by Colin Thomas | Sep 22, 2024 | Review
Artistic adventure is rare in Vancouver theatre these days. Want some? I’ve got a show for you. On so many levels, Sticks and Stones Theatre’s production of Middletown is such a surprising pleasure. Like Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, which clearly inspired it,...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 2, 2021 | Review
I’ve never been more alert to shimmering life than in the weeks preceding my friend Len’s assisted death. Presence was the gift of their passing. That’s also the substance of Will Eno’s Wakey, Wakey, which is seamlessly well realized in Pacific Theatre’s production....
by Colin Thomas | Dec 9, 2017 | Review
In The Realistic Joneses, playwright Will Eno behaves like a compassionate—and funny—palliative care nurse. In the play, Pony and John Jones have just moved in next door to Jennifer and Bob Jones. Now they all live in the same small town. Bob has a degenerative...
