by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2017 | Review
Here you go: my final reviews, Executing Justice and Let Me Freeze Your Head—critiques 28 and 29—from this year’s Vancouver Fringe. Neither review is enthusiastic, but…there are a lot of excellent shows at the festival. Of the performances I’ve been to, the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 11, 2017 | Review
AIN’T TRUE AND UNCLE FALSE God, we’re fragile. God, we’re beautiful. In Ain’t True and Uncle False—which is, I guarantee, one of the finest and most original shows you’ll ever see—solo artist Paul Strickland introduces us to his friends and relatives from the Big Fib...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2017 | Review
Despite the byline above, this review is by Deneh’Cho Thompson. DISRACTINGLY SEXY Distractingly Sexy teaches, tickles and tempts—oh, and overtly challenges the patriarchy. Once again, Mily Mumford, artistic director of Nebula Company Theatre, brings us a...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 19, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment We did it. Last night, Kathleen Oliver and I gave out the Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award at the wrap-up celebration of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. We had a great list of nominees: The After After Party, The Ballad of Frank Allen, Charlatan!,...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 17, 2016 | Review
Leave a Comment The Orbweaver is so good that having seen it makes me feel better about being alive. Seriously. It’s fantastic. Written and directed by Paula Zelaya Cervantes, The Orbweaver tells the magical realist story of Elena and Quiron, starting when they’re...