Launch Pad Theatre Company presents Arkenham Abbey at Craigdarroch Castle October 19th – October 31st, 2016. Media release. The Dark Night returns to Craigdarroch Castle! (M Award and Pick-of-the-Fringe winner) Launch Pad Theatre Company brings back their sold out Halloween Spectacular, Arkenham Abbey, a Batmanesque thriller that combines the best elements from the most Gothic Batman comics and spins them into a live horror-comedy. Set … [Read more...]
Launch Pad Theatre Company presents Arkenham Abbey at Craigdarroch Castle October 19th – October 31st, 2016
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Atomic Vaudeville presents Rocky Horror Show: Live and the Hallowe’en Cabaret October 2016 in Victoria BC
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Atomic Vaudeville presents Rocky Horror Show: Live and the Hallowe’en Cabaret October 2016 in Victoria BC Atomic Vaudeville, the creator of the New York bound Ride the Cyclone, brings back popular cult-hit Rocky Horror Show: Live to satiate audiences brimming with both long-time fans and the newly initiated. Rocky Horror Show (playing at the Metro Studio Theatre) runs alongside another Halloween staple, Atomic Vaudeville’s Cabaret Series at … [Read more...]
Our Town by Company C, the Canadian College of Performing Arts. October 20-23, 2016. Interview.
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Our Town by Company C, the Canadian College of Performing Arts. October 20-23, 2016. Interview. The Canadian College of Performing Arts’ third year collaborative theatrical collective—Company C—enables students to develop and mount three separate performances between September and February, guided by guest directors. For the 11th Company C season of 2016-2017 the first production is Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Our Town … [Read more...]
The Walrus Talks Youth Leadership in Victoria on October 24 2016
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The Walrus Talks Youth Leadership in Victoria on October 24 2016 The Walrus Foundation and RBC Foundation are pleased to announce a special event exploring youth, leaders, ideas, and questions that will shape our future. RBC Foundation Presents The Walrus Talks Youth Leadership takes place on Monday, October 24 at University of Victoria. This is the latest instalment in the popular nationwide Walrus Talks series. The Walrus Talks … [Read more...]
Sleeping Giants by William Head on Stage WHoS October 7-November 5 2016. A review.
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Sleeping Giants by William Head on Stage WHoS October 7-November 5 2016. A review. Sleeping Giants currently playing at William Head on Stage (in collaboration with SNAFU) is SNAFU’s founder Ingrid Hansen first introduced devised theatre to the men at William Head in 2010—the result was CHALK, a silent movement-based piece. In the intervening years, they have gone on to imagine Fractured Fables (a series of fairy tales based on inmates' … [Read more...]
Shop Talk by Theatre SKAM October 13-23. Realtor saves production from cancellation.
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Shop Talk by Theatre SKAM October 13-23. Realtor saves production from cancellation. Media release. October 6, 2016: Theatre SKAM’s next performance nearly didn’t happen at all. Thanks to a generous landlord and some quick work by Cushman and Wakefield’s Elizabeth Jane Mears, the show ?Shop? Talk will go on- in Quadra Village. Originally slated to occur inside a 10,000 square foot scene shop, the show will now occur inside a … [Read more...]
ArtSmarts Monday Magazine October 2016
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ArtSmarts Monday Magazine October 2016. Spooky theatre among October events. This content was first published in the October 2016 print edition of Monday Magazine and I have been given permission to re-publish it online. For theatre enthusiast in Victoria, October represents one of the year’s busiest months with chances to experience shows in every genre in a wide variety of venues—including a scene shop and a federal institution. Whether … [Read more...]
Next to Normal at Langham Court Theatre September 28-October 15, 2016. A review.
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Next to Normal at Langham Court Theatre September 28-October 15, 2016. A review. Next to Normal, the 88th season opener for Langham Court Theatre, is a heady mixture of high-powered music and complex drama. Musical theatre lovers will applaud this timely and vocally challenging work, while fans of traditional theatre will appreciate the sensitive exploration of family dysfunction and mental illness. Next to Normal is a modern behemoth … [Read more...]
Dance Victoria requests proposals for 2017 Chrystal Dance Prize until November 15, 2016
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Dance Victoria requests proposals for 2017 Chrystal Dance Prize until November 15, 2016. (Media release) Dance Victoria is now accepting proposals from western Canadian dance artists to be considered for the 2017 Chrystal Dance Prize for Independent Dance Artists. This award is Canada’s richest dance prize for international collaboration supporting new works by independent dance artists living in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, … [Read more...]
Jake’s Gift by Julia Mackey in Victoria October 6th 2016. An interview.
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Jake's Gift by Julia Mackey in Victoria October 6th 2016. An interview. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen Julia Mackey's multiple-award-winning show Jake's Gift since it first appeared at the Victoria Fringe in 2007. I've bawled every time (my dad was a veteran of WW II). Now in her 10th year performing the show Mackey returns to Victoria at the new Teechamitsa Theatre at Royal Bay High School, and was kind enough to answer … [Read more...]
