Fringe festivals world-wide provide the opportunity to experience work in many different genres. This definitely holds true for the Victoria Fringe, where this year patrons are rewarded with several dance shows. La Palabra en el Tiempo marries fiery flamenco, exquisite guitar and profound poetry. Principal dancer Denise Yeo and poet Garth Martens answered questions about their show. PS: I saw an earlier version of this show at the beginning … [Read more...]
La Palabra en el Tiempo at the Victoria Fringe 2018. An interview.
August 9, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2016. Day Eight.
September 2, 2016 By 1 Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2016. Day Eight. Victoria Fringe Festival August 22-September 4, 2016. Reviews of Me, The Queen and a Coconut by Andrew Bailey , Fat Sex by Steve Larkin, Everlast by Kevin Koch, Bowser by Joyce Kline As always, my complete Victoria Fringe Festival 2016 coverage can be found HERE: Be sure to page through since there are dozens of entries–previews, and picks, as well as reviews. I have written 17 … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2016. Day Five.
August 31, 2016 By 2 Comments
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2016. Day Five. Victoria Fringe Festival August 22-September 4, 2016. Reviews of Get Lost Jem Rolls, I Forgot to Fly Today by DownUnderground (Trent Baumann) and The Child Behind the Eyes by RKP Productions (review of this show will be posted Thursday). As always, my complete Victoria Fringe Festival 2016 coverage can be found HERE: Be sure to page through since there are dozens of entries–previews, … [Read more...]
Fat Sex at the Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. Interview with Steve Larkin
August 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Fat Sex at the Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. Interview with Steve Larkin. Steve Larking is performing his solo poetry-music show at the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival August 22-September 4, 2016 and at the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Festival September 8-18, 2016. He was kind enough to answer a few questions. How long have you been producing work on the Fringe circuit? As an artist? I first came over in 2006 doing a double act … [Read more...]
Seventh Annual Summer So(u)lstice at Royal Oak Burial Park. June 25, 2016.
June 7, 2016 By 1 Comment
Seventh Annual Summer So(u)lstice at Royal Oak Burial Park. June 25, 2016. When my husband Yves Loran passed away in 2001, I did what many people do--keep his cremated ashes at home--while I made a decision about a final resting place. Many years later, after exploring all options, and remembering that my beloved grandfather was buried at Royal Oak Burial Park (ROBP), we chose a columbarium nestled in a grove of trees. Royal Oak Burial … [Read more...]
Finding The Poem in Your Heart’s Garden with Wendy Morton. October 24 2015
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Finding The Poem in Your Heart’s Garden with Wendy Morton. October 24, 2015 Have you ever written poetry? Do you believe, as I did, that your muse has abandoned you? A prolific writer in my teens and twenties, I had all but given up on my writing until a chance encounter with Victoria area poet, Wendy Morton, at Planet Earth Poetry. For years I carried words that I attributed to Wendy in my daytimer, and while attending an evening poetry … [Read more...]
Alien Creature A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen at Theatre Inconnu. A review.
February 18, 2015 By 1 Comment
Alien Creature: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen at Theatre Inconnu. A review. If the measure of a successful theatrical production is the number of questions it poses to an audience, who then rush immediately to the library or internet for more information and answers—can any director, actor or company hope for more? Every time I attend a Theatre Inconnu production I am confounded with my own cultural ignorance—the gaps in my … [Read more...]
The Raptures of Distress by Dr Stanley K Freiberg, Sept 27/28 in Victoria BC.
September 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Raptures of Distress by Dr Stanley K Freiberg September 27/28 in Victoria BC I attended Voices from the Four Directions last year and remarked on the quality, not only of the work but also of the assembled group of readers and singers, all artists and teachers well-known in the Victoria arts community. It was a most pleasant evening to benefit a local charity. Director Naomi Simpson has once again worked with Dr Stanley K Freiberg, a … [Read more...]
Call for Victoria’s Second Youth Poet Laureate. Deadline November 25 2013
November 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Did you know that the City of Victoria is the first city in Canada to have a Youth Poet Laureate? Aysia Law, a current UVic creative writing student, was chosen in January 2013 to represent Victoria. She was active in the community, performing at Pop-Up Poetry events in April to celebrate National Poetry Month, and at council meetings and Culture Days events, as well as organizing a Diversity Slam this past summer. Photo: City of … [Read more...]
Voices From the Four Directions – a fundraiser for the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre
October 9, 2013 By 3 Comments
Voices From The Four Directions: The poetry and prose of International Who's Who Author and Poet, Dr. Stanley K. Freiberg, will be read by notable teachers, writers and actors on the evenings of October 18thand 19th at St. Ann’s Academy on 835 Humboldt Street. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre. Retired from the University of Calgary, Freiberg is a William Blake scholar and specialist in … [Read more...]
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