by Colin Thomas | Aug 11, 2018 | Review
The musical Guys and Dolls is immortal, which means that it will survive this production. Based on stories by Damon Runyon, Guys and Dolls is set in New York in the ‘30s in the underworld of gambling. Nathan Detroit, who runs a floating crap game, bets high-roller Sky...
by Colin Thomas | Aug 3, 2018 | Review
Hey. I’m looking for emerging critics who would be interested in helping me to cover the Vancouver Fringe Festival. If you’re interested in this gig—which will involve a little money, although not tons—please submit a sample review of between 200 and 600 words...
by Colin Thomas | Jul 29, 2018 | Review
A crime thriller, Dark Road feels much more suited to television than the stage. And, if it were on television, I’d turn it off. (The production is strong, but that’s not my point.) In Dark Road, Isobel McArthur, the first female Chief Constable in Scotland, is about...
by Colin Thomas | Jul 28, 2018 | Review
It’s a nasty play well performed. In Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane, it’s the early 90s and Maureen is caring for her mother Mag in the claustrophobic Irish village of the title. The two women hate each other. Forty-year-old Maureen is a virgin who has...
by Colin Thomas | Jul 23, 2018 | Review
In This, Here, the central character struggles with the alienation and egotism of making a living from your feelings, which is one of the downsides of being an artist Alison, who is an actor, has lost her joy in performing. And her partner Maddie is just about...
