A Winter of Theatre in Victoria BC. January and February. Do you remember in The Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy says “Toto, we aren’t in Kansas anymore?” That’s the way I feel about the Victoria theatre scene in January and February. It was only a few short years ago that my theatre viewing consisted of TWO shows. Last year there were a possible 25 if my memory serves me correctly (I saw 13), and this year is not going to be very different. … [Read more...]
A Fall of Theatre 2014 in Victoria BC
September 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A Fall of Theatre 2014 in Victoria BC. Listings for shows September - December 2014. It’s time to bring back the ever popular “seasonal” posts about theatre in our wonderful capital city. For a population of 375,000, the Capital Regional District definitely punches above its weight. I originally started the seasonal posts in 2011 because I had a difficult time myself keeping up with the many events, and figured the general population was … [Read more...]
Derwin Blanshard Season 2 Finale Sunday June 22, 2014.
June 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Derwin Blanshard Season 2 Finale Sunday June 22, 2014. Congratulations to Wes Borg aka Derwin Blanshard on his recent nomination for the Canadian Comedy Awards in the category "Best Variety Show". As those of us who follow his local schedule know, Wes is one of the hardest working performers in the city with recurring roles in Sin City: The Live Improvised Serial and Atomic Vaudeville cabarets. This past season he appeared in Island Repertory … [Read more...]
The Derwin Blanshard Show, Season 2 Episode 7, March 23, 2014
March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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...]
