by Colin Thomas | May 18, 2019 | Review
I’m so grateful. Pacific Theatre’s production of The Cake is coming at the right time — at the necessary time. With Alabama’s virtual ban on abortion just the latest in states’ restrictions of female autonomy, the Trump administration’s assault on LGBTQ rights, and...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 2, 2019 | Review
There are several plays going on at once in Jesus Freak. One of them is good. In the story, a liberal family gathers for Easter weekend in their getaway home on one of the Gulf Islands. Susan and Alan’s adult daughter Clara, who is pursuing post-graduate studies in...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 15, 2018 | Review
When you watch an actor transform from one character to another, it’s like watching an excellent magic trick. It’s alchemical: they were one thing and now they’re another. And there are many such transformations in Pacific Theatre’s skilled, innocent production of The...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 21, 2018 | Review
This is a guest review by David Johnston * It begins by throwing the audience to the wolves. We are thrust unceremoniously into a gaggle of chattering teenage girls in identical soccer jerseys. They’re stretching for a match, but that’s only discernable...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 20, 2018 | Review
Ah, the appeal of an almost-racist joke! In Kim’s Convenience, the play that spawned the TV series, writer Ins Choi finds the sweet spot as he tickles the edges of transgression. Appa (Dad) and Umma (Mom) run a convenience store in Regent’s Park, Toronto. Appa regards...
