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The Wrong Bashir

Firehall Arts Centre to March 12, 2023
The Wrong Bashir found the right audience on opening night if gales of laughter are any indication. From the curtain opener – with all the members of the multigenerational Ladha family racing back and forth, in and out of the wings, arms and hands waving – to the surprise at curtain fall, the sold-out crowd at the Firehall had a grand time.

Neha Devi Singh as Najma Ladha, Aman Mann as Bashir Ladha and Seth Ranaweera as Sultan Ladha. Credit: Matt Reznek

The Woman in Black

At Jericho Arts Centre to March 5, 2023
The Woman in Black is the second longest running non-musical play in West End history (after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap). There’s good reason for its popularity: some folks love to get the wits scared out of them and others love to get a good laugh at their own susceptibility. Either way, The Woman in Black is good entertainment and this is a fine production of an old thriller.

Starwalker

At The York Theatre until March 5, 2023
I love opening nights: the anticipation, the buzz, the noisy lobby before the show; the audience ready, willing and eager to be transported. And the opening of Starwalker was, as opening nights go, a blockbuster.

Dillan Chiblow as Eddie Starwalker and Jeffrey Follis as Levi in Starwalker. Credit: David Cooper

The Cull

Arts Club Granville island Stage until February 26, 2023
Written by Michele Riml and Michael St. John Smith, The Cull could not have a finer production. Sensitive and super-smart direction by Mindy Parfitt and a dream team of designers.

Dawn Petten, Stephen Lobo, Craig Erickson, Meghan Gardiner, John Cassini and Jasmine Chen. Credit: David Cooper

An Undeveloped Sound

Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Centre to February 11, 2023
I really need to see An Undeveloped Sound again. It’s an unsettling work by writer/director Jonathon Young that feels like Beckett, Kafka and Sartre.

Amy Rutherford as Heidi in An Undeveloped Sound. Credit: David Cooper

Sacre

At The Vancouver Playhouse until January 21, 2023
Is it circus? Is it dance? Is it acrobatics? Yes. Is it absolutely spell-binding? Utterly.

Credit: Pedro Greig

Instantaneous Blue

At Waterfront Theatre until January 22, 2023
The Sandwich Generation is not new but a couple of things have changed: people are living longer and more likely to suffer cognitive decline. As well, some couples are having children later in life than in the past. This means that those who find themselves ‘sandwiched’ might be dealing with parents with dementia while, at the same time, caring for their own newborn. It’s a recipe for frustration and heartache.

Patti Allan as Judith; Charlie Gallant as Edward; and Tom McBeath as Bob in Instantaneous Blue. Credit: Shimon Photo

Little Willy

At The Cultch until January 2, 2023
“Where would you find two shirtless guys and four dancing pricks except at The Cultch?”, quips puppeteer extraordinaire Ronnie Burkett. Where, indeed.

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Centre for the the Arts to December 11, 2022
Not often does a show warrant a three-word review: “Just see it”. Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is one of those.

Ben Caplan as The Wanderer in Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story. Credit: STOO METZ PHOTOGRAPHY

Courage Now

Firehall Arts Centre until December 4, 2022
Courage Now is an earnest play and a reminder that anti-Semitism is still with us, intolerance of all stripes is still rife and it takes courage to take a stand.

Ryota Kaneko as Chiune Sugihara in Courage Now. Credit: Youn Park

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