Theatre
You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma
February 20, 2015Speaking in drawls and singing their hearts out, the cast of Studio 58’s Oklahoma did this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic justice. In Oklahoma Territory (just before it became a state in 1906), Laurey (Alexandra Wever) plays hard to get with Curly (Owen Bishop), a local cowboy who wants to take her to the box social in his “Surrey with the fringe on top” (a fancy horse-drawn carriage). Meanwhile, her friend, Ado Annie (Adelleh Furseth), does the opposite with any man who “talks purdy” to her. Annie’s song “I Cain’t Say No!” stood out due to Furseth’s hilarious facial expressions and…
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Love and morbidity feature in The Addams Family musical
February 16, 2015The Addams Family musical offers a fun evening of singing, dancing, laughing, and live music. The titular family are known for their morbid tastes, and the musical portrays them as one would expect, except for the central love story that…
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Omphile Molusi discusses his new political piece of theatre, Cadre
February 16, 2015Inspired by Omphile Molusi’s uncle, who spent time in jail, Cadre is loosely based around two events of his uncle’s life as a soldier. It is also a story about becoming an activist from a very young age. “It is…
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Theatre and cinema blend in Cineastas
February 13, 2015Like a mesmerizing foreign film, Cineastas is intriguing, profound, and captivating. Following four filmmakers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the show was staged on two levels, which created a very cinematic split screen effect. On the bottom level, the characters acted…
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Classes clash in The Goodnight Bird
February 7, 2015Lilly and Morgan Beaumont are a childless, retired couple living in a new condo. The play opens as they are about to go to bed. Lilly (Nicola Cavendish) is nagging Morgan (Christopher Hunt) repeatedly about whether or not he remembered…
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One Man, Two Guvnors, countless laughs
February 7, 2015With disguise, deceit, slapstick comedy, and a hilarious plot based on Carlo Goldoni’s 1753 classic, the commedia dell’arte-inspired Servant of Two Masters, Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors is a delightful show full of rousing music and British wit. Directed…
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Love Letters is a raw and diverse love story
February 2, 2015Staircase Theatre is presenting AR Gurney’s play, Love Letters, this February as a Valentine’s Day special. According to the playwright, it is “designed to be read aloud by an actor and actress of roughly the same age, sitting side by side…
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Frank Warren wants to know, what’s your secret?
January 26, 2015Everyone has secrets, and millions have felt compelled to write one of their own on a homemade postcard and anonymously send it to Frank Warren. Warren is the founder of PostSecret, a hugely successful blog that began as a community…
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A Motherload of a play
January 26, 2015Tackling the extremely relatable topic of mother in the modern age with dark humour and wit, Motherload promises to be a smash hit. According to the show’s producer and star, Emelia Symington Fedy, the play “talks about all the dark…
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French Canadian theatre for Anglophones
January 26, 2015Diane Brown, artistic director of Ruby Slippers Theatre, has been producing French Canadian plays in English translation for Vancouver audiences for over 25 years. Making these plays accessible to English-speaking audiences allows them to learn from these stories and from…
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