by Colin Thomas | Mar 11, 2016 | Review
19 Comments Let’s help the Arts Club out. Seriously. The company announced its 2016/2017 season this week, and artistic director Bill Millerd has been receiving criticism for including only one writer of colour in his core season, and no directors of colour. Anosh...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 9, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment Okay, Vancouver, we need to talk. What’s up? Why aren’t you turning out for The Gay Heritage Project, which is playing The Cultch until March 19? It’s a really good show, and word has it that, as of today, ticket sales suck. If you’re straight and you...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 4, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment I don’t care who you’re having sex with, as long as nobody is getting hurt—well, as long as nobody is getting hurt non-consensually—go see The Gay Heritage Project at the Cultch. In this production from Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, three...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 29, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment Yesterday, I took my six-year-old neighbour, Abraham, to see Carousel Theatre’s Go, Dog. Go! It was the first time that Abraham had ever seen a play. The script is very simple. Based on P.D. Eastman’s book, it’s a lot like the old Dick and...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 29, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment The Motherfucker with the Hat is still the best thing on this weekend. It’s closing tomorrow night, (Saturday, January 30), so get in there if you can. Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis’s take on addiction is both darkly comic and moving. And the actors...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 26, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment I never thought I’d live to hear myself say this, but the show to catch this weekend is Cats. I have never been a fan of Cats, which has always struck me as commercially gimmicky—and mostly tuneless. But seeing Fighting Chance Productions mounting in...
