Theatre
Six Shakespeare festivals to see this summer
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2230" align="alignright" width="768"] Photo courtesy of madhava.com.[/caption] Summer has long been renowned as the ideal time for bathing in the sun, enjoying delicious icy treats, travelling to idyllic locations, and shedding away any lingering residue of the winter blues. But summer is also the season when some fantastic Shakespeare festivals pop up across North America. If you are planning to travel to the States or another Canadian province this summer, I suggest squeezing in some time for the Bard. Here is a list of six awesome festivals showcasing the works of Shakespeare this summer. Stratford Festival The Stratford Festival,…
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Blasted is overtly shocking theatre
March 30, 2015Provocative and dramatic, British playwright Sarah Kane’s Blasted was met with hostility and outrage upon its 1995 debut. The play was originally condemned for its use of absurd brutality (in one scene, for example, one of the characters sucks out…
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SFU student Ally Baharoon to present one-act play The Examination at SFU Theatre
March 23, 2015On stage at the SFU Theatre March 29, SFU student Ally Baharoon presents his first theatrical production. He says that his aim is to “offer a cosmic view” of student life, and to explore the relationship students have with measures…
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Sister Judy is a powerful story of questioning one’s beliefs
March 19, 2015We all have our own personal belief system that guides us, gives us hope, and helps us navigate our lives. Judy (Jenny Wasko-Paterson), chose a lifestyle of celibacy and devotion to God as a nun, and her faith does not…
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Cadre is an award-winning play about struggle during the apartheid
March 12, 2015In early February, it struck me that I had been in Vancouver for three years and had been blessed with the opportunities of attending myriad shows, but none of these had been from my home continent of Africa. When I…
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The Village is a powerful one-woman show about depression
March 6, 2015“Hello, welcome to the psychiatric hotline! If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press one repeatedly. If you have multiple personality disorder please press numbers, 3, 4, 5 and 6. If you are depressed, no matter which button you press, no one…
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Martin Luther King Jr. reaches the summit in The Mountaintop
February 23, 2015It is April 3, 1968. Inside a homely hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee, renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. paces about anxiously as he struggles to write his next speech. He orders room service in order to escape…
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A farcical Foreigner is touring the Lower Mainland
February 23, 2015What does it take to get some peace and quiet for the weekend? Charlie (John Voth) would prefer if nobody spoke to him for the entire weekend, and his friend Froggy devises a plan to make that happen. Froggy (Ryan…
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Stupeur et tremblements is a powerful one woman show
February 23, 2015A powerful one-woman show about cultural behaviours and repression, Amélie Nothomb’s play is captivating and profound. A long monologue about the role of a Japanese woman opens the play, as Amélie (Layla Metssitane) sits at her dressing table and carefully…
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Post-civil war tensions run high in The Whipping Man
February 23, 2015This season, Pacific Theatre takes on The Whipping Man, a play about slavery and relationships set in post-civil war USA. Written by Matthew Lopez in 2006, this contemporary take on an era rife with societal tension promises to take audiences…
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