by Colin Thomas | Nov 15, 2024 | Review
In The Hobbit, novelist JRR Tolkein creates a textured, credible, and high-stakes fantasy world, but all of that is missing in Kim Selody’s stage adaptation and there’s not much to replace it. Just two actors perform the whole thing. Tim Carlson’s core character — and...
by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2024 | Review
Some people I know are wary of Pacific Theatre: because it’s a Christian company, they’re afraid of proselytizing. So, in that sense, the title of PT’s latest production, A Case for the Existence of God, isn’t doing the company any favours. BUT DON’T BE FOOLED: A Case...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 1, 2023 | Review
The thrill is gone. When I first saw Tetsuro Shigematsu’s solo show Empire of the Son, when Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre produced its premiere seven years ago, I was so moved that, two weeks after seeing it, I still couldn’t talk about it without crying. But this...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 3, 2023 | Review
Leah Nanako Winkler’s God Said This explores important experiences, but does so in annoyingly sentimental and on-the-nose ways. Fortunately, in this Pacific Theatre production, there are significant rewards in both the performances and physical production. In the...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 1, 2023 | Review
I’m white and urban writing about playwright Shayna Jones’s exploration of being Black and rural. Keep that in mind as you read this. In her solo show Black & Rural, which she has written and is now performing, Jones tells us that she lives in a mountain village...
