Do you enjoy podcasts and audio books? Find yourself listening to words and music while closing your eyes? Then, you might enjoy the second in a series of radio plays by This Is Twisted Theatre - Batman's Great Mystery Part Two - June 13/14th at the Intrepid Theatre Club. This is Twisted Theatre was formed late in 2011 by Rod Peter Jr, local comedian known for his roles with Random Selection of Chairs, Atomic Vaudeville, Terra Firm (Victoria … [Read more...]
Stand-Up Comedy Workshop with Kirsten Van Ritzen
June 6, 2012 By 4 Comments
If you could take stand-up comedy lessons with one of the very best performers in this genre in Victoria, would you? Relatively new to Victoria (arriving in 2011) but with decades of experience on stages in Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver, Kirsten Van Ritzen is better known to audiences locally for her on-going role as the ever-drole Ava Garter, the Snake Lady, in the improvised soap opera Sin City: Carnies, which recently completed its smash … [Read more...]
Arms and the Man, Blue Bridge Theatre, a review
June 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Bold and confident, the rich, textured and multi-layered production of George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre brings his words to life, and proves once again the timeless nature of his work. Did you know that Shaw wrote more plays than Shakespeare, or that he is the only playwright to receive both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award? Like many, I have read Shaw, and studied Shaw, and agreed with Shaw on society, … [Read more...]
The Walworth Farce by Theatre Inconnu – review
May 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
It took 18 tries before Graham McDonald, Theatre Inconnu’s Associate Artistic Director, was able to secure the rights to Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce (on now at Little Fernwood Hall until June 16th). For his patience,Victoria audiences are about to be rewarded with a diaspora tale-within- a-tale, a farce of mythical proportions and great black-comedic appeal. Walsh is a leading light in contemporary Irish theatre, coming to prominence at … [Read more...]
Blue Bridge Theatre 2012 season – an interview with Brian Richmond
May 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
When I sat down recently with Brian Richmond, Producing Artistic Director of Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, I wanted to know what he was most excited about for the upcoming fourth season. Photo: Gary McKinstry used with permission Since its inception in 2009, the critically-acclaimed Blue Bridge has built a very solid reputation for producing engaging, visually appealing, hard-hitting drama, witty comedy and musicals. With the tag-line “Fresh … [Read more...]
Rare Opportunity – Beijing Shadow Puppet Troupe at Merlin’s Sun Theatre
May 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The line-up at Merlin's Sun Theatre continues to impress! Saturday June 2nd, Tim Gosley presents a most rare and unique opportunity to experience the mastery and artistry of Chinese shadow puppetry with Cui Yongping & Wang Shuqin visiting from Beijing, and special guest Grant Hayter-Menzies. During the cultural revolution the Chinese puppeteers hid their vast array of puppets in their home in order to save them. Join these esteemed guests … [Read more...]
Sin City – Live Improvised Soap Opera. Season Two: Carnies. Season Finale.
May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s time to bid farewell to the second season of Sin City: the live improvised soap opera, as the Carnies wrap up all the loose threads of the season. The final episode is slated for Tuesday May 29th at the Victoria Event Centre. Since October of last year,Victoria audiences have laughed at the antics of The Serpentine Snake Lady, the Celestial Hypnotist, the Trick Shot Artist, The Amazing Mentalist, and more. Photo: Chris Boots Orchard. Image … [Read more...]
Shirley Valentine, Blue Bridge Theatre, a review
May 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
I’m an un-abashed Nicola Cavendish and Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre fan with a penchant for plucky characters of the sort portrayed in the award-winning Willy Russell play Shirley Valentine. I’ve had the great pleasure of seeing Cavendish in her initial Victoria performance of Shirley Valentine at the Belfry Theatre in 1991, and interviewed her recently about her evolution in the role (the Victoria run culminates a current Canadian tour that … [Read more...]
A Summer of Shakespeare in Victoria BC – 2012
May 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
The summer of 2012 will see not one, not two, but THREE Shakespeare companies develop shows for your viewing pleasure. Joining the veteran Greater Victoria Shakespeare Society, will be Keep It Simple Productions, now in their sophmore year, and for the first time, Victoria's Shakespeare by the Sea. Whether you are a fan of the histories, tragedies, or comedies - there is an offering for you. You can stretch out on a blanket outdoors, chose to … [Read more...]
Shakespeare’s Great Monologues Monday May 21 at The Well
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
KeepItSimple Theatre Productions and THE WELL Café & Arts Venue present William Shakespeare's Great Monologues (an interactive evening of monologues, dialogues, and great food) Monday May 21, 2012 at 7pm. Keep it Simple was founded by Artistic Director David Christopher, Ryan Levis, and Marianne Christopher in 2011, and has focused on Shakespeare's histories. Here's a chance to hear some of Shakespeare's iconic monologues. THE WELL … [Read more...]
