“A Good Way Out” is a good start
Leave a Comment Emerging playwright Cara Norrish has done a find job of crafting some of the basics in A Good Way Out, but there’s not enough there yet. It’s like she’s got the frame up, but there’s no cladding. In A Good Way Out, Joey is ensnared in gang life....
Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award: Vancouver Fringe (2016)
Leave a Comment We did it. Last night, Kathleen Oliver and I gave out the Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award at the wrap-up celebration of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. We had a great list of nominees: The After After Party, The Ballad of Frank Allen, Charlatan!,...
The Orbweaver casts its spell at the Vancouver Fringe (2016)
Leave a Comment The Orbweaver is so good that having seen it makes me feel better about being alive. Seriously. It’s fantastic. Written and directed by Paula Zelaya Cervantes, The Orbweaver tells the magical realist story of Elena and Quiron, starting when they’re...
One more chance to go to the underworld: The Nether (Vancouver Fringe 2016)
Leave a Comment The Nether at the Vancouver Fringe is darkly intriguing and absolutely worth seeing. There’s one performance left: Saturday, September 17, at 6:00 at the Firehall. Make it a sell-out, Vancouver. In Jennifer Haley’s complex script, which is set in the...
“Falling Awake” is one of the best shows at the Vancouver Fringe (2016)
Leave a Comment I’ve written all of the reviews that I get to write for the Georgia Straight, but I saw a show last night that I wish I’d seen earlier and I want you to know about it. Falling Awake is excellent. In this clown show, a woman’s partner is killed by...
Vancouver Fringe tips of the day: Ese Atawao, Marrow (2016)
Leave a Comment In One Good Marriage, Ese Atawo (curled up here next to co-star Dan Willows) delivers a gorgeously subtle performance. There’s a very particular excitement that comes when you discover new talent. In Sean Reycraft’s script One Good Marriage, we meet a...
Invite yourself to The After After Party at the Vancouver Fringe
Leave a Comment Go see this show. The After After Party by Katey Hoffman and Cheyenne Mabberley is one of the funniest things at the Fringe. Teenagers Jules and Fiona are so drunk and stoned that they can’t remember what they did at the pre-party, the party, or the...
Vancouver Fringe picks going into the first weekend (2016)
Leave a Comment So far, I’ve seen 12 shows that are playing the Vancouver Fringe Festival. (I saw nine of them in Victoria.) The leader of the pack is The Ballad of Frank Allen, a hilarious buddy comedy about a guy who is accidentally miniaturized and takes up...
Q2Q queers the coast
Leave a Comment For months, the frank theatre company and SFU have been planning a queer theatre conference called Q2Q: A Symposium on Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada. Check out the line-up. It’s phenomenal. The conference, which runs at SFU Woodwards’...
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