by Colin Thomas | Jun 14, 2019 | Review
Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline is like a dream of cool masculinity — as conjured by a deeply reactionary 14-year-old straight boy. Consider the hero of George F. Walker’s 1977 play, which draws heavily on the 1810 novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Having killed over...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 8, 2019 | Review
In 2011 in a forest glade somewhere in Wiltshire, England, lives Johnny “Rooster” Byron in a trailer surrounded by trash. A middle-aged waster, he hosts alcohol- and drug-laced parties for the local teenagers. There’s a new housing estate nearby and the town council...
by Colin Thomas | May 30, 2019 | Review
Playwright Derek Chan speaks a private artistic language. It’s frustrating, but I like the way it sounds. In Chicken Girl, there’s a whole lot of fantasy going on. Chicken Girl dresses in a poultry costume to hand out fliers for Uncle Chan’s fried chicken shack. A...
by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2019 | Review
> > >This is a guest review by David Johnston If you stabbed A Steady Rain in the jugular, it would bleed cigarette smoke and malt whiskey. Seven Tyrants Theatre is closing their season with a week-long remount of last year’s detective thriller duet....
by Colin Thomas | May 24, 2019 | Review
Matilda the Musical survives Daryl Cloran’s direction, even though he makes a good stab at bludgeoning it to death. The material itself is fantastic. Based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel, Matilda tells the story of a bright, sensitive little girl — whose parents despise...
