Online comment: revenge of the idiots?

by | Jan 31, 2014 | Review

I was all prepared to write a rant about the sorry state of online commenting. I was going to tie it into Rob Ford and the general decline in public discourse. But—you know what?—in the theatre section of straight.com, the state on online commentary ain’t so...

Get a measure of Mom medicine this weekend

by | Jan 17, 2014 | Review

I  highly recommend two shows in the world of Vancouver theatre this weekend: Asha and Ravi Jain’s A Brimful of Asha and TJ Dawe’s Medicine. I’ve also got high hopes for director Kevin Bennett’s take on Measure for Measure, which opens at...

2013: Top shows and emerging artists

by | Dec 29, 2013 | Review

In this post, I’ll list my top ten from 2013, then I’ll pick out six emerging artists who are particularly promising. BTW, no wonder I love the Fringe Festival: it consistently presents some of the most innovative work we see all season. It does so in the context of a...