Theatre

The Family Crow: Puppetry for grown-ups

The Family Crow is an entertaining murder mystery puppetry show for grown-ups. The whole cast consists of one man and his puppet playing all of the characters. What best describes the show is: Puppets, puns and mystery.

Author: 
Anika Fischer
  • Posted on: 12 September 2022
  • By: Anika Fischer
Sad Girl Songs: A (not so typical) comedy show

Sad Girl Songs is a one-woman comedy show created, written and performed by American comedian Gwen Coburn. The show is a musical comedy with a feminist message. It blends humor and drama in equal measures and tells a very personal story.

Author: 
Anika Fischer
  • Posted on: 12 September 2022
  • By: Anika Fischer
Spooky and Gay: Who says Halloween is only once a year?

Spooky and Gay is a queer horror storytelling cabaret written and performed by award-winning playwright-performer, Bruce Ryan Costella. The cabaret is a one person show featuring scary stories, songs and standup. 

Author: 
Anika Fischer
  • Posted on: 12 September 2022
  • By: Anika Fischer
Holiday at the Elbow Room Café: Where it Disappoints in Adult Humour it Makes up for with Sequins and Charm

Styled as a club-ready country girl from the early 2000’s, complete with big hair and loud mouth, the charismatic Tabby, played by Emma Slipp, opens Holiday at the Elbow Room Café with a bellowing rendition of the show's theme song. The play, written by Dave Deveau and directed by Cameron Mackenzie, traps a small gro

Author: 
Kira Carson
  • Posted on: 19 January 2020
  • By: arts and entert...
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Aidan

What better way to spend the depressing end of Summer than at an improv show on Granville Island?

Author: 
Aidan Bodner
  • Posted on: 22 October 2019
  • By: arts and entert...
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Two Modern Noh Plays

Originally written by Japanese playwright Yukio Mishima, Sobato Komachi and Hanjo are two modern Noh plays. Yukio Mishima reinvented the plays to make them more relatable to a contemporary audience. Noh plays are simple and sparse, performed on a plain black-box stage with minimal props. Traditionally, the actors would wear elaborate Japanese costumes. However, as this production takes a 21st century twist, the actors wore modern casual costumes.

Author: 
Iona Middleton
  • Posted on: 5 October 2019
  • By: arts and entert...
Ignite! Youth Festival at The Cultch

On a cool Thursday night, my friend and I bussed down to commercial drive to hit up the historic Clutch theatre for a fun night of local contemporary art. The IGNITE! Youth Festival was happening for the week of May 15th - May 19th to showcase plays, spoken word, original music, and other fine talents. IGNITE! Youth Festival is Vancouver’s largest youth-driven arts festival, with members aging from 13-26 years old.

Author: 
Sam Miller
  • Posted on: 6 January 2019
  • By: arts and entert...
The Velveteen Rabbit at the Waterfront Theatre

In a children’s nursery amid balls and books, and sailing ships, Margery Williams’ timeless tale of The Velveteen Rabbit comes to life. Under the direction of Deb Williams, and through the imagination of Carousel Theatre actors Amanda Testini (One, or The Boy), Victor Mariano (Two, or the Velveteen Rabbit) and Steffanie Davis (Three, or The Nanny), the opening performance on March 4th —at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre—takes us on a journey through time and space.

Author: 
Elaine Harder
  • Posted on: 16 April 2018
  • By: arts and entert...
Vancouver Fringe Festival: An Arrangement of Shoes

Going into An Arrangement of Shoes, I knew nothing, neither about the Fringe Festival, nor about the play itself: what is it about? how many actors will be performing?
 
The only thing I knew was that a lady with a charming English accent called me to arrange the details of my visit.
 

Author: 
Erika Assabayeva
  • Posted on: 2 October 2017
  • By: arts and entert...
The Incompleat Folksinger

In the one-man show The Incompleat Folk Singer, Victoria-based actor Mark Hellman gives a solid performance in his rendition of the life and times of political activist / folksinger, Pete Seeger. The show, which was produced by The Other Guys Theatre Company—with artistic direction by Ross Desprez, musical direction by Tobin Stokes, and lighting design by Rebekah Johnson—was based on Deprez and Hellman’s adaptation of Seeger’s 1992 autobiography, The Incompleat Folksinger.

 

Author: 
Elaine Harder
  • Posted on: 18 March 2016
  • By: Administrator

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