by Colin Thomas | Dec 2, 2016 | Review
The East Van Panto is now officially the best holiday tradition in Vancouver—in my Vancouver, anyway. I started loving this year’s panto, Little Red Riding Hood, the minute I entered the theatre. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy being in an audience that has a whole...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 19, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment They were manipulating the hell out of me and I loved itIn Fight Night, which is produced by a bunch of companies led by Belgium’s Ontroerend Goed, politics becomes a literal game. Five actors vie for audience members’ votes and everybody in the crowd...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 12, 2016 | Review
A loud yes and a quieter no. In 2012, London’s Globe Theatre commissioned The Company Theatre of Mumbai to produce a desi (Indian or South Asian) version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Piya Behrupiya, which translates as “Lover Impersonator”, is the raucously...
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...
