by Colin Thomas | Nov 19, 2017 | Review
This is a guest review from Deneh’Cho Thompson. The Firehall Arts Centre first brought Drew Hayden Taylor’s Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth to Vancouver in 1997, and now it’s back. Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth follows a pair of sisters as they...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 19, 2017 | Review
This production makes a weak script worse. The subject matters. Wilderness is about young adults who are struggling with mental health issues, including addictions. Against the young people’s will, in many cases, their parents have sent them to a therapeutic camp in...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 18, 2017 | Review
What a wasted opportunity. Foreign home ownership in Vancouver is a huge and complicated issue. With its threads of racism, self-righteousness, entitlement, greed, and privilege, it’s ripe for theatrical treatment. But, in his new script, Satellite(s), playwright...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 17, 2017 | Review
A huge part of the reward in Coming Up For Air is the depth that it finds in an ordinary life. Both George Orwell’s 1938 novel and Leslie Mildiner’s stage adaptation begin with the immortal line: “The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.” That’s...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 16, 2017 | Review
Don’t go to The Ridiculous Darkness if you’re looking for a standard-issue night at the theatre, or even if you’re only interested in fully successful productions. Do go if you’re up for an aesthetic adventure. The provenance of this show is complicated. It started...
