VANCOUVER GREENROOM 6: Twelve Vancouver Fringe reviews (from Victoria)
I've already seen 12 Vancouver Fringe shows. That's not because I can time travel—the Vancouver Fringe opens tomorrow, September 7, and runs until the 17th— it's because I know how to buy a ferry ticket. I sailed across the Georgia Strait to see the dozen shows that...
It’s my birthday! Give me something!
This post is shameless. It's my birthday and I want you to give me something. But wait! You'll benefit too! Last year, just after I'd written all of my Fringe reviews, the Straight told me that the paper no longer required my services as a critic. Since then, I've...
Vancouver Greenroom 5: The people! United! Will be involved in programming!
VANCOUVER GREENROOM 5 Vancouver Greenroom: the online gathering place for our community. THE PEOPLE! UNITED! WILL BE INVOLVED IN PROGRAMMING! In England, the York Theatre Royal has launched a program that invites people who don’t go to the theatre to have a...
Nomadic Tempest is very, very bad
Somebody’s got to say it: Nomadic Tempest is pretentious hippie gibberish. Caravan Theatre started in 1970 in the BC interior and split into two groups in 1985. One bunch, Caravan Farm Theatre, has been producing shows on its land outside Armstrong ever since. Since...
What is HAPPENING with my website?
What's happening with my website? Well you might ask. Last week, just as I was heading off on a brief vacation, I crashed my website. I'll spare you the gory details, but it was entirely my fault. Thanks to the wizardry of Giorgio Riccardi at Sea to Sky Web Solutions,...
VANCOUVER GREENROOM 4: In praise of stage managers
Vancouver Greenroom is all about the local theatre community. BACKBONE Like a parent, but calmer—or maybe a best friend but less indulgent—the stage manager is the backbone of a production. This week, there’s celebration of stage managers from a playwright who...
Two Gentlemen of Verona: boredom and brilliance
Thanks to director Scott Bellis, silent woman make the loudest statement in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Warning: I’m going to give away some major plot points here, but I will not give away what makes their realization so wonderful in this production. This comedy is...
Mary Poppins at TUTS: the reason for living
This is what life is for. Really. I’m not exaggerating. This realization hit me as I was in Malkin Bowl watching the Theatre Under the Stars production of the musical Mary Poppins. The backdrop behind the number “Step in Time” was soaked in indigo lighting that was...
Much Ado About Nothing: I wanted more
Let’s be clear: Much Ado About Nothing is about something. Director John Murphy’s production accesses the play’s depths, but only intermittently. Too often, it gets distracted by its own inventive surfaces. Shakespeare sets his comedy in Messina, Italy, and Murphy...
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