Theatre review: The Amish Project comes up short on emotional resonance
Playwright Jessica Dickey originally wrote The Amish Project, her fictional exploration of the 2006 Pennsylvania Amish schoolhouse shooting, for a single female actor. A...
The Good Bride puts the Quiverfull movement in the spotlight
Rosemary Rowe’s contemporary comedy The Good Bride, set to play the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver later this month, is based on true events.
To...
Théâtre la Seizième presents the world premiere of David Paquet’s bipolar comedy Le Soulier
For its latest production, Théâtre la Seizième commissioned Governor General's Literary Award-winning playwright David Paquet to create a work specifically for Vancouver’s French-language theatre...
Circle Bright Productions hopes to find a broader audience with Mandarin surtitles for Hitchcock...
Vancouver's Circle Bright Productions is making Canadian theatre history of sorts by offering its upcoming production of The 39 Steps with Mandarin surtitles.
Not that the use...
Theatre review: Cabaret remains raw
Given the political climate in the world right now, it isn’t surprising Cabaret gets its third treatment in as many years on a Vancouver...
Theatre review: The Shoplifters spends a lot of time in the grey
After watching Morris Panych’s The Shoplifters, you may want to reach for the show’s program for some help in figuring out what it all...
Theatre review: True Crime … or is it?
Torquil Campbell, who wrote and performs the Arts Club’s presentation of True Crime, admits that he became an entertainer because he wants to be loved....
The Amish Project explores the path to forgiveness
On the morning of October 2, 2006 a man entered a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania and shot eight of ten young girls...
Theatre review: Much Ado About Nothing sparkles with an inner life
As director Rebecca Patterson points out in the program notes, when a company says they're going to do Shakespeare the most common question is...
Arts Club Theatre Company announces its 2019-2020 season
In her second year as the Arts Club Theatre Company’s artistic director, Ashlie Corcoran has announced a 2019-2020 season she calls “a carefully curated...
