by Colin Thomas | Oct 12, 2016 | Review
A loud yes and a quieter no. In 2012, London’s Globe Theatre commissioned The Company Theatre of Mumbai to produce a desi (Indian or South Asian) version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Piya Behrupiya, which translates as “Lover Impersonator”, is the raucously...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 7, 2016 | Review
Watching this production of Flare Path is a bit like listening to an old vinyl record that’s being played on a faulty phonograph. For much of the first act, the needle keeps popping out of the groove. When the needle settles, in Act 2, there’s some beautiful music. In...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 6, 2016 | Review
Look! Look how beautiful and complex human beings are! In Annie Baker’s gorgeous, Pulitzer Prize-winning script The Flick, three employees of a movie theatre hang around, clean up, and talk. It’s minimalist and it’s slow—it goes on for three hours including...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 4, 2016 | Review
I just got fired from the Georgia Straight. Thirty years*. No warning. No compensation. Last Tuesday, I emailed arts editor Janet Smith telling her what shows I thought I should review. Instead of the usual confirmation from Janet, I received an email from editor...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 30, 2016 | Review
Its seams are showing. Helen & Edgar, which is raconteur Edgar Oliver’s account of the gothic Southern childhood he spent with his sister and their mentally ill mother, starts off spectacularly well. For one thing, there’s Oliver’s voice, which is simultaneously...
