The Good Soldier Schweik at Theatre Inconnu September 27-October 14 2017. A review. Theatre Inconnu brings the Czech anti-war novel The Good Soldier Schweik to the stage in an adaptation by Michael John Nimchuk that owes much to the epic theatre theories of Bertolt Brecht. Poor Schweik (Justin Muirhead) is a hapless dolt caught up in the hubris surrounding Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination. One moment he’s jazzing with his buddies at the … [Read more...]
The Good Soldier Schweik at Theatre Inconnu September 26-October 14, 2017. A review.
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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...]
Wild Society by star star theatre at the Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. Interview.
August 9, 2016 By 1 Comment
Wild Society by star star theatre at the Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. Interview. Also at the Vancouver Fringe September 8-18, 2016. How long have you been producing work on the Fringe circuit? As an artist/company? star star theatre's first Fringe Festival production was at the Victoria Fringe with Where Have All the Lightning Bugs Gone? (featuring Mika Laulainen as a performer). … [Read more...]
Happiness at the Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. Interview with Tony Adams & Cory Thibert of May Can Theatre.
August 8, 2016 By 1 Comment
Happiness at the Victoria Fringe Festival 2016. Interview with Tony Adams & Cory Thibert of May Can Theatre. Also at the Vancouver Fringe September 8-18, 2016. How long have you been producing work on the Fringe circuit? As an artist/company? TONY - The company was founded in 2009 when we were just 19 years old and finishing our first year of College. We found a script we both loved (A Boys Life by Howard Korder) and we … [Read more...]
People by Alan Bennett at Langham Court Theatre January 14-31, 2015. A review.
January 18, 2015 By 4 Comments
People by Alan Bennett at Langham Court Theatre January 13-31, 2015. A review. Alan Bennett is, at 80, a national treasure in Britain, and the opening of any new play a hot ticket at the National Theatre. Written in 2012, his latest work, People is a scathing indictment of the National Trust (among other sacred cows destined for his acidic pen). The Langham Court Theatre 2014-2015 production chair and play-reading committee are to be … [Read more...]
Derwin Blanshard Season 2 Episode 2 Sunday October 27th 2013
October 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Derwin Blanshard's Extremely Classy Sunday Evening Programme, launched in the fall of 2012, returns for the 2nd episode of Season Two. This hilarious post-modern take on the classic TV talk/variety show of the 1950s features - YOU - as a "live" studio audience, plus a plethora of guests drawn from politics, the arts, and quirky pop culture, as well as a recurring cast comprised of Victoria's finest thespians, improvisers and comedians. Join … [Read more...]
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