The remount of Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata opened on Wednesday night at the Arts Club's Revue Stage, and it will still charm your pants off—and sell them online.  Creators Veda Hille and Bill Richardson have set Craigslist ads to music—either...

The movie version of Billy Elliot left Billy's sexual orientation up for grabs. In the musical, he is more clearly gay—at least as I see it. You'll probably forget Elton John's score the minute you leave the theatre, but you're less likely to forget the image of two...

    Local talented guy and all-round bon vivant David C. Jones interviewed me recently for his Youtube series, Culture Vulture. We talked about the role of the critic, how to receive criticism, and why I love theatre. Check it out:...

I want to start by saying a big thank-you to Vancouver theatre publicists. In so many ways, all of you make my life—and, I'm sure, the lives of all of the other critics—so much easier. You help to make us look smart and informed, which must sometimes feel like an...

This weekend, I recommend two shows. Take your pick: seasoned pros or fresh talent. At the Arts Club's Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, you can watch old pros Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt perform 2 Pianos 4 Hands. On the surface, it's about growing up wanting...

Wondering what to see this weekend? There's a smorgasbord, I tell ya, a smorgasbord. At the Cultch, Andy Thompson's often-hilarious Broken Sex Doll offers a chance to see rising star Benjamin Elliott—and a couple of guys in jockstraps and lots of women in spandex....

Pi Theatre's production of Mark O'Rowe's Terminus is handsome on all levels, but it's not getting the sold-out houses it deserves. The imagery in the script is undeniably violent but, good lord, the language is beautiful and the performances are fantastic. So don't...

Go small. In The Icebook, the short, wordless presentation by Davy and Kristin McGuire, which Boca del Lupo is presenting as part of its Micro Performance Series, up to ten audience members at a time watch a kind of magic lantern show.  As the lights dim, Davy starts...