Theatre
The Odd Couple is a classic tale of friendship
January 23, 2015Can a slob and a neat freak live together in harmony? Will true friendship prevail, or will living together put an end to their relationship? The iconic duo of mismatched roommates Felix Ungar (Robert Maloney) and Oscar Madison (Mike Wasko) returns to the stage in the Arts Club’s production of The Odd Couple. Oscar’s lonely eight-room apartment serves as the weekly poker hangout for him and his friends, but one night Felix doesn’t show up and the gang gets worried. Felix hasn’t missed a game in years, and he’s not the type to change his routine. Through perfectly timed friendly…
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Kayak is political and personal
January 14, 2015Some people are so insufferably righteous that you can’t stand them. You know the type: in a way you admire them, but those feelings are quickly overcome with the urge to slap them in their fair-trade-buying, bicycle-riding, self-satisfied faces. That’s…
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PuSh Festival fights winter blues
January 5, 2015Over the past decade, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has become an acknowledged and respected event, both locally and internationally. For their 11th year, the PuSh Festival begins their next decade by reinforcing their motto, “cross the line.” The…
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Samuel Beckett at his best
January 2, 2015Written in 1956, All That Fall by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett has never been professionally produced in Canada, until now. First broadcast on BBC radio, Beckett never allowed the play to be produced on stage. He insisted that it was…
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Broken Sex Doll returns to The Cultch
November 24, 2014A smash hit in 2013, Broken Sex Doll returned to The Cultch for another phenomenal run this November. A sexy, hilarious ride from start to finish, this musical breaks down conventional theatre with brilliant irreverence. The writer and director of…
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The pantomime tradition in East Vancouver continues with Cinderella
November 24, 2014An annual event, Theatre Replacement’s An East Van Panto is back and more fun than ever. The stellar team behind last year’s Jack and the Beanstalk: An East Van Panto are back with Cinderella. Veda Hille, Amiel Gladstone, and Charles…
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Reviews: Loon and Christmas Queen
November 21, 2014Loon – Wonderheads Theatre You wouldn’t think that one person in a full-face mask not speaking for almost an hour would be an entertaining show, but this melancholic story about a man who falls in love with the moon was…
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Arts Club’s Saint Joan is a long epic about a brave woman
November 14, 2014George Bernard Shaw is widely considered to be the greatest playwright after Shakespeare, and Saint Joan is one of his final great works, written when he was 67. The play is long. Even though director Kim Collier, leading lady Meg…
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Immerse yourself in a zombie plague
October 27, 2014Do you love staying up all night watching films like Night of the Living Dead, Resident Evil, or Zombieland? Do you eagerly participate in Zombie Walk every year? Are you a crazed fanatic about the things that go bump in…
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Sesame Street for adults
October 25, 2014Did you watch Sesame Street as a kid? The hilarious Broadway musical Avenue Q is the perfect grown up version, complete with full puppet nudity. The show won Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score at the 2004 Tony…
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