Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. 2016-2017 Season. Founded in 1974, Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People is only one of five professional theatres for young audiences in BC, and the only Theatre for Young Audience Company located on Vancouver Island that provides in-house theatre to Vancouver Island audiences. In addition to producing a season of theatre, Kaleidoscope also offers classes and workshops. Look for the annual … [Read more...]
Langham Court Theatre 2016-2017 season
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Langham Court Theatre 2016-2017 Season Langham Court Theatre enters its 88th season with the tag-line, “Driven by Passion. Fuelled by Community”. Production Chairs Roger Carr and Keith Digby, assisted by the Play Selection Committee, have compiled a season of award winners and classics for theatre goers. Next To Normal September 28, 2016 to October 15, 2016 Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, music by Tom Kitt Directed by Gregg … [Read more...]
Victoria Fringe Festival 2016 my “local” picks
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Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. My "local" picks. Stay tuned. I'll have them up shortly. … [Read more...]
Canadian College of Performing Arts 2016-2017 season
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Canadian College of Performing Arts 2016-2017 season To celebrate their 19th season, the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA) returns to classics by Thornton Wilder, Dylan Thomas, and the celebrated duo of Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as the much loved Disney musical Beauty and the Beast. Students of Company C, the Year 3 theatre collective, in collaboration with the Belfry Theatre, will premiere a new work, This Little Light, by local … [Read more...]
Animal Crackers, a family friendly musical at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre August 2-14,2016. Preview.
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Animal Crackers, a family friendly musical at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre August 2-14,2016. Preview. (Media Release). Before Monty Python, before Jerry Seinfeld, before all contemporary comic angels of anarchy, there were the Marx Brothers. Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo blazed their way through vaudeville, Broadway and Hollywood with their unique blend of comic and musical talents. They were, quite simply, hailed as one of the greatest … [Read more...]
Early Music Society of the Islands presents Bach’s Mass in B Minor August 6th. Interview with Artistic Director James Young.
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Early Music Society of the Islands presents Bach’s Mass in B Minor August 6th. Interview with Artistic Director James Young. The Early Music Society of the Islands (EMSI), in conjunction with Early Music Vancouver, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival and the Lamèque Baroque Festival in New Brunswick, presents one of their most ambitious concerts to date—J.S. Bach’s magnificent Mass in B Minor—August 6th at Christ Church Cathedral, featuring eight … [Read more...]
The Importance of Being Earnest at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. A review.
July 9, 2016 By 2 Comments
The Importance Of Being Earnest at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre July 2016. A review. The Importance Of Being Earnest at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre (July 5-17, 2016) is nothing less than theatrical heaven. A laugh fest from start to finish, it is filled with witty verbal repartee and cutting digs. If words were swords, clothing would be torn to shreds the way these thespians employ them. What a treat to see veterans like Laurie Patton … [Read more...]
Twelfth Night at the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. A review.
July 8, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Twelfth Night at the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. A review. July 6-30, 2016 This iteration marks the fourth time this well-known comedy of mistaken identity is produced by the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. Director Janet Munsil continues a long tradition of adaptation with the choice to gender-switch the cast; all the men’s roles are played by women and the women’s roles by men. There is such felicity in the decision a … [Read more...]
The Winter’s Tale at the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. A review.
July 6, 2016 By Leave a Comment
The Winter’s Tale at the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2016. A review. Not since 1992 have Victoria audiences had the pleasure of seeing Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. The Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival, now in its 26th season, has grown from strength to strength with the decision, in 2014, to employ a repertory model for the company. This year’s mentor actors are Trevor Hinton a master of highly physical movement and … [Read more...]
SKAMpede by Theatre SKAM returns July 8-10, 2016
July 1, 2016 By Leave a Comment
SKAMpede by Theatre SKAM returns July 8-10, 2016. Media release New HUB location offers more space for performances and festivities When SKAMpede returns for the eighth annual festival of original short outdoor performances, audiences will be welcomed to a new home base with more space, a greater range of activities and a larger variety of music and performances. Held along the Galloping Goose Trail, SKAMpede is a series of short … [Read more...]
