by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2018 | Review
“Getting old,” retired detective Jim (Rob Gee) muses, “is a bit like getting mugged.” Jim is losing his mind and it’s coming at a bad time, since he has one final case to investigate: his wife’s suspicious death in a dementia ward....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2018 | Review
Big Sister is intelligent, relevant, charmingly performed—and a lot less satisfying than you’d expect. Playwright Deborah Vogt explores her relationship with her sister Naomi, who lost 75 pounds as an adult. Naomi performs the solo show, which is written in her voice,...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2018 | Review
Writer and solo performer Keara Barnes has a warmly engaging stage presence—which counts—but her travel stories barely reach the level of being mildly interesting and there’s almost no sense in the script of growing insight or any other kind of accumulation....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2018 | Review
THE LADY SHOW What a fabulous 25-minute sketch show! Unfortunately, the runtime is 55 minutes. The end result settles somewhat south of fabulous, but it’s still a net positive. Four uproarious actresses present a variety of approaches—stand-up! sketches!...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2018 | Review
You know that thing where you make shit up with your friends and laugh yourself stupid? Fake Ghost Toursis just like that—and you don’t even have to be stoned or 12 years old to enjoy it. First, a disclaimer that is pretty much meaningless (I think): at the Victoria...
