by Colin Thomas | May 28, 2023 | Review
I won’t give away the confession in Derek Chan’s Happy Valley, but it’s the best part of the script. In this interdisciplinary solo, Chan sings and recites poetry — often in Cantonese with English surtitles. We also get Cantonese surtitles. Chan grew up in Hong Kong...
by Colin Thomas | May 5, 2023 | Review
The script is mixed up and the production is inconsistent, but this show is fun — and that counts for a lot. In The Legend of Georgia McBride, playwright Matthew López tells the story of an Elvis impersonator named Casey who’s struggling — and failing — to make a...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 16, 2023 | Review
Artistically, Rubaboo is mostly terrible. But there’s no denying the project’s good intentions. Core creator Andrea Menard, who also stars in this cabaret performance, has set out to explore the history and wisdom of her Métis culture. She’s aiming for truth and...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 31, 2023 | Review
Hedda Gabler rides the tension between realism and melodrama. This United Players production gets that combo right enough of the time to provide a consistently intriguing, often impressive evening. Playwright Henrik Ibsen is known as the father of theatrical realism...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 12, 2023 | Review
“Is it going to be over soon?” is not what you want to hear when you take a kid to the theatre, but that’s what my partner was getting from his eight-year-old grandson during this production of Oz. I don’t blame the boy. I was wondering the same thing. Patrick...
