by Colin Thomas | Sep 3, 2013 | Review
This year at the Victoria Fringe Festival I learned never to trust my intuition: shows that I thought looked like caca turned out to be great; others, that I thought were guaranteed winners, not so much. I’d read the book version of Alison Wearing’s...
by Colin Thomas | Aug 1, 2013 | Review
There are a bunch of good shows up this summer. Here are my picks. Of the shows I’ve seen at Bard on the Beach (Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and Elizabeth Rex), I highly recommend Hamlet. In her contemporary staging, director Kim Collier goes a little tech-crazy, but...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 27, 2013 | Review
The Arts Club’s production of Avenue Q is pretty much perfect. No kidding. A distillation of the concerns of Gen X, Avenue Q explores the struggles of a group of young adults who are finding out they’re not as special as they’ve been brought up to...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 21, 2013 | Review
Last week, I had a fabulous chat with Jonathon Young, who’s playing Hamlet at Bard on the Beach this summer. You can read the interview in the Straight by going to www.straight.com. Jon and I had such a rich conversation that I want to pass along some more of...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 21, 2013 | Review
As a substantive editor, one of the most common problems I run into—especially with new writers—is that of the passive protagonist. I suspect that this is because writers are, by nature, observers. We pay close attention to the world around us. That’s great, but...
