MAGICAL MYSTERY DETOUR

> Colin Thomas Watching Gemma Wilcox perform is kind of like reading a children’s book—in which nothing much happens. If Magical Mystery Detour were a kids’ book, the emphasis would definitely be on the illustrations. In this one-woman show, Wilcox’s central...

SELF-ISH

> Colin Thomas When you unwrap Self-ish, there’s a gift waiting for you, but you’ve got to paw your way through a lot of packing material to get to it. In this monologue, playwright Kuan Foo introduces us to a 35-year-old Korean-Canadian woman named Esther. She’s...

NO BELLES

> Colin Thomas No Belles may not be formally ambitious, but it is very well crafted—like a nicely cobbled shoe or a beautifully bound book. With a feminist spin, three actors tell the story of eight female scientists. All of these researchers had to deal with...

MEL MALARKEY GETS THE BUM’S RUSH

> David Johnston * Meet Mel Malarkey, Depression-era vaudevillian. They’re hosting one final show before the theatre is sold. Mel is delightful, but a little exhausting. Mel plays the musical saw! Mel feuds with donkeys! Mel recites love odes to an elephant...

THE BRIDGE

> David Johnston * A man and woman trek eastwards across America. The apocalypse has happened. Or the rapture. Or a plague. Doesn’t matter. Point is, they’re alone, and they’re in search of a surviving colony somewhere near San Francisco’s famous...