Theatre review: Circle Game: Reimagining the Music of Joni Mitchell is a theatrical enigma
Produced by the Firehall Arts Centre and created and directed by Andrew Cohen and Anna Kuman, Circle Game: Reimagining the Music of Joni Mitchell...
Karen Ydenberg goes beyond the story of The Matchmaker
With the recent death of Carol Channing, it seems somehow fitting that Thornton Wilder’s play The Matchmaker kicks off the new year for the...
Theatre review: A Prayer for Owen Meany rises again in a testament to ensemble...
Director Ian Farthing and Ensemble Theatre Company offer their testament to ensemble work in the second incarnation of A Prayer for Owen Meany, two...
Theatre review: The Open House fails to make a sale
Sometimes it really is all about play choice. Having presented solid productions of This Is Our Youth and The Aliens, Vancouver indie theatre company Sticks and...
Theatre review: Mrs. Krishnan’s Party is a delightfully immersive experience
There are few theatrical experiences where you get to enjoy (or “tuck in”, as the Kiwi’s would say) the food you watched being cooked...
Theatre review: The Full Light of Day is a wonder of design
Rarely ones to do things in small measure, the Electric Company Theatre have taken up residence at the Vancouver Playhouse with The Full Light...
Where tech meets the stage: live with the company of The Full Light of...
Vancouver's Electric Company Theatre takes up residence at the Vancouver Playhouse with the world premiere of The Full Light of Day.
Using multiple live-streaming cameras, projections...
Electric Company Theatre reinvigorates the Vancouver Playhouse in The Full Light of Day
When the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company ceased operations in 2012, the 668-seat Vancouver Playhouse in downtown Vancouver lost its anchor tenant. While the mid-size...
The best of Vancouver theatre in 2018
Each year, the contributors at Vancouver Presents take a look back at the previous twelve months to identify those shows that impacted us, both...
Theatre review: Bombay Black paints a bleak picture and raises more questions than it...
Comments overheard at the reception after the opening night of Bombay Black at the Firehall ranged from ecstatic, to cynical, to outraged. Some raved...
