Pacific Theatre’s remount of Lucia Frangione’s Espresso begins with an empty stage containing two suspended windows hung at an angle facing each other. Two stage hands come out and in » Read More
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May 20, 2014
Metro Theatre’s swan song for their 2013-2014 season is A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer, directed by Rita M. Price. This comedy is set in a Lake Erie, Ontario » Read More
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May 17, 2014
The Grand Chapiteau’s iconic blue and yellow swirl is the destination for throngs of Vancouverites this warm spring evening as we march excitedly towards the premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s » 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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May 7, 2014
No bells, no whistles, fireworks or special-effects; no farcical plot or outrageous slapstick: how can a play about two people having a “chummy” conversation over a few drinks possibly captivate » Read More
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May 5, 2014
Axis Theatre, renowned for the acclaimed Number 14, premiered its first new creation for adult audiences in over a decade, RIP! A Winkle in Time. Conceptualized by playwright KC Brown, the » Read More
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April 15, 2014
Michael Healey’s play Proud is most famous for not having been produced in the first place at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, for whom it was written, due it seems » Read More
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April 14, 2014
Composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S. Gilbert collaborated on 14 comic operettas over a 25-year period in the late 19th century, originally produced by Richard D’Oyly Carte at the Savoy » Read More
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United Players Take on an Abridged Version of Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop at Jericho Arts Centre
April 1, 2014
The Old Curiosity Shop was originally published by Dickens as a weekly serial in 73 installments before it was compiled into a best-selling novel. Eager readers circa 1840 languished in anticipation » 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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March 31, 2014
In our modern age of instant gratification, YouTube sensations and information overload, originality is a rare commodity. A production fraught with stereotypes and clichés typically do not make for satisfying entertainment. But » Read More
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March 27, 2014
The Havana Theatre stage is simply set with a bed, its red sheets and pillows hinting at passion, possibly sex. The house lights go down and when the stage lights » Read More
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March 18, 2014
Chutzpah! is the familial name given to The Lisa Nemetz International Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts. The festival is named in memory of Lisa Nemetz , a dancer, lawyer, mother, » Read More
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March 3, 2014
Vancouver’s Metro Theatre presents a new and delightful version of There Goes the Bride, a very solid and witty 1974 British farce by distinguished British producer and director Ray Cooney » Read More
