by Colin Thomas | Dec 11, 2014 | Review
I’m going to start to sound like a rerun of Sesame Street, but Avenue Q is still my favourite show in town. Both the material and production are first-rate: irreverent and original. Things get a little spicy—there’s Muppet sex—and that’s great for...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 5, 2014 | Review
The best holiday entertainment I’ve seen so far this year is still the Arts Club’s Avenue Q. This outrageously funny but warmhearted musical is running at the Granville Island Stage until January 3. Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to see a...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 28, 2014 | Review
Avenue Q is the show to see this weekend. The musical’s satirical take on Sesame Street—and the generation of young folks raised to feel special and disappointed to find that they’re not—is hilarious. The songs include “What Do You Do with a BA in...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 21, 2014 | Review
The top picks for this weekend are wildly different: Speed-the-Plow at Studio 16 and Saint Joan at the Stanley. In the monumental Saint Joan, an all-star cast led by Meg Roe, Dean Gibson, Scott Bellis, and Tom McBeath, tells the story of the Maid of Orléans. Director...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 19, 2014 | Review
It’s a good year for queer artists at the Governor General’s Awards: FOUR queer artists were honoured when the prizes were announced on Tuesday—and two of them are from Vancouver. Jordan Tannahill, who’s based in Toronto, won in Drama for Age of...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 14, 2014 | Review
Are you a female playwright? Want to get a public reading of your script? Then you should know that Ruby Slippers Theatre, in conjunction with the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Equity in Theatre have got a little somethin’ goin’ on. It’s called...
