Derwin Blanshard's Extremely Classy Sunday Evening Programme, launched in the fall of 2012, returns for the 2nd episode of Season Two. This hilarious post-modern take on the classic TV talk/variety show of the 1950s features - YOU - as a "live" studio audience, plus a plethora of guests drawn from politics, the arts, and quirky pop culture, as well as a recurring cast comprised of Victoria's finest thespians, improvisers and comedians. Join … [Read more...]
Twelfth Night by Company C – win tickets
October 23, 2013 By 9 Comments
I’m happy to announce a ticket contest for the up-coming production of Twelfth Night by the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA) Year III students, Company C, November 8 – 10th at the Metro Studio Theatre. The students are part of the cast and most of the production roles, a unique experience for Canadian artists so close to launching their professional careers. “This program gives us the courage and skills needed to become more than … [Read more...]
Kitt and Jane, Alumni Spotlight at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre – a review
October 21, 2013 By 3 Comments
It’s the First International Wildlife Diversity Appreciation Day, and Kitt Pederson (Ingrid Hansen) and Lucas “Jane” Jameson (Rod Peter Jr) have been chosen out of all the Grade 9 students to make a brief presentation. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out – plenty! Kitt and Jane, the current Alumni Spotlight at the University of Victoria’s Phoenix Theatre (October 17 – 26th) is the sequel to a previous Snafu Dance Theatre production, … [Read more...]
Fractured Fables: The Prison Puppet Project – a review
October 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Words like “labour of love” and “massive undertaking” are often over-used. In the case of Fractured Fables: The Prison Puppet Project currently playing at William Head Onstage (WHoS) they accurately describe not only the creation process but also the end result. Founded in 1981, William Head on Stage is the only inmate-initiated, inmate-run theatre program inside a Canadian federal prison which opens it’s gates to a public audience. Over the … [Read more...]
Shakespeare in Film a fundraiser for The Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival
October 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Victoria Shakespeare Society, producer of The Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival, announces their first film festival as a fundraiser for the festival. The works and life of William Shakespeare have been portrayed on film in many various and exciting ways, and continue to have a lasting impact. To celebrate Shakespeare’s influence and to raise funds for the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival, for three Saturdays this fall, the … [Read more...]
Valdy at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium October 12, 2013
October 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As a child of the West Coast in the 1970s, the music of Valdy was the music of my generation. Who can forget "Play Me A Rock and Roll Song", "Simple Life", "Bitter Green" or "Sonny's Dream"? In later years though, I came to know Valdy as the tireless advocate for literacy and his support of the annual PGIs For Literacy (founded by the late broadcaster Peter Gzowski), fundraisers for Literacy Victoria (and many other organizations across … [Read more...]
Voices From the Four Directions – a fundraiser for the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre
October 9, 2013 By 3 Comments
Voices From The Four Directions: The poetry and prose of International Who's Who Author and Poet, Dr. Stanley K. Freiberg, will be read by notable teachers, writers and actors on the evenings of October 18thand 19th at St. Ann’s Academy on 835 Humboldt Street. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre. Retired from the University of Calgary, Freiberg is a William Blake scholar and specialist in … [Read more...]
Falstaff by Clayton Jevne at Theatre Inconnu – a review
October 8, 2013 By 1 Comment
Falstaff by Clayton Jevne at Theatre Inconnu - a review. Clayton Jevne of Victoria’s Theatre Inconnu is a true master of the solo show. Since his signature piece, Hamlet, was first produced in 1991, he has gone on to perform it over 600 times, most recently in the summer of 2011. Other solo works include Moscow Stations (2011), Diary of a Madman and Dream of a Ridiculous Man (2008) and A Christmas Carol (performed regularly since 1997). His … [Read more...]
Harvey at Langham Court Theatre – a review
October 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Harvey at Langham Court Theatre – a review Langham Court Theatre begins their 85th season with a revival of the American classic, whimsical comedy of errors, Harvey, written by Mary Chase in 1944 and last mounted by Langham in 1985. Harvey opened on Broadway (where it became one of the longest running plays in history), went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945, against competition from Tennessee Williams’ A Glass Menagerie (Chase … [Read more...]
A Place to Listen season two – interview with founder Daniel Brandes
October 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
A Place to Listen season two - interview with founder Daniel Brandes. In late 2012 I met Daniel Brandes (UVic M.Mus ’10), composer, curator and founder of a new listening series A Place to Listen, and in the process, found a musical home. What started for Brandes as one concert, a way to showcase music from the Wandelweiser collective, and fellow musicians and composers, has resulted in 10 concerts over a year, and the launch of a second … [Read more...]
