by Colin Thomas | Sep 30, 2016 | Review
Its seams are showing. Helen & Edgar, which is raconteur Edgar Oliver’s account of the gothic Southern childhood he spent with his sister and their mentally ill mother, starts off spectacularly well. For one thing, there’s Oliver’s voice, which is simultaneously...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 18, 2015 | Review
Hands down, my favourite holiday show (so far) this year is Hansel and Gretel: An East Van Panto. It’s original, it’s community-minded, it’s a little outrageous, and it’s got kids in it. What’s not to like? Veda Hille’s songs are...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 9, 2015 | Review
I want to give a shout-out to Heather Redfern, the executive director at the Cultch. Already, this fall, I’ve seen three remarkable shows in Cultch venues. The Australian acrobats who performed A Simple Space at the York reminded me of the wild joy of being in a...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 6, 2015 | Review
I’ve got two very different shows to recommend this week. Mike Bartlett’s Cock is a comedy about an existential crisis of sexual identity. John has been living with M, an older man, but falls in love—much to his surprise—with W, a woman. John can’t...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 16, 2015 | Review
A Simple Space is all about pleasure in the body. Gravity & Other Myths, the elegantly minimalist acrobatic troupe from Australia is so playfully athletic that the kids in your life will totally—and innocently—dig their show. And A Simple Space is so essentially...
