by Colin Thomas | Apr 22, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment While many larger companies routinely fail to represent the diverse cultural make-up of this city, the rEvolver Festival is doing a bang-up job of it. Of the twelve ticketed shows that will be on view at the Cultch May 11 to 22, seven have been created...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 18, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment Aaron Drake’s new novel is a thing of beauty. A book that I edited has been nominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award! Hooray for author Aaron Cully Drake! Aaron’s book, Do You Think This is Strange?, is narrated by an 18-year-old autistic boy...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 17, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment I’m feeling a bit like Paul on the road to Damascus. I think I might be having a conversion experience. I spent all day yesterday (Saturday) writing and rewriting my response to—well, to the shit storm. At times, that response was very lengthy. I spoke...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 15, 2016 | Review
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by Colin Thomas | Apr 8, 2016 | Review
2 Comments There’s a bit of a shit storm happening about playwright George F. Walker’s response to Erika Thorkelson’s review of his play, Dead Metaphor in the Vancouver Sun. That shit storm is about rape jokes, use of the word “cunt”, comedy, and artistic context....