by Colin Thomas | May 26, 2023 | Review
First Métis Man of Odesa is such compelling — and funny — storytelling. It’s charmingly performed, and exquisitely directed and produced. I hope The Cultch and Punctuate! Theatre can find pull quotes in those two sentences to use in their advertising because I want to...
by Colin Thomas | May 7, 2023 | Review
I hated this show so much that thinking about writing this review gave me a stomach ache. I don’t want to be cruel but, if I’m not frank, I’m not doing my job. I first encountered playwright Bronwyn Carradine’s Unexpecting in early 2021 when it was an audio play...
by Colin Thomas | May 5, 2023 | Review
The script is mixed up and the production is inconsistent, but this show is fun — and that counts for a lot. In The Legend of Georgia McBride, playwright Matthew López tells the story of an Elvis impersonator named Casey who’s struggling — and failing — to make a...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 22, 2023 | Review
I don’t know if language gets more glorious than this. The poetry in Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, a radio play from 1954 that was adapted for the stage, is unabashedly beautiful. In it, two narrators introduce us to the fictional Welsh town of Llareggub...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 16, 2023 | Review
Artistically, Rubaboo is mostly terrible. But there’s no denying the project’s good intentions. Core creator Andrea Menard, who also stars in this cabaret performance, has set out to explore the history and wisdom of her Métis culture. She’s aiming for truth and...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 15, 2023 | Review
The Search Party’s production of Stupid Fucking Bird isn’t perfect, but it includes so many wildly successful elements that it’s worth seeing. Aaaron Posner’s script is a riff on Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. The timeframe is updated to the present and some of the...
