A civilian response to Candide
Before I start spouting off about the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's presentation of Candide, allow me to apologize for my lack of qualifications for doing so. In my book, critical opinion should be informed by knowledge and experience. This criterion work in my...
It’s all in the casting. Well, a whole lot of it is, anyway.
You know what they say: it's all in the casting. And director Genevieve Fleming has cast very well in Scratch: Eileen Barrett, David Bloom, Stephanie Izsak, Caitlin McCarthy, Tamara McCarthy, and Markian Tarasiuk all come together to explore Charlotte...
Riveting radio: me talking about the editing process
On Tuesday (June 2), I had a great time talking about literary editing with hosts Julia Vergara and Art Hartmut on the Co-op Radio program, The Writing Life. We had a great time chatting about sometimes surprising things. Theatre kept sneaking in. And so did the...
Tune in: three-act structure and me on Co-op Radio
This afternoon (Tuesday, June 2) between 2:00 and 2:30, I'm going to be on Co-op Radio talking about the editing process. Knowing me, I'll probably bring up the three-act structure, which is a very handy tool. For easy reference, here it is: ACT 1 Ordinary World We...
Get sensitive
The best show I've seen this week—the best show I've seen in many weeks—is The Art of Building a Bunker, which is playing here as part of the rEvolver Festival. In this script, which was written by solo performer Adam Lazarus and director Guillermo Verdecchia, a guy...
Pack a rEvolver this weekend
The rEvolver Festival looks like the most likely place to have a good time in a theatre this weekend. So far, I've only seen one show at rEvolver, Double Recessive, which imagines redheads as the world's new pariahs. In its exploration of the political manipulation...
This week: Into the Woods we go—trailing caveats
The best show up right now is Fighting Chance Productions mounting of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical, Into the Woods, which is playing at the Jericho Arts Centre until May 16. Stephen Sondheim's songs are crazily difficult to realize musically and, under...
Hold that thought
Stay tuned for this week's theatre pick; I'll be posting tomorrow.
Foreign Radical and my Portland three-way
When I attended Theatre Conspiracy's Foreign Radical, my fellow audience members voted—virtually unanimously—to select me as the most suspicious person there. Maybe that was because I'm big and 30 years older than the rest of them, so I stood out, or maybe it was...
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