Tessa Perkins
West Side Story goes west
January 27, 2014Jarrad Biron Green is living a childhood dream. West Side Story has been his favourite musical since he was in the fifth grade, and now he is playing the lead role of Tony in the show’s North American tour. “It was insane to get the call for this; I have to pinch myself sometimes,” he said. “Sometimes I get caught up in the moment and then I stop and think: I’m actually on the West Side Story tour.” This is Green’s first professional job, but he is more than qualified for the part. He first played the role of…
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That which we call a rose
January 20, 2014Promoted to principal dancer in 2012, Amanda Green has danced many coveted roles with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Dancing as Juliet tops off her list of great Royal…
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Lost (and found) in translation
January 20, 2014A play about one man’s personal journey, Théâtre PÀP’s The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi is also a play about language, culture, and finding your identity. First performed in 1995 on the eve of the Quebec referendum, there are strong political undertones,…
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Cool Beans: a musical for coffee lovers
November 18, 2013Why are there so many people in Vancouver crowding into coffee shops only to sit alone and not talk to all the other lonely people? There might be great romances and friendships waiting to happen, if only we’d let them.…
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Cool as ice: an interview with The Zolas
November 12, 2013Currently on a cross-Canada tour, The Zolas will be playing with Hollorado at The Commodore Ballroom on Nov. 14. As you might expect, guitarist/vocalist Zach Gray said that playing in their hometown of Vancouver is something they always look forward…
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Ballet: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
November 12, 2013Presenting Les Grands Ballets Canadiens with their version of Sleeping Beauty, preparing for a four-city BC tour, and dealing with some injuries in the company, it’s no surprise Alberta Ballet’s artistic director, Jean Grand-Maître, had a busy week. We finally…
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Playing dead
October 28, 2013In the wake of of last year’s popular site-specific theatre experience The Zombie Syndrome, The Virtual Stage presents the sequel, The Zombie Syndrome: On Death Island, which runs until Nov. 3. If you’re looking for a unique way to get…
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Tilting toward one another
October 15, 2013With two world premieres by Jorma Elo and Emily Molnar and a remount of Johan Inger’s Walking Mad, Tilt is an evening of three distinct contemporary ballets. Walking Mad had its Canadian premiere with Ballet BC in March 2012, and…
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In Review: the Vancouver Fringe Festival
September 16, 20136 Guitars This one-man show about the power of music as a universal language has writer Chase Padgett portraying six different characters, all playing a different style of guitar and very different personalities. First, we meet the 87 year-old blues…
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To be or not to be
September 9, 2013What if Shakespeare lived today as a university student? What if he studied with Ben Johnson and Chris Marlowe, and what if the head of their school’s creative writing department was Professor Elizabeth Tudor? The new webseries Blank Verse, created…
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