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Theatre Reviews
Chelsea Hotel is a knockout
By
Colin Thomas
| February 9, 2012
The artists in
Chelsea Hotel
take an unlikely premise and make it work—by throwing gobs and gobs of talent at it.
Studio 58's Julius Caesar stays cerebral
By
Colin Thomas
| February 6, 2012
Because
Julius Caesar
is all about moral ambiguity, it can be hard to get your bearings with this play.
The Arts Club's production of Calendar Girls gives its script more than its due
By
Colin Thomas
| February 2, 2012
The script for
Calendar Girls
is a waste of time, but director Rachel Ditor and her team give it a handsome mounting in this Arts Club production.
Duet for One has its moving moments
By
Colin Thomas
| January 27, 2012
The next time I need therapy, I’m going to make sure I get it on-stage; it’s always so simple in the theatre.
Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata is simply terrific
By
Colin Thomas
| January 25, 2012
Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata
puts the
want
back in want ads.
Comments (2)
The Idiot is never boring and definitely beautiful
By
Colin Thomas
| January 23, 2012
Watching this staging of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel
The Idiot
is kind of like driving along a lovely stretch of road.
Red is a brilliant platform for its actors
By
Colin Thomas
| January 20, 2012
The functions of art include the stimulation of our perceptual and emotional capacities.
Comments (1)
All the Way Home is extraordinarily intimate
By
Colin Thomas
| January 12, 2012
When beauty arrives, I’m grateful, even if it hurts.
Comments (1)
Blackbird Theatre's Waiting for Godot is respectful and moving
By
Colin Thomas
| December 30, 2011
Contemporary audiences need to see fresher interpretations of Samuel Beckett's 1953 masterpiece, but this traditional take contains many excellent elements.
The Sound of Music is never boring
By
Colin Thomas
| December 14, 2011
This Gateway production is seldom less than handsome, and it really comes alive when it’s at its most original and eccentric.
Pacific Theatre's A Christmas Carol is for purists
By
Colin Thomas
| December 9, 2011
Ron Reed’s adaptation sticks close to Charles Dickens’s original text, which is its first great strength.
Comments (1)
Hotel Bethlehem is all about rhythm, absurdity, and irreverence
By
Colin Thomas
| December 8, 2011
Not everything in Drew McCreadie’s new comedy
Hotel Bethlehem
hits its comic mark, but who cares?
The Wizard of Oz is full of magic
By
Kathleen Oliver
| December 5, 2011
Carousel Theatre has managed to craft a kid-friendly version of the beloved story without sacrificing any of its magic.
After Jerusalem is a banquet of pleasure
By
Colin Thomas
| December 5, 2011
Playwright Aaron Bushkowsky and actors Deborah Williams and Andrew McNee don’t just chow down on the material, they roll around in it.
A star is born in La Cage aux Folles
By
Colin Thomas
| December 2, 2011
Greg Armstrong-Morris delivers a star turn as Albin in this Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company production of the '80s musical.
Comments (1)
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