Live—really live—theatre at faerie camp
3 Comments Helvetica Bold (my pal John) in action As I listened to the gay trans man read his zombie porn, I realized that I was getting a hard-on under my dress. There is such pleasure in writing that sentence! And there was such delight in the experience....
A motherfucker of a show
My pick this week is The Motherfucker with the Hat, which is playing at the Firehall Arts Centre until Saturday, January 30. Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis delights in language, even as he uses fuck and shit as casually as most people use commas. And his exploration...
Because it’s 2016: thanks very much
On Monday night, I attended "BECAUSE IT'S 2016: An Open Invitation from the Latino Theatre Community to Discuss Representation". The forum arose out of a controversy about the casting of Haberdashery Theatre's upcoming production of The Motherfucker with the Hat....
My top ten theatrical pleasures of 2015
Hooray for Vancouver theatre makers! I'm especially pleased to note that my Top Ten list of theatrical experiences from this past year includes a whole bunch of work from emerging artists as well as seasoned pros. Okay. I'm going to run through my faves in...
The best holiday show I’ve seen (so far) this year
Hands down, my favourite holiday show (so far) this year is Hansel and Gretel: An East Van Panto. It's original, it's community-minded, it's a little outrageous, and it's got kids in it. What's not to like? Veda Hille's songs are witty and full of fun. Charlie...
The coolest thing about the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre
The coolest thing about the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre is that the stage can be wherever the hell you damn well want it to be. After the opening of Peter and the Starcatcher, designer Ted Roberts very kindly gave me and my friend Don a tour of the new...
The joys of editing—and getting thanked for it
Full disclosure: this post is essentially an ad for my substantive editing services. You've been warned. 🙂 But, you know, read it anyway; you never know when you're going to need a good editor. Okay, here goes. I'm not one of those guys who gets all self-effacing...
Being reborn the Radix way
This is another note about my experience of Radix Theatre's TBD, which was inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. It's over now, but it was an immersive theatrical experience in which participants were guided through an imaginary process of dying, negotiating the...
I was dead for 17 days and I have been reborn for 2
I really like this dying thing. I've been participating in TBD, Radix Theatre's immersive theatrical experience. It's based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, which is all about guiding the soul through death to rebirth. Every day for 21 days, folks from the theatre...
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