by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2017 | Review
Hey kids! Here are three more reviews for you. Top picks so far: Six Fine Lines, Hyena Subpoena, and Brain Machine. I will keep posting until Tuesday at least, so keep comin’ by! BRAIN MACHINE Looking for a Fringe show that uses the word hagiography?...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2017 | Review
I’ve already seen 12 Vancouver Fringe shows. That’s not because I can time travel—the Vancouver Fringe opens tomorrow, September 7, and runs until the 17th— it’s because I know how to buy a ferry ticket. I sailed across the Georgia Strait to see the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 1, 2017 | Review
This post is shameless. It’s my birthday and I want you to give me something. But wait! You’ll benefit too! Last year, just after I’d written all of my Fringe reviews, the Straight told me that the paper no longer required my services as a critic....
by Colin Thomas | Aug 30, 2017 | Review
VANCOUVER GREENROOM 5 Vancouver Greenroom: the online gathering place for our community. THE PEOPLE! UNITED! WILL BE INVOLVED IN PROGRAMMING! In England, the York Theatre Royal has launched a program that invites people who don’t go to the theatre to have a...
by Colin Thomas | Aug 25, 2017 | Review
Somebody’s got to say it: Nomadic Tempest is pretentious hippie gibberish. Caravan Theatre started in 1970 in the BC interior and split into two groups in 1985. One bunch, Caravan Farm Theatre, has been producing shows on its land outside Armstrong ever since. Since...
by Colin Thomas | Aug 23, 2017 | Review
What’s happening with my website? Well you might ask. Last week, just as I was heading off on a brief vacation, I crashed my website. I’ll spare you the gory details, but it was entirely my fault. Thanks to the wizardry of Giorgio Riccardi at Sea to Sky...