by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas Let’s hear if for queer representation from communities of colour! And let’s acknowledge that this particular show could be a whole lot better. In Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!,Vancouver drag artist Davey Calderon remembers his first visit to the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas When Rabbit Hole starts, it’s been eight months since Becca and Howie’s four-year-old son Danny was hit by a car and killed. The driver was a teenager named Jason Willette. In its diligent examination of the emotional impact of Danny’s death on his...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas There are a whole lot of performers on the fringe festival circuit who lean too heavily on the eccentricity of their delivery. But it doesn’t matter how quickly you can talk, how much you flap around, how much you sweat, or how cunningly you can...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Sarvin Esmaeili * The speed of Jon Bennett’s storytelling left me open-mouthed. He starts by casually chatting with the audience. Then he subtly shifts into the heart of his show with the question, “How many of you have missed your plane before?…...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 12, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas Watching Gemma Wilcox perform is kind of like reading a children’s book—in which nothing much happens. If Magical Mystery Detour were a kids’ book, the emphasis would definitely be on the illustrations. In this one-woman show, Wilcox’s central...
