For much of the late sixties to early 1980’s, American author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was de rigueur reading for anyone wishing to be considered hip. Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle (1963) established » Read More
Articles by Larry Ghini
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October 6, 2014
It is not for nothing that Langara College’s Studio 58 theatre training program has earned a reputation for pushing the envelope when it comes to moving the Vancouver theatre scene » Read More
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August 25, 2014
Perhaps you’ve never experienced a stroke and have kinda wondered what it’s like and what you have to look forward to if you do. If so, you’ll want to make » Read More
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May 29, 2014
Let me be the first to say it: The Out Vigil should have a lock on two nominations for the 2015 Jessie awards. Well-known and acclaimed performer (but first time » Read More
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May 8, 2014
Talk about a bad day at the office: American playwright David Mamet’s 1992 two-hander Oleanna is the ultimate horror story. Presented in the intimate Havana Theatre, director Evan Frayne has » Read More
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March 31, 2014
Alec Willows has been a much loved and respected actor for over three decades. I first saw him headlining the 1992 Arts Club production of Morris Panych’s The Ends of » Read More
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February 24, 2014
You receive your first clue that you’re in for a extraordinary experience upon receipt of the program for The Only Animal’s production of Nothing But Sky. Rather than the traditional » Read More
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February 7, 2014
In Rodgers and Hammerstein: Out of a Dream, Director Peter Jorgensen has assembled five of the strongest, most vibrant voices this side of heaven to take us on a journey » Read More
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January 6, 2014
Having just witnessed Vital Spark Theatre’s Rebel Women, created and directed by Joan Bryans, I’m thinking any student of history would have been able to predict the power of a » Read More
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December 9, 2013
After a hiatus of about 35+ years, it felt so good to be back inside the York Theatre and to be among the first to witness the premier production Jack » Read More
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November 27, 2013
Andi loves Holden. Holden loves Meadow. Patrick also loves Meadow. Meadow is not sure she really needs to love anyone at the moment. How this will all work out will » Read More
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November 22, 2013
It seems fitting to mount Stewart Lemoine’s 1986 Cocktails at Pam’s as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the unofficial end of America’s Age of the American Dream. Just as » Read More
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October 24, 2013
Arguably the only good thing that came out of the Canadian misadventure in Afghanistan is the grist it has provided to playwrights’ mills. Broken bodies and scarred psyche often make » Read More
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October 18, 2013
Take a well-written script and add well-grounded, believable actors and you’ve got the makings of a very enjoyable night at the theatre. Fledging NeverYouMind Productions debut offering of Janet Feindel’s » Read More