by Colin Thomas | Oct 5, 2017 | Review
There are exquisite elements in 1 Hour Photo. There are also significant problems with the storytelling. For almost its entire length, 1 Hour Photo doesn’t seem to know what it’s about. Writer Tetsuro Shigematsu, who performs the show with musician Steve Charles,...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 4, 2017 | Review
Make no mistake: Christina Rossetti’s poem, Goblin Market, which was published in 1862 and which inspired this circus performance, is about sex. At twilight, sisters Laura and Lizzie are tempted by goblin men, who offer to sell them fruit. At first, Laura demurs: “We...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 1, 2017 | Review
There’s a lot going on. And a bunch of it works. In setting As You Like It, Shakespeare’s comedy about banishment, director Michael Scholar Jr. draws inspiration from the global refugee crisis. The combination isn’t always a good fit, but it does result in the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 27, 2017 | Review
Vancouver Greenroom: theatre is community FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL Comedian, actor, and filmmaker Mike Birbiglia offers some of the best artistic advice ever. Highlights include, “Failure is essential. There’s no substitute for it. It’s not just encouraged but required.”...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 25, 2017 | Review
Japanese Problem is delicate production, but it packs a punch. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, thousands of Canadian citizens of Japanese origin were removed from the West Coast and forced to live in internment camps in the BC interior...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 21, 2017 | Review
Vancouver Greenroom: theatre is community MEANINGFUL INVITATION “Perfection is the enemy of excellence.” Doesn’t that sentence make your shoulders relax? Wouldn’t it be lovely to hear it during rehearsals? It’s a sentence favoured by Simone Hamilton, one of...
