The central question swirling around Bard on the Beach’s current production of The Taming of the Shrew is – why? Why exhume a comedy about a woman debased and mocked for her fiery, uncompromising i...
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Matilda the Musical Brings Depth, Joy, and Nasty Fun to the Stanley Theatre
It is no surprise that after 30 years, Roald Dahl’s Matilda still manages to capture the imagination of both adults and children alike with depth and distinction. Dahl’s ever so present reminder th...
“Pathways” delivers evocative performance with questionable intensity
“Pathways” is the latest work from the acclaimed choreographer, Noam Gagnon. Vision Impure, Gagnon’s dance company, performed the piece for four nights (Mar. 20-23) at the Vancouv...
The weird and wonderful puppetry of Multiple Organism
The human body is a work of art. Or could it be that it is a prison? It might be a wonderland or a cultural artifact. Maybe it’s a puppet, pulled every which way by strings of nerves and muscle fib...
Hot Brown Honey delivers anti-patriarchy deprogramming that’s punchy, colourful, and irresistibly fun
The much-lauded Australian hip-hop comedy group returns to the Cultch’s York Theatre after their successful extended run in 2018. Although the buzz around this show has been significant, Hot Brown ...
JFL NorthWest Comedians talk Context in Comedy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s no surprise that controversy surrounding the #Metoo movement, ‘post-truth’, and a number of other challenging social and politicized issues have made th...
Who is Clark Rockefeller? In True Crime, Torquil Campbell Tries to get the Truth from the Infamous Conman
Clark Rockefeller was a member of elite private clubs, the husband of a successful businesswoman, a father, an art dealer, and, it was rumoured, an heir to the Standard Oil fortune. A charmed life,...
Hooray for PJ Masks Live Performance at the Queen E
eOne’s top-rated animated series PJ Masks is on tour as a hit musical across North America and Vancouver managed to snag a performance last Tuesday. A packed Queen Elizabeth Theatre barely ma...
The Spirit of Revolt in Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance, an Opera
“It can’t end like this. Tell them I said something.” Legend has it that these were the last words of Pancho Villa, a famous bandit and revolutionary general of the Mexican Revolution, (roughly 191...
The Matchmaker offers a few inspired moments of slapstick and some surprises
The Arts Club production of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker is a nostalgia piece, but at least it’s nostalgic for something good. The play’s wry one-liners crackle as much as ever, though your own...
Ric Flair reveals little in Untold Tales of Pro Wrestling in Vancouver
Ric Flair at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 1/11/19 The Untold Tales of Pro Wrestling with Ric Flair at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre last night was as much story-time as it was opinion-time. For an hour a...
Rupi Kaur invites Vancouver to break all emotional boundaries
Rupi Kaur at the Orpheum Theatre, 12/12/18 In a sparkling olive dress, 26-year-old Hindu-Canadian poet Rupi Kaur rose to the occasion of giving rainy Vancouver’s audience a warm and mellow Wednesda...
