by Colin Thomas | Mar 27, 2015 | Review
I’ve got three shows to recommend this week and they all feature strong performances from young artists. In Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s crazy Chekhovian mashup, which runs at the Arts Club’s Stanley Theatre until April...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 20, 2015 | Review
You can see some of the best acting in the world in Vancouver; you just have to show up for it. If you want to see a young actor at the top of her game, go see Lindsey Angell Jespersen in Iceland at Presentation House. In this smart script about capitalism, playwright...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 6, 2015 | Review
It’s rich, Vancouver: I have three shows to recommend this weekend. At the top of my list is Cadre, which runs at the Cultch until Sunday (March 8). It’s about the impact that the anti-apartheid struggle had on one revolutionary. The show starts off...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 25, 2014 | Review
With annoying regularity, I’ll write a review that goes online or into print, and I’ll think, “Damn! I wish I’d analyzed that more perceptively” That happened recently with my review of Susinn McFarlen’s Since You Left Us. In my...
