by Colin Thomas | May 9, 2026 | Review
Okay, let’s talk about the art and let’s talk about the context, including the protests. In Soldiers of Tomorrow, Israeli-born Vancouver theatremaker Itai Erdal tells the story of the political awakening he experienced during his three-year military service in the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2025 | Review
I could not get a bead on Act 1, but I found Act 2 rewarding, which sucks, I guess, for the people who left at intermission. In the theatre, style is often the trickiest thing to get right, and this script exists in a stylistic hall of mirrors. Henrik Ibsen, who wrote...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 24, 2024 | Review
East Van Panto: Robin Hood is not the best East Van Panto ever, but it’s still fun and it’s still a win. Jivesh Parasram and Christine Quintana wrote the script, as they did last year. In their story, Robin Hood is a little critter who lives with his band of...