Little Iliad at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival March 25-30, 2014. A review. Little Iliad by Evan Webber & Frank Cox-O’Connell (EW&FCO, Toronto) currently at the Belfry Theatre’s SPARK Festival March 25-30, 2014 is an exquisite miniature that re-affirms the impact of story-telling. Since man developed language, we have been gathered together to relate our experiences, aided by shamans, wise men and women, and poets. From the … [Read more...]
Little Iliad at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival March 25-30, 2014. A review.
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The Flick by Itsazoo Productions at Blue Bridge’s Roxy Theatre March 18-30, 2014. A review.
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The Flick by Itsazoo Productions at Blue Bridge's Roxy Theatre March 18-30, 2014. A review. The Flick by Vancouver’s Itsazoo Productions—currently at Blue Bridge’s Roxy Theatre until March 30, 2014—is a powerful illustration of a generation stuck between adolescence and adulthood. Sam (Chris Cochrane), Avery (Jesse Reid) and Rose (Kate Richard) work at a single screen movie house that is on the skids. Their lives are filled with the tedium … [Read more...]
The Derwin Blanshard Show, Season 2 Episode 7, March 23, 2014
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The Derwin Blanshard Show, Season 2 Episode 7, March 23, 2014. Wes Borg, perpetual funny-man and one of Victoria's most well-rounded and hardest working performers, stars as his alter-ego Derwin Blanshard. Now in its second season, the Derwin Blanshard Show aka Derwin Blanshard's Extremely Classy Sunday Evening Programme, is a post-modern take on the variety show—a meta-theatrical tour-de-force with an audience playing itself on a "live" TV … [Read more...]
IMPROV: A Science Fiction Thriller. April 9-12, 2014. A preview.
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IMPROV: A Science Fiction Thriller. Presented by Paper Street Theatre in Victoria BC, April 9-12, 2014. A preview. I've been a fan of Paper Street Theatre Co. since the founding of the company in 2011. Originally dedicated to improvising based on the style of well-known playwrights like Tennessee Williams and Samuel Beckett, the company branched out to genres in 2012 with An Improvised Film Noir, hit their stride with A Carol for Christmas in … [Read more...]
Firewall by Target Theatre at Belfry Festival SPARK Festival 2014. A review.
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Firewall by Target Theatre at Belfry Festival SPARK Festival 2014. A review. My father, who would have been 93 this year, had an email address before I did. I was on Twitter before either of my two sons (in their twenties) and I’ll be 60 this year. My point, and more importantly, the point of Target Theatre’s Firewall, currently at the Belfry Theatre’s SPARK Festival (until March 23rd)—technology knows no age-barrier. People’s desire to … [Read more...]
Victoria Arts Adventures April 2014
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Victoria Arts Adventures April 2014 Here's a round-up of some of the arts events in April, as of March 20th. April is National Poetry Month in Canada—take some time to connect with the multitude of poetry events in Victoria this April, including Victorious Voices the 5th annual Victoria High School slam poetry championships, and LitARTCity, a fundraiser with Victoria's poet laureate Janet Rogers, to benefit the READ Society. On the … [Read more...]
Joan by Theatre SKAM. April 17-20, 2014. A preview.
March 19, 2014 By 1 Comment
Joan by Theatre SKAM. April 17-20, 2014. A preview. Theatre SKAM’s Joan brings the memory of local arts maven Joan Mans to the Metro Studio Theatre stage I remember the first time I met Joan Mans--it was in Market Square for Jazz Fest. She stopped as I was seated on a bench and regaled me with stories of dancing and walking home from Swan's at closing time (in the wee hours of the morning-alone-at 80). Then, I would run into her with … [Read more...]
Terminus at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival 2014. A review.
March 19, 2014 By 1 Comment
Terminus at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival 2014. A review. Terminus at the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival is a mind-trip, a fever-pitched ride through the lives of three (+one) lonely souls—comprised of intersecting and criss-crossing stories that would appeal to fans of H. P. Lovecraft and the great Irish poets—of old and contemporary. These are bleak visions of individuals seeking redemption and connection in a world—sometimes of their … [Read more...]
Unity 1918 at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre March 11-22, 2014. A review.
March 16, 2014 By 2 Comments
Unity 1918 at UVic Phoenix Theatre, March 11-22, 2014. A Review. The current UVic Phoenix Theatre production of Unity 1918, Kevin Kerr’s Governor General’s Award-winning play, is actually the first time the writer has directed his modern day Canadian classic. Set in the small Saskatchewan town of Unity in the fall of 1918, just weeks before the end of “The Great War” and the arrival of the Spanish flu—pandemic scourge sweeping the world—the … [Read more...]
The Flick at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. An interview with director Chelsea Haberlin.
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The Flick at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. An interview with director Chelsea Haberlin. When I started my return to theatre-going in 2006, one of the first shows I saw at the Victoria Fringe Festival was Death of a Clown by ITSAZOO Productions. Thereafter I had the opportunity to view several of their site-specific works (Grimm Tales and The Road to Canterbury). ITSAZOO last appeared in Victoria in 2010 as an Alumni Spotlight with Death of … [Read more...]
