by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2018 | Review
You know that expression about shooting fish in a barrel? Reviewing The Only Good Indian is like trying to shoot a fish in the ocean from an airplane. At least in the performance I witnessed, The Only Good Indian is hard to get a bead on. Jivesh Parasram, Tom Arthur...
by Colin Thomas | May 24, 2018 | Review
Geologic Formations is a show about embodiment, but it is rarely viscerally embodied. In Geologic Formations, mia susan amir explores the multigenerational psychological and physical effects of trauma. Her saba (grandfather) survived the Bialystok Ghetto in Poland...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 22, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment While many larger companies routinely fail to represent the diverse cultural make-up of this city, the rEvolver Festival is doing a bang-up job of it. Of the twelve ticketed shows that will be on view at the Cultch May 11 to 22, seven have been created...
by Colin Thomas | May 29, 2015 | Review
The best show I’ve seen this week—the best show I’ve seen in many weeks—is The Art of Building a Bunker, which is playing here as part of the rEvolver Festival. In this script, which was written by solo performer Adam Lazarus and director Guillermo...
by Colin Thomas | May 22, 2015 | Review
The rEvolver Festival looks like the most likely place to have a good time in a theatre this weekend. So far, I’ve only seen one show at rEvolver, Double Recessive, which imagines redheads as the world’s new pariahs. In its exploration of the political...
