by Colin Thomas | Jun 22, 2024 | Review
A couple of hours before the lights went up on this Bard on the Beach production of Twelfth Night, Kate Besworth got the call that she’d be going on as Viola: Camille Legg, who is cast in the role, has been laid low by a nasty bug. Besworth is the understudy for...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 16, 2024 | Review
For at least the first two-thirds of Medicine, I was bored. It was never the actors’ fault, it was the script’s. When hope made an appearance in the story, I started getting into it. Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s 2021 work is set in an activity room in a psychiatric...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 14, 2024 | Review
So sexy. So much fun. For a good time, call Barbu at 604-251-1363. That’s The Cultch’s box office number. Created by Montreal’s Cirque Alfonse, which is a family-and-friends operation, Barbu sets out to recreate the feel of the circuses that toured Québec at the turn...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 8, 2024 | Review
This morning, the friend who accompanied me to Super Seniors emailed to say that the show left her feeling good and “That feels like it ought to be a metric for the value of a live theatre event, don’t you think?” Yep. I had a good time at Super Seniors and that...
by Colin Thomas | May 31, 2024 | Review
I enjoyed myself at When We Were Singing. Beyond that, the analysis gets more complicated. Off the top, I want to thank the company for accommodating my schedule and letting me see this show in its first and only preview. To be clear, this cast had never performed in...
by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2024 | Review
Some people I know are wary of Pacific Theatre: because it’s a Christian company, they’re afraid of proselytizing. So, in that sense, the title of PT’s latest production, A Case for the Existence of God, isn’t doing the company any favours. BUT DON’T BE FOOLED: A Case...
