. [Read more…]
Company: in the wrong room
October 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s not easy being young and handsome and getting all the sex you want — at least so I’ve been told. (Jonathan Winsby in Company)
The venue doesn’t work. The style doesn’t work. And the wig they’ve given Katey Wright is horrible. But it’s not all bad news. [Read more…]
Body Awareness: starts off numb
October 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Stylistic inconsistencies plague Body Awareness. (Photo of Suleka Mathew, John Murphy, and Jennifer Copping)
What country, friends, is this? For about the first three-quarters of Body Awareness, I had no idea where I was. [Read more…]
The Birds & the Bees: A play about U-turns takes one of its own
October 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Do older people have sex? Yes. Yes we do. (Photo of Tom McBeath and Susinn McFarlen by Moonrider Productions)
Sometimes I think that theatre companies should offer half-price tickets to people who only want to watch Act 2. [Read more…]
Luzia: Just say yes to this sensual extravaganza
October 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Acrobat Sascha Bachmann has chops. So does everybody on the design team.
Luzia is by far the most sensual Cirque du Soleil show I’ve seen. Go with your body wide awake. Go with somebody you can grab onto when you’re screaming and lean into when you’re swooning. [Read more…]
What We’re Up Against: the politics outweighs the art
October 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Natalie Moon’s Eliza is justifiably pissed. (Photo by Justine Warrington)
In What We’re Up Against, playwright Theresa Rebeck makes legitimate points, but the way she makes them is so boring! [Read more…]
