by Colin Thomas | Dec 8, 2018 | Review
Adapter and director Peter Jorgensen gets a lot of things right in this musical version of It’s a Wonderful Life at the Gateway. The Arts Club has repeatedly trotted out Philip Grecian’s politically neutered stage adaptation of Frank Capra’s 1946 movie, but...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 7, 2018 | Review
Holiday Baking Time is designed for little kids—I’d say three to six is the core audience—and the only evening shows are on Thursdays, which are billed as “pyjama nights”. So the audience is insanely cute. I particularly liked the little girl in the giraffe onesie who...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 5, 2018 | Review
This is the sixth year running that Ronnie Burkett has done a Christmas show at The Cultch. Sometimes they’ve been blindingly good and sometimes they’ve been a little ragged around the edges—a bit repetitive or sloppy—but one thing never changes: in terms of sheer...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 1, 2018 | Review
I want to live there. East Van Panto: The Wizard of Oz is my new happy place. I’m going to see if I can just rent out one of the seats in the York Theatre for the duration of the run. This is the sixth year of Theatre Replacement’s East Van Panto, and this edition is...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 29, 2018 | Review
Watching Blind Dateis so much like falling in love that it feels a bit like the real thing is happening. The concept for the show is fantastic. Rebecca Northan had the idea nine years ago and the performance I saw on Wednesday night was number 712. In the hetero form...
