Kelt Eccleston's Kitchen Party at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. A review. March 13-May 2 2015 in Victoria BC. Kelt Eccleston has been a performer for decades, since his teens. It’s evident in the wonderful synergy he creates onstage in Kelt Eccleston’s Kitchen Party at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel (March 13-May 2, 2015) where a group of long-time friends and associates, including his sister Colleen, join him in a warm, relaxed set of old favourites, … [Read more...]
Kelt Eccleston’s Kitchen Party at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. A review.
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2014 a Theatre Year in Review in Victoria BC
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2014 a Theatre Year in Review in Victoria BC Don’t let anyone ever tell you that Victoria is a cultural backwater—in a year that included a wonderful week at the Stratford Festival (with performances by legends like Martha Henry, Colm Feore and Shauna McKenna), I managed to see 90 theatrical performances in the regular season as well as 42 shows at the Victoria Fringe, and a regrettably smaller number of concerts, dance, comedy and spoken word … [Read more...]
Boys With Cars and Let Me Borrow That Top at Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival 2015. A review.
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Boys With Cars and Let Me Borrow That Top by Anita Majumdar at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival March 10-15, 2015. A review. Majumdar’s Fish Eyes (performed at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival in 2012) first introduced us to the interactions of a group of teenagers at a fictional Port Moody high school through the eyes of Meena, a young Indo-Canadian straddling two worlds. Majumdar’s classical kathak dance training comes to the fore in … [Read more...]
Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival 2015. March 9-22.
February 19, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival 2015. March 9-22, 2015 in Victoria BC. The SPARK Festival is the Belfry Theatre's celebration of new plays and new ideas. It's an opportunity for experiences outside their regular programming. I saw Hawksley Workman's The Good That Comes at UNO Fest in 2012 and wonder how it has developed since then as it has toured around the world. Anita Majumdar brought Fish Eyes to the SPARK Festival in 2012--here's my … [Read more...]
Canadian College of Performing Arts Announces their 17th season 2014-2015
September 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Canadian College of Performing Arts Announces their 17th season 2014-2015. My regular readers know that I am a big supporter of the Canadian College of Performing Arts--my son graduated from the college in December 2007 and I've been volunteering regularly since 2005. I love the opportunity to meet young passionate individuals who are pursuing their dreams, and then follow their careers when they leave school. To many Victorians, the … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Five.
August 26, 2014 By 2 Comments
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Five. Reviews of For Body and Light, Unpossible! and Ode to Dyads. More information at VictoriaFringe. Tickets through TicketRocket, at the Fringe Box office or at the venue. The final week of the Fringe is extremely busy and I would highly advise getting tickets in advance for shows you don’t want to miss (or be prepared to line up early). If you like to take your chances (and that is a vital … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Four.
August 25, 2014 By 3 Comments
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Four. Reviews of I, Claudia, So…What About Love, Saudade, Selkie Tales, Spilling Family Secrets, Paleoncology. See a complete list of shows at Victoria Fringe. Purchase tickets through Ticket Rocket online, at the Fringe box office, or at the venue. Remember that the final weekend is always busy, and shows sell out. If you want to be assured a seat, purchase tickets in advance. Read all my … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Three.
August 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Three. Reviews of SEVEN, The Princess Rescue Force, The Anthropocalypse, Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl, Improv Club-an Improvised Chuck Palahniuk. My Victoria Fringe Day Three was full of shows by artists (Broken Rhythms Dance, Robin Gadsby of New Blood Theatre, shayne avec igrec and Johnny McCrae aka 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac, Dave Morris) I’ve come to know and appreciate over the past few years—some … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Two.
August 23, 2014 By 1 Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Two--Vasilisa, The New Conformity, BITS, Mask Over Matter. Read all my Victoria Fringe 2014 coverage HERE. Fringe tip: Things get busy during the final weekend of the Fringe. To avoid disappointment, I advise getting tickets in advance to shows you are determined to see. The Victoria Fringe Festival 2014 features a wide-variety of shadow puppetry, circus, dance, improvisation and … [Read more...]
The Bomb-itty Of Errors at the Belfry Theatre August 5-24, 2014. A review.
August 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Bomb-itty of Errors by Twenty Something Theatre currently playing in Victoria at the Belfry Theatre (August 5-24) is an explosion of sights, sounds, colours and music, that is sure to appeal to generations raised on hip-hop and rap. The beats (original music Anami Vice) are laid down from the get-go, mixed with dextrous ease by DJ Oker Chen, and flow almost non-stop, save for the odd aside or soliloquy. A day later, and after a full … [Read more...]
