by Colin Thomas | Sep 17, 2014 | Review
On Sunday night Kathleen Oliver and I gave the Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award to Jayson McDonald’s Magic Unicorn Island. McDonald is an immensely skilled performer: he’s got a great sense of theatricality and few people can portray innocence...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2014 | Review
Kathleen Oliver and I have picked the nominees for this year’s Critics’ Choice Award at the Vancouver Fringe. They are: Chase and Stacey’s Joyride, Dirty Old Woman, Little One, Magic Unicorn Island, and Moonlight After Midnight. Terrific shows, all...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2014 | Review
From what Kathleen Oliver and I have seen in covering the Fringe for the Georgia Straight, here are our top ten shows—and a couple of other tips. My list includes: Moonlight After Midnight, Magic Unicorn Island, Chase and Stacey’s Joyride, Verbal Diarrhea,...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2014 | Review
So far, I’ve seen 15 shows that are playing the Vancouver Fringe Festival: four are stand-outs. Topping my list is Jayson McDonald’s Magic Unicorn Island, a satire in which the kids of the world all move to an isolated island to protest their...
by Colin Thomas | Aug 26, 2014 | Review
The number of choices offered by the Fringe program guide can be overwhelming. To help you out, here are my top nine (sight-unseen) picks for the Vancouver Fringe. MUST-SEES Magic Unicorn Island: Solo artist Jayson McDonald is a bone fide Fringe star. A couple of...
by Colin Thomas | Jul 25, 2014 | Review
I highly recommend three shows this summer: The Tempest and Cymbeline at Bard on the Beach, and Legally Blonde at Theatre Under the Stars. Director Meg Roe offers a clear, hilarious, moving reading of The Tempest. It’s visually spectacular and there are topnotch...
