by Colin Thomas | Sep 17, 2026 | Review
Want to know how to tell a story? Watch Jimmy Hogg. In Jimmy Hogg: Mashed his story is about how he hitchhiked from Plymouth to the West Midlands to meet his girlfriend’s wealthy parents. It’s also about how desperate he was to be cool when he was 19 and how, through...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 16, 2026 | Review
There are no theatrical chops on display in The Ivory Tower Power Hour. In this mostly one-woman show (a couple of back-up dancers join her at one point), creator/performer Dr. Heather McLean, who is a real-life academic, tries to send up “higher education in late...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2026 | Review
Ay, me! The flamenco performance Las Mujeronas had me hollering “Olé!”, laughing, and crying all sorts of tears — from pain, from joy, and from the sheer, extravagant beauty of it. The program that Jhoely Triana Flamenco is presenting at the Vancouver Fringe combines...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2026 | Review
Watching Daddy Bear & Man P*ssy, I went through a portal. In this performance, husband-and-husband team Steve Wright and Jeff Narayan tell the story of their relationship — mostly untheatrically. They stand side by side and take turns delivering information. Both...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2026 | Review
Of the nine shows I’ve seen at the Fringe so far, Diane Jorge’s Solovela, an Improvised Solo Telenovela succeeds most thoroughly on its own terms. As the title lets us know, Jorge performs the body of the show by herself. But first she interviews an audience volunteer...
