by Colin Thomas | Feb 9, 2019 | Review
If only it had a middle. Yoga Play has an enticing beginning and a meaningful conclusion. But, in between, it gets lost in low-stakes plotting. In Yoga Play, American writer Dipika Guha takes aim at the commercialization of an ancient ascetic practice. Think...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 8, 2019 | Review
A director needs to create a coherent world for a production. That’s their primary job. But Rebecca Patterson’s take on Much Ado About Nothing is all over the place. Much Ado is an interesting choice for Classic Chic Productions, which mounts all-female shows. The...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 7, 2019 | Review
The animating argument of True Crime is that audience members are complicit in a moral transgression. I don’t buy it. So, philosophically, the show is boring to me. But True Crime does deliver beautifully worked surfaces. Torquil Campbell, who performs...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 7, 2019 | Review
On Thursday, January 31, Judge Winston Lee released his decision regarding the lawsuit I filed in small claims court against The Georgia Straight. Judge Lee ruled that, in his view, I was not a dependent contractor at The Straight—which means that I was not in an...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 3, 2019 | Review
Although it doesn’t have enough emotional depth, this Cabaret is dazzling in many ways. Cabaret is about Clifford Bradshaw, a young American novelist who arrives in Berlin on New Year’s Eve, 1931. Although he’s had sex with men and is conflicted about his orientation,...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 31, 2019 | Review
I went from thinking, “This is going to be a very long night,” to laughing uncontrollably. That is an excellent trajectory. Thornton Wilder wrote his farce The Matchmaker in 1954. It’s probably best known today as the play that Hello, Dolly! is based on. Set in the...
