Sex, shame, and land claims

by | Mar 27, 2014 | Review

This weekend, I highly recommend two shows. This Stays in the Room (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Theatre at the Gallery Gachet, 88 East Cordova) is based on true stories about shame and forgiveness. Mindy Parfitt’s direction is fantastically resourceful. And...

by | Mar 23, 2014 | Review

Ga Ting is a necessary—and welcome—play, but neither the script nor the production is polished. In Ga Ting, which translates from the Chinese as Family, first-time playwright Minh Ly imagines a meeting between a Matt, a white gay man who has just lost his partner...

How to make a press release media-friendly

by | Feb 25, 2014 | Review

This is another post for publicists. Again, I want to thank the theatre publicists of Vancouver for helping me so much. With this post, I’m hoping to provide some information that will help us all to do our jobs even more efficiently. When I get a press release,...

Greasy mess

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Review

Peter Jorgensen’s direction of Grease at Studio 58 is bit of a mess, but some student performances shine through. Studio 58 doesn’t have enough singing talent in its ranks to cast a musical right now, so programming Grease was the first mistake. Some of...