Theatre Review

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Consider the tea spilled on mental health in SFU’s Tea Time with Anxiety

Kim Regala March 24, 2019

  As a fellow SFU student, I have definitely had my fair share of anxiety and my moments of panic. And while mine are sometimes only limited to feelings of pressure from deadlines and exams, these experiences are especially frequent and unavoidable for those who suffer from clinical anxiety or depression. Mental illness is not a topic that is often brought up, but in Tea Time with Anxiety, director and lead actress MaFer Douglas aims to shine a light on how it influences our personal relationships and everyday lives. Tea Time follows the story of Serena, an aspiring visual artist…

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Vancouver Theatre this September

Winona Young, Zoe Vedova, and Gabrielle McClaren September 24, 2018

  F*ck Tinder: A Love Story [caption id="attachment_106377" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo courtesy of David Rodwin[/caption] F*ck Tinder is a one man show that centers around David Rodwin’s autobiographical foray into finding love on Tinder as a middle-aged romantic — it…

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Hand to God is a hilarious dark comedy

Tessa Perkins June 18, 2017

Margery (Jennifer Lines), recently widowed, laments that she can’t sing and her brownies taste like tires. So, she contributes at church the only way she knows how: leading a puppet theatre group. Lines gives a tremendous performance as Margery whose…

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Children of God is a heart-wrenching musical we all need to see

Tessa Perkins May 30, 2017

“We’re trying to make you better,” says a priest to a little boy, implying that everything he is — his culture, his language, and everything he does — is wrong. This is how children were treated in residential schools in…

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Cole Porter’s High Society

Kaylin Metchie May 28, 2012

Photo by David Cooper High Society is an exhilarating performance from start to finish. The acting is crisp, the singing flawless, the live band terrific, the choreography entrancing, and the play itself is romantic, lively and humourous. Cole Porter deserves…

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