The Sunday Service: Delivering Improv Take on Neanderthal Arts Festival Lineup
If imitation is the highest form of flattery The Sunday Service improv troupe is going to give the Neanderthal Arts Festival (on today through July 29) an hours worth of pats on the back when the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Law of Proximity ponders queer identity through dance, movement
While touch is one of the most common forms of human interaction, it’s also something we shy away from – think about the last time you were on public transit and a stranger grazed your elbow. In a way,...
View ArticleEscaping the horror of a boring Halloween night
There’s no point in having a great costume if you have nowhere to show it off. That’s why in the one-month countdown to Halloween, you’d be better off making plans than browsing the racks of Value...
View ArticleIt’s a Wonderful Life and Dean Paul Gibson Sparkle for the Holidays in Vancouver
Dean Paul Gibson – I love you. And let me tell you why. As director of the Arts Club Theatre Company’s It’s a Wonderful Life, you have taken on a classic and won. You have, quite simply, shown us the...
View ArticleUBC Improv hit Chicago for national tournament
When you’re a university student, you often survive on nothing but late-night study sessions, $0.49 cent ramen noodles, and of course a good sense of humour to help put things in perspective. The...
View ArticleTheatre Review: New Three Sisters is Great Theatre for Grown-Ups
Chekhov is notoriously hard to get right. A lot of theatre fans, including me, think he’s up there with Shakespeare in the Great Dramatists Club. But North American actors and audiences have a tough...
View ArticleTheatre Review: Compelling Cast Makes Play Refund-Proof
In a theatrical environment cluttered with small companies hard to tell apart, how does an ambitious young group separate itself from the pack? In the case of Mnemonic Theatre the strategy is to offer...
View ArticleTheatre review: Rock of Ages provides hair metal nostalgia at its best
Rock of Ages Until July 30 | Granville Island Stage Tickets & Info: ArtsClub.com In 2012, the Broadway Across Canada touring production of Rock of Ages rolled through town. I remember watching it...
View ArticleTheatre review: Hair metal nostalgia at its best in Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages Until July 30 | Granville Island Stage Tickets & Info: ArtsClub.com In 2012, the Broadway Across Canada touring production of Rock of Ages rolled through town. I remember watching it...
View ArticleQ&A: Valerie Jacqueline, Lucky Girl
Lucky Girl Aug. 17 to 20 | Havana Theatre Tickets: $15 at the door or littlebaskettheatre.com Valerie Jacqueline tells it like it is (for her) in the sex trade in Lucky Girl, which runs from Aug. 17-20...
View ArticleHong Kong ‘dream machine’ explores a culture’s tension, uncertain future
Room 2048 (by Hong Kong Exile) Tues.-Sat., April 11 – 15 | Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova St. Tickets: firehallartscentre.ca or 604 689-0926 Hong Kong is much more than one of the world’s most...
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