by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2024 | Review
The Fringe provides a place for emerging artists to show their work, so good for young actors Samantha Kerr and Hikari Terasawa for writing their own script and performing it at the Fringe. To be blunt, Bitches with Baggage wasn’t rich enough to sustain my interest,...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2024 | Review
Ti Malik Coleman’s opening performance at the Vancouver Fringe was a love fest, and I’m one hundred percent certain that’s going to continue for the rest of the run. That’s partly because, from the opening seconds of this stand-up/storytelling routine, you can tell...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2024 | Review
It’s good to be reminded of what else the Fringe can be. In the early days of the Vancouver Fringe, which launched 40 years ago, there was a whole lot more thematically challenging material on offer and much more solid dramatic writing. Since then, the Fringe has...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2024 | Review
Jimmy Hogg is a master. And yes, I do mean that in a mildly kinky — and entirely pleasurable — way. Hogg’s delivery in the stand-up/storytelling of The Potato King is almost furiously energetic. He rants, he yells. He gets your attention. And he goes on hilariously...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2024 | Review
I wasn’t dazzled, but I was absolutely never bored. Everybody Knows held me, so that’s a win. In her solo show, Rita Sheena dances to the recorded songs of Leonard Cohen, as they’re performed by the Swedish duo First Aid Kit. The implicit narrative moves from struggle...
