The Tempest at the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2018. A review. Under a lowering sky, brimming with the promise of pent-up rain, a feral being (an impressive Trevor Hinton as Caliban), clothed in rags and tatters, galumphs across a dry and rocky landscape—then, quickly seizing upon a small furry creature, proceeds to kill and eat it—raw. Welcome to The Tempest at the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. Director Chelsea Haberlin … [Read more...]
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2018. Interview with Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett.
June 22, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2018. Interview with Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett. The Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival celebrates their 28th year in 2018. Now firmly established in the repertory model since 2014 under the artistic directorship of Karen Lee Pickett, they benefit from two professional mentor actors—this year, Trevor Hinton who audiences will remember from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons, and new to the … [Read more...]
Shop Talk by Theatre SKAM October 13-23, 2016. A review.
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Shop Talk by Theatre SKAM, October 13-23, 2016. A review. Theatre SKAM (founded in 1994) built their reputation with off-the-wall, edgy site-specific theatre, at times even drawing attention from the police when the action became a little too “realistic”. Having hit the big Two-O, the company is definitely not settling down, as signalled with the latest production—Shop Talk, a troubling mind-and-gender bending look at life in a scene … [Read more...]
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 Flick at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. An interview with director Chelsea Haberlin.
March 15, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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...]
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