by Colin Thomas | May 8, 2021 | Review
Theatre for grown-ups. I’m grateful. This version of The Boy in the Moon is playwright Emil Sher’s adaptation of Ian Brown’s memoir about raising Walker, his severely disabled son, with his wife Johanna Schneller. It’s tough. Describing Walker at birth, the character...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 19, 2021 | Review
I’m a white guy reviewing a show about mixed-race identity, specifically the reclamation of Black identity. The lack of diversity in criticism is a serious problem and I’ve been trying to find ways to address it, but I lack resources. I’ve recently had a conversation...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 23, 2021 | Review
John Millard’s music for The Cave is glorious. And who couldn’t use some gloriousness these days? The Cave is a musical cabaret with characters and a narrative. Pursued by fire, the animals of the forest are running for their lives. They take refuge in Bear’s cave,...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 23, 2020 | Review
All alone in my living room, I applauded. These are lonely times and getting to watch the livestream of Veda Hille’s Little Volcano for 90 minutes is like having the most fascinating person over for the most intimate of conversations. Hille is a singer/songwriter and...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 25, 2020 | Review
Last night’s Opening Night Bash at the Transform Cabaret Festival was … transformative for me. Moreso than last year’s. I don’t think that’s because this year’s edition was artistically “better”, whatever that means; I think it’s because the overwhelming...
