by Colin Thomas | Sep 24, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment Emerging playwright Cara Norrish has done a find job of crafting some of the basics in A Good Way Out, but there’s not enough there yet. It’s like she’s got the frame up, but there’s no cladding. In A Good Way Out, Joey is ensnared in gang life....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 19, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment We did it. Last night, Kathleen Oliver and I gave out the Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award at the wrap-up celebration of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. We had a great list of nominees: The After After Party, The Ballad of Frank Allen, Charlatan!,...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 17, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment The Orbweaver is so good that having seen it makes me feel better about being alive. Seriously. It’s fantastic. Written and directed by Paula Zelaya Cervantes, The Orbweaver tells the magical realist story of Elena and Quiron, starting when they’re...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 16, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment The Nether at the Vancouver Fringe is darkly intriguing and absolutely worth seeing. There’s one performance left: Saturday, September 17, at 6:00 at the Firehall. Make it a sell-out, Vancouver. In Jennifer Haley’s complex script, which is set in the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment I’ve written all of the reviews that I get to write for the Georgia Straight, but I saw a show last night that I wish I’d seen earlier and I want you to know about it. Falling Awake is excellent. In this clown show, a woman’s partner is killed by...
