Theatre

A comic re-telling of the classic Cervantes tale, the Arts Club / Centaur Theatre / Axis Theatre Company production of Don Quixote is an ambitious project that struggled to find the soul of its source material and at times failed to honour this epic tale.

The quest for truth reared its sometimes ugly head last night in the Pacific Theatre / one2theatre co-production of The Busy World is Hushed, in a beautiful story of love and loss that touched my heart.

At times downright silly, but always a great deal of fun, Gutenberg! The Musical! returns to Vancouver with a production on stage at Presentation House in North Vancouver through October 9th, 2010.

Greed. Power. Economic and social collapse.  Sound like the last couple of years in North America?  Try 1940s Paris as University of British Columbia Professor and Director Stephen Heatley brings French playwright Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot to the stage as the opener for Theatre UBC’s 2010/2011 season.

While Hilary Clinton takes a stab at peace in the Middle East, Vancouver actor and theatre producer Adam Bergquist is looking to unite two sometimes equally divisive groups, religion and the gay community, through the Pacific Theatre /one2theatre co-production of The Busy World is Hushed opening September 24th.

Vancouver’s Stanley Theatre was transformed last night into its dual historical personality, as both a venue for film and theatre, in a surreal production of Tear the Curtain from the Arts Club and Electric Company Theatre.

Is it still too soon to laugh about 9/11?  With the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks only days away, Vancouver theatre goers will have an opportunity to find out when New York Monologues opens at the J Lounge in Vancouver’s West End on September 9th.

Metro Theatre opens its 2010/2011 season with a warm and charming Brighton Beach Memoirs led by some great performances from the younger members of this cast.

Vancouver’s Pacific Theatre will open its 2010/2011 theatre season on September 24th with the gay themed The Busy World is Hushed.

With its powerful showing earlier this year with Prodigals, there were definitely high expectations going into Twenty Something Theatre’s Blue Surge, now on stage at Studio 16.  But where Prodigals succeeded so well in connecting me with its characters, I struggled with any real connection here.