by Colin Thomas | May 7, 2023 | Review
I hated this show so much that thinking about writing this review gave me a stomach ache. I don’t want to be cruel but, if I’m not frank, I’m not doing my job. I first encountered playwright Bronwyn Carradine’s Unexpecting in early 2021 when it was an audio play...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 11, 2023 | Review
I really enjoyed My Little Tomato — until I started to get tired of it. It’s audacious, that’s for damn sure. In Rick Tae’s new script, Keaton Chu inherits his parents’ produce farm when they’re killed in a freak accident. Produce wholesaler Joe McKinley interrupts...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 20, 2022 | Review
I’m having an identity crisis. If Vancouver companies don’t stop producing such good shows, I’m going to lose my reputation for being a hard ass. Zee Zee Theatre’s production of Sunny Drake’s Men Express Their Feelings is a terrific ride. It’s about two father/son...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 17, 2018 | Review
It gets better. And I don’t mean that in the Dan Savage your-miserable-queer-adolescence-can-turn-into-a-happy-queer-adulthood sense. I mean Black Boys starts haltingly but hits a solid and satisfying groove. In Black Boys, three men explore what it means to them to...