by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2012 | Review
I went to see Hive: the New Bees 2 at Chapel Arts, the converted funeral home at Dunlevy and Cordova last night, and I highly recommend it. The original Hive started at Chapel Arts a number of years ago and featured alternative companies that already were or have...
by Colin Thomas | May 24, 2012 | Review
Shelter from the Storm My interview with emerging playwright Peter Boychuk (pictured above) will appear in next week’s Georgia Straight (Thursday, May 31). Peter’s new show, Shelter from the Storm goes up the next day (June 1) at the Firehall, where it...
by Colin Thomas | May 6, 2012 | Review
Some novelists and screenwriters that I work with are shy about conflict. My sense is that’s partly because they don’t want to dumb their stories down with meaningless action or fall into the traps of popular culture, which features a lot of gratuitous—and...
by Colin Thomas | May 5, 2012 | Review
It’s so skillful. Carmen Aguirre’s autobiographical solo show, Blue Box, is not only exploding with hot content—Aguirre chronicles both her relationship with a wild Chicano lover who first appeared to her in a vision and her years in the Chilean...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 11, 2012 | Review
If you haven’t seen The Bomb-itty of Errors yet, get out there. Niko Koupantsis and Jameson Parker (the lovely ladies in Jay Haddow’s photo above) are especially funny. This show is playing at Studio 16 until April 22, but book now. If there is justice in...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 11, 2012 | Review
Want to give two-dimensional characters an instant third dimension? Try this. Make a list of characteristics, likes and dislikes for your character. Opposite that list, write opposing characteristics, likes and dislikes. Choose one of the items from the list of...
