Lágrimas Crueles/Cruel Tears by Blue Bridge Repertory and Puente Theatre April 29-May 11,2014. A review. In their most ambitious undertaking to date, Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, in collaboration with Puente Theatre, incorporates the elements of Ken Mitchell’s original musical Cruel Tears and re-casts it on the Texas side of the Texas Mexico border. Cruel Tears was originally staged in 1975 by Brian Richmond (Blue Bridge Theatre’s current … [Read more...]
Lágrimas Crueles/Cruel Tears by Blue Bridge Repertory and Puente Theatre April 29-May 11,2014. A review.
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Monday Magazine M Awards 2014
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Monday Magazine M Awards 2014 The official ballot (survey) is now online for the 2014 Monday Magazine M Awards. Here are all the categories and nominees--if, like me, you prefer to read them all before beginning to vote. Please note--it is not possible to hit "previous" in the survey without it recording you as having completed. If you want your vote to count you must vote for a minimum of 20 categories (out of 45+). There are a number of … [Read more...]
Kaleidoscope Theatre 2nd Family Theatre Festival May 1-11, 2014.
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Kaleidoscope Theatre 2nd Family Theatre Festival May 1-11, 2014. Media release. After a very successful first season (staged in February 2013 at Royal Oak Berwick House auditorium), the Family Theatre Festival returns with two new venues—May 1-4 in Centennial Square for Somethingville by Snafu Dance Theatre, Runaway by Theatre SKAM, Snow White by the Kaleidoscope Teen Ensemble, Mamahood by Nicole Nattrass; May 10/11 for Robinson and Crusoe by … [Read more...]
Equivocation at the Belfry Theatre April 22-May 25, 2014. A review.
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Equivocation at the Belfry Theatre April 22-May 25, 2014. A review. Equivocation by Bill Cain, currently at the Belfry Theatre (April 22-May 25, 2014) is intelligently written, masterfully interpreted and exquisitely staged. There is much to recommend in this fine drama featuring palace intrigue, a history lesson, and musings on the genesis of some of Shakespeare’s immortal works. Whether you are a history buff, an aficionado of Shakespeare, … [Read more...]
The Penelopiad at Langham Court Theatre April 23-May 10 2014. A review.
April 26, 2014 By 1 Comment
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, directed by Wendy Merk, currently playing at Langham Court Theatre (April 23 to May 10, 2014) is replete with stately majesty. It’s a visual banquet, an auditory feast, and a veritable treasure trove of pithy comments and rich humour. Most high school English students will have studied Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and be familiar with the peregrinations of the hero Odysseus (also known as Ulysses)—sailing to … [Read more...]
Lágrimas Crueles at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. Interview with music director Tim Williams.
April 23, 2014 By 1 Comment
Lágrimas Crueles at Blue Bridge Theatre. Interview with music director Tim Williams. Tim Williams, the music director for the upcoming Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre production of Lágrimas Crueles/Cruel Tears grew up in California exposed to Mexican American culture—it made him the perfect choice for this adaptation (by Mercedes Bátiz-Benét of Puente Theatre) of Ken Mitchell’s 1974 Canadian classic—Cruel Tears. Williams admits to being … [Read more...]
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announces Cast and Creative for Làgrimas Crueles Cruel Tears
April 9, 2014 By 1 Comment
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announces cast and creative for Làgrimas Crueles Cruel Tears (media release). From Elizabethan England to our own times, the story of Othello has fascinated generations of playwrights over several centuries and in several countries. The newest playwright to adapt this classic story of racial and gender tension will be Puente Theatre's Artistic Director Mercedes Bátiz-Benét in a musical she is titling … [Read more...]
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announces 2014-2015 season
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Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announces 2014-15 season of “Gold Standard Classics” Brian Richmond, Artistic Director of Victoria, BC's Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announced the six year old theatre's 2014-15 five play season today. “For our seventh season, we will be returning to the approach that established our artistic reputation over the first six years of our existence” he stated. “All five of the plays or stories that we will be … [Read more...]
Winners and Losers at Intrepid Theatre April 11/12. Interview with co-creator Marcus Youssef.
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Winners and Losers at Intrepid Theatre April 11/12 2014. Interview with co-creator Marcus Youssef. When the Globe and Mail theatre critic, Kelly Nestruck, names a show among his year’s top ten, and describes it as “jaw-dropping”, I pay attention. Fellow Globe arts writer Paula Citron calls it a “tour-de-force” and references a “sucker punch”. Thanks to Intrepid Theatre’s new Deep End Presentation Series, Victoria audiences have the … [Read more...]
When It Rains at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival 2014. A review.
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When It Rains by 2b Theatre Company at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival, March 25-29, 2014. A review. Halifax’s 2b Theatre Company is definitely on a roll. Currently they are touring When it Rains (now playing in Victoria BC at the Belfry Theatre’s SPARK Festival, March 25-29,2014) and have just received nods for The God That Comes (featuring Hawksley Workman and seen locally at Intrepid Theatre’s UNO Fest 2012) at Nova Scotia’s Merritt … [Read more...]
