by Colin Thomas | Feb 9, 2019 | Review
If only it had a middle. Yoga Play has an enticing beginning and a meaningful conclusion. But, in between, it gets lost in low-stakes plotting. In Yoga Play, American writer Dipika Guha takes aim at the commercialization of an ancient ascetic practice. Think...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 8, 2019 | Review
A director needs to create a coherent world for a production. That’s their primary job. But Rebecca Patterson’s take on Much Ado About Nothing is all over the place. Much Ado is an interesting choice for Classic Chic Productions, which mounts all-female shows. The...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 7, 2019 | Review
The animating argument of True Crime is that audience members are complicit in a moral transgression. I don’t buy it. So, philosophically, the show is boring to me. But True Crime does deliver beautifully worked surfaces. Torquil Campbell, who performs...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 7, 2019 | Review
On Thursday, January 31, Judge Winston Lee released his decision regarding the lawsuit I filed in small claims court against The Georgia Straight. Judge Lee ruled that, in his view, I was not a dependent contractor at The Straight—which means that I was not in an...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 3, 2019 | Review
Although it doesn’t have enough emotional depth, this Cabaret is dazzling in many ways. Cabaret is about Clifford Bradshaw, a young American novelist who arrives in Berlin on New Year’s Eve, 1931. Although he’s had sex with men and is conflicted about his orientation,...
