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Theatre Inconnu's Bacon
Theatre Inconnu's Bacon opened May 1, with an unflinching script there is much to delve into...
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Belfry Theatre's If You Could Read My Mind
I caught the opening night of the Belfry's If You Could Read My Mind: The Songs of Gordon Lightfoot the other night. Fans of the Belfry will remember I think I'm Fallin':Songs of Joni Mitchell a few years back, so if you recall that
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Pacific Opera Victoria's Rigoletto
On Wednesday, I took in the opening night of Rigoletto by Pacific Opera Victoria. The show delivered a skilled and modern take on this classic opera! While I do think modern audiences may bristle against the text's obsession with virginity and "purity" of women, the theme
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Children of God - Intrepid Theatre/Urban Ink
Children of God focuses on a group of children who were forced to attend residential schools in Canada. Featuring scenes from their childhood and adulthood, the journey was unflinching. I, for one, was not sure how a musical format would work with the difficult themes of residential schools. I was
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The Killing Game: A Deadly Good time
I was delighted to experience Uvic’s The Killing Game the other night. Not knowing what to expect and not even having done a cursory web search of the show, I went in effectively with no opinions. Well, other than: “how much fun can an absurdist play be on a
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Behind the Moon: A fascinating look behind the counter
It's that place you go for the best food in town, on days where you're too tired to cook and just want to eat. In that restaurant that you go all the time, on the other side of the counter, is someone whose heart is the
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Ballet Victoria: The Gift of the Nutcracker (A Retrospective Look)
A little late, but now that the festive season is over, I'm taking some time to review two shows I saw this year. First was Wonderheads Christmas Carol, and then later I took in Ballet Victoria's The Gift of the Nutcracker. There is an undeniable magic
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Wonderheads Christmas Carol (A retrospective Review)
For a second year in a row, part of this year's holiday festivities included a viewing of Wonderheads Christmas Carol. Last year was at the Belfry theatre, and this year at the McPherson. And last year, as with this year, I can emphatically say, this is my favourite
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Skam Satellite Series: A retrospective look
Skam Theatre recently ran their "satellite series", where a total of four shows were offered to Victoria theatregoers. I was able to catch three of the four (and if I recall, I had actually seen Spec theatre's offering at Fringe two years ago). Show 1 - Seagull
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Rat Academy
For those of you not in the know, that is, those of you not raised in Alberta, it is proudly a rat free province… … well, almost. Fingers and Shrimp are the last two rats left in Alberta. Fingers is grizzled, street-wise, and knows how to survive, while Shrimp is
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This Much I Know: An Ambitious Show that I Know I Loved
When you take the core concepts of a book on heuristic thinking, task blindness, and sunk cost fallacy, and tie it in with a tale of butterfly effect level decision making, throw in heartbreaking personal drama, family beliefs, and Stalin’s daughter, surely you have all the elements for a
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Switzerland: Take a Trip with this Show
I took in the preview of Attitude Theatre's Switzerland on preview night. Choosing to go in for a full surprise, I didn't read the description and had basically no idea what to expect. The pre-show sets the mood with an eerie sound of typewriter endlessly