by Colin Thomas | Nov 21, 2011 | Review
This week, the best show I’ve seen is The 13th Chair at Studio 58. In this production, director Sarah Rodgers takes a creaky old thriller and turns it into a hilarious and stylin’...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 21, 2011 | Review
At the beginning of the three-act structure, which I outlined in my previous post, your hero is STUCK in the Ordinary World. Things might look perfectly cosy from the outside; Frodo’s life in the Shire looks okay, right? But deep in his or her heart, your hero...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 16, 2011 | Review
Welcome to my blog! Use this space to soak up writing tips or to get the skinny on Vancouver’s theatre scene. Just click the links on the right. (Bet you knew that...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 15, 2011 | Review
When I work on novels and screenplays, I often work with the three-act structure. It’s a useful tool that can really help to focus and enliven your story. Check out the template below and feel free to apply it to your work. If the template doesn’t make...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 26, 2011 | Review
The best show in town right now is Re: Union at Pacific Theatre. Amazingly, it’s playwright Sean Devine’s first produced play. He based it on a historical incident from 1965, in which a young Quaker protesting American involvement in the Vietnam War,...
