Illicit A Shadow Story July 11 2018 at the Belfry Theatre

ILLICIT A Shadow Story July 11 2018 at the Belfry Theatre Victoria Performance & Dialogue on the Opioid Overdose Crisis A collective of frontline responders to the opioid crisis from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will share their community play, ILLICIT, at the historic Belfry Theatre’s Studio A on the evening of July 11, 2018. The play, which features stories and shadow theatre sourced from the actors’ lived experience, will be … [Read more...]

Ideas Bobert at UNO Fest 2018. Interview with Candice Roberts.

Ideas Bobert at UNO Fest 2018. Interview with Candice Roberts. Did you miss Ideas Bobert at the 2016 Victoria Fringe Festival? If so, here's your chance to see the show--it's coming to UNO Fest Sunday May 13th as part of the new Family Fest series, presented in partnership with Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People.  I did see the show in 2016 and even if you don't have kids, I'd encourage you to borrow some, or even attend on your … [Read more...]

Space Hippo by Mochinosha, the Wishes Mystical Puppet Company at the Victoria Fringe Festival2016. Media release.

Space Hippo by Mochinosha, the Wishes Mystical Puppet Company at the Victoria Fringe 2016. Media release. I try really hard to be objective and impartial in my coverage of the Victoria Fringe Festival--however, there is one exception this year--Space Hippo by Mochinosha, the Wishes Mystical Puppet Company.  I have a particular love of everything shadow puppet related--whether it be intricate and exquisite cut-outs (as in Space Hippo, and … [Read more...]

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Two.

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2014. Day Two--Vasilisa, The New Conformity, BITS, Mask Over Matter. Read all my Victoria Fringe 2014 coverage HERE. Fringe tip: Things get busy during the final weekend of the Fringe. To avoid disappointment, I advise getting tickets in advance to shows you are determined to see. The Victoria Fringe Festival 2014 features a wide-variety of shadow puppetry, circus, dance, improvisation and … [Read more...]