by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas Let’s hear if for queer representation from communities of colour! And let’s acknowledge that this particular show could be a whole lot better. In Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!,Vancouver drag artist Davey Calderon remembers his first visit to the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2018 | Review
> David Johnston * Five actors are arrayed behind a microphone/sound effects table, while a sixth directs from a tech booth. We’re watching a live improvised taping of a detective radio serial that is equal partsnoirand sci-fi. In reality, it is equal parts...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2018 | Review
> David Johnston This show is spectacular, by the strictest definition: a spectacle, and not much else. There’s nothing in the way of plot. This story fragments in this 20-minute-long acrobatics recital range from simplistic (a man watches anime…and...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas When Rabbit Hole starts, it’s been eight months since Becca and Howie’s four-year-old son Danny was hit by a car and killed. The driver was a teenager named Jason Willette. In its diligent examination of the emotional impact of Danny’s death on his...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas There are a whole lot of performers on the fringe festival circuit who lean too heavily on the eccentricity of their delivery. But it doesn’t matter how quickly you can talk, how much you flap around, how much you sweat, or how cunningly you can...
