by Colin Thomas | Apr 10, 2015 | Review
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which is fun, is still on at the Stanley—and it just might be the best thing you can get tickets to. A slick touring production of The Book of Mormon is at the QE. That’s fun, too, but the only way you’re going to get...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 3, 2015 | Review
I’m going to keep it short and sweet this week, folks: I’ve got two shows to recommend. At the Cultch, you have two more nights to catch Tawiah M’carthy’s Obaaberima, which is about a queer Ghanian-Canadian guy embracing the supposedly...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 27, 2015 | Review
I’ve got three shows to recommend this week and they all feature strong performances from young artists. In Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s crazy Chekhovian mashup, which runs at the Arts Club’s Stanley Theatre until April...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 27, 2015 | Review
I am so proud to be associated with this novel that I cried when the hard copy arrived in the mail this morning. Do You Think This Is Strange? is narrated in the voice of a 17-year-old autistic boy. It’s funny, it’s heart-wrenching, and it’s...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 20, 2015 | Review
You can see some of the best acting in the world in Vancouver; you just have to show up for it. If you want to see a young actor at the top of her game, go see Lindsey Angell Jespersen in Iceland at Presentation House. In this smart script about capitalism, playwright...
