Stanley Theatre until April 21, 2019
The problem with a truly great play is that someone is always trying to adapt it or use it as a source for something even remotely similar. It seldom works: why tamper with perfection?
Munish Sharma as Gurjit, Laara Sadiq as Loveleen, and Andrew Cownden as Michael in The Orchard (After Chekhov). Credit: David Cooper
At Massey Theatre until March 22, 2019
Forget meditating today; consider going to New Westminster’s Massey Theatre for some inner calm. Pure Zen.
Desert. Created by Jean Claude Olivier for Gypsy.
At Studio B (Gateway Theatre) until March 23, 2019
In a word: harrowing. Playwright Meghan Gardiner tackles sexual assault within the prison system in this uninterrupted hundred-minute scorcher.
At the Firehall Arts Centre until March 23, 2019
Jordan Watkins and Ryan McDonald’s video design for Marine Life is so beautiful you just want to put up your umbrella or dive in and swim with the fishes. But Rosa Labordé’s script simply missed my boat.
Christine Quintana as Sylvia in Marine Life. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
At the Firehall Arts Centre until March 9, 2019
Under the direction of Donna Spencer, Marisa Emma Smith brings the story home. Produced by the Firehall Arts Centre and Alley Theatre, The Good Bride might make your blood boil. Mine did.
Marisa Emma Smith as Maranatha in The Good Bride. Credit: Wendy D Photography
At Pacific Theatre until March 23, 2019
We can thank Pacific Theatre, a faith-based company, for daring to commission Peter Boychuk to write a play about the stigma attached to Christians. Jesus freak: it’s a derogatory term we still hear.
Katharine Venour (Susan) and Kaitlin Williams (Clara) in Jesus Freak. Credit: Jalen Laine Photography