Arts Features Tetsuro Shigematsu's Kuroko navigates life, death, and virtual reality A 25-year-old recluse has an obsession with virtual reality, and her father is desperate to reach her.
Theatre Reviews China Doll's foot-binding story builds to a full-on feminist tragedy at the Gateway Theatre It takes a while to hit its stride, but the projections are beautiful and the wild last quarter has to be seen to be believed.
Arts Features Actor and comedy vet Sandra Bernhard brings song to standup at Chutzpah Festival She's even cooler than you think.
Writers Fest Alicia Tobin’s heartfelt essays in So You're a Little Sad lead to cathartic laughs You can feel her heartbeat on every page, whether she’s writing about city animals or mental health, chronic illness or sexism in the local standup-comedy scene.
Arts Features Duo swaps starring role in new take on Tom Cone's weird, wild Herringbone It's a strange musical, with one performer playing 12 characters and a story focused on a possessed eight-year-old in the vaudeville scene.
Arts Features Fall Arts Preview 2019 theatre critics' picks: Diverse survival stories take the stage This coming season boasts a variety of captivating and challenging shows.
Fringe Festival Vancouver Fringe Festival review: There Ain't No More It's the best kind of love letter to American folk culture.
Fringe Festival Vancouver Fringe Festival review: Rape Is Real & Everywhere These are among the darkest of jokes, but they’re also some of the funniest, mind-blowing things I’ve ever heard.
Fringe Festival Vancouver Fringe Festival review: Didn't Hurt This one-man show is a heartbreaking and important piece that feels like it has the potential to save lives.
Fringe Festival Vancouver Fringe Festival review: Princess Rescuers This is not the feminist-friendly futuristic fairy-tale adventure Ben Bilodeau seems to think it is.