MIDDLETOWN: SURPRISING PLEASURES

MIDDLETOWN: SURPRISING PLEASURES

Artistic adventure is rare in Vancouver theatre these days. Want some? I’ve got a show for you. On so many levels, Sticks and Stones Theatre’s production of Middletown is such a surprising pleasure. Like Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, which clearly inspired it,...
The Open House: six degrees of obscuration

The Open House: six degrees of obscuration

Less than halfway through this evening, I wrote in my notebook, “I don’t want to spend any more time with them.” Mostly, I was talking about the characters; there are strengths—as well as significant weaknesses—in the production. In The Open House, which runs an...