Theatre Reviews Gentle charm, theatrical gymnastics, and the all-unifying topic of real estate drive Bed & Breakfast Actors Mark Crasford and Paul Dunn have to play a whole town's worth of characters.
Theatre Reviews The Orchard (After Chekhov) breathes fresh cultural life into a classic Playwright Sarena Parmar moves the action to the Okanagan, where South Asian struggle to save a family orchard, with inspired but mixed results.
Theatre Reviews Marine Life spawns apocalyptic rom-com The script oscillates between the couple’s easy banter and darker monologues about marine debris and our aquatic ancestry.
Theatre Reviews New Morris Panych play The Shoplifters sends small-time steak stealers into absurd and blackly comic territory “Why would I put meat under my dress? There’s enough bacteria down there.”
Theatre Reviews Songs carry the show as Bah Humbug! stays relevant to our city in 2018 Things are enlivened by muralist Richard Tetrault’s lovely projections, rendering familiar locations in woodcut style.
Theatre Reviews Doubt: A Parable still speaks loud and clear in the posttruth era Persuasive performances, clever sets, and timely subject matter make Seven Tyrants Theatre's production worth seeing.
Theatre Reviews The Ones We Leave Behind makes a plea for the elderly and isolated The subject, acting, and design are strong in this Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre production, but the script sometimes lags.
Theatre Reviews Kill Me Now is intense, sometimes difficult, and alive Touchstone Theatre’s actors rise to the challenge of Brad Fraser’s boundary-pushing script, and the revolve design is a marvel.
Theatre Reviews With a manic cabaret vibe, Testosterone puts masculinity under the microscope Trans man Kit Redstone confronts the terrifying normalities of life in the locker room in a very baring and, therefore, brave performance.
Theatre Reviews In Tales of an Urban Indian, Craig Lauzon prowls the aisles of a retro bus It’s as much a feat of athleticism as acting, and the Royal Canadian Air Farce alumnus pulls it off admirably.