by Colin Thomas | Mar 28, 2013 | Review
This weekend, I recommend two shows. Take your pick: seasoned pros or fresh talent. At the Arts Club’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, you can watch old pros Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt perform 2 Pianos 4 Hands. On the surface, it’s about growing...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 22, 2013 | Review
Wondering what to see this weekend? There’s a smorgasbord, I tell ya, a smorgasbord. At the Cultch, Andy Thompson’s often-hilarious Broken Sex Doll offers a chance to see rising star Benjamin Elliott—and a couple of guys in jockstraps and lots of women in...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 14, 2013 | Review
Pi Theatre’s production of Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus is handsome on all levels, but it’s not getting the sold-out houses it deserves. The imagery in the script is undeniably violent but, good lord, the language is beautiful and the performances...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 28, 2013 | Review
Go small. In The Icebook, the short, wordless presentation by Davy and Kristin McGuire, which Boca del Lupo is presenting as part of its Micro Performance Series, up to ten audience members at a time watch a kind of magic lantern show. As the lights dim, Davy starts...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 22, 2013 | Review
Alright, I’ll admit it: some posters on straight.com get up my nose. This week, I reviewed Zee Zee Theatre’s production of Dave Deveau’s My Funny Valentine. I gave it a mixed but overall favourable review. Elements of both Anton Lipovetsky’s...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 18, 2013 | Review
I’ve seen two shows recently that have been all the rage in England. I haven’t been crazy about either one and, as a result, some of the rage in England has been directed at me. In I, Malvolio, Tim Crouch explores the themes that emerge from...
