by Colin Thomas | Oct 2, 2020 | Review
Are you looking for a really good reason to go back to the theatre? Here you go: the Arts Club’s production of Nilaja Sun’s No Child… will remind you what it’s all about. In the story, an actor/teacher named Miss Sun arrives at the impoverished Malcolm X High School...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 12, 2020 | Review
This is the first time I’ve attended a live performance since the beginning of the plague, so I’m going to start off by talking about that. Going in, I was mildly freaked out; I’m 68 and I’m taking immunosuppressant drugs. Because I’m vulnerable, I wore a mask and a...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 18, 2019 | Review
I’ve been so bored in the theatre so often lately that I’ve been starting to wonder if I’m dead inside. That’s why I’m feeling so high right now: Take d Milk, Nah? kept me consistently stimulated and engaged. From the get-go, solo performer Jivesh Parasram is...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2019 | Review
With Mother of the Maid, Pacific Theatre offers a pedestrian interpretation of a superficial script. It’s not terrible, but it’s not rewarding. Playwright Jane Anderson focuses on Joan of Arc’s mother, a character she calls Isabelle Arc, although she was more...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 14, 2019 | Review
There’s nothing seriously wrong with Jesus Christ: The Lost Years. And there are some things that are majorly right. I’m just not super clear on why it exists. In this hour-long show, writers Ryan Gladstone, Katherine Sanders, and Bruce Horak imagine what Jesus might...
