LOVE BOMB
At The Firehall Arts Centre until October 10, 2015
A love bomb sounds like something you wouldn’t mind having strapped to your chest. Not so.
Sara Vickruck as Justine in LOVE BOMB. Credit: Pink Monkey Studios
Annapurna
At the Performing Arts Lodge (PAL) until October 10, 2015
Ulysses (Daryl Shuttleworth) was so drunk on that night twenty years ago that he can’t remember why his wife Emma (Lucia Frangione) took off with their five-year-old son Sam and never came back. Until this night.
Daryl Shuttleworth as Ulysses and Lucia Frangione as Emma in Annapurna. Credit: Anne Marie Slater
Disgraced
At The Stanley until October 18, 2015
You can really sink your teeth into this 2013 Pulitzer prize-winning play written by American playwright Ayad Akhtar, directed for the Arts Club by Janet Wright.
Patrick Sabongui as Amir in Disgraced. Credit: Ross den Otter
The Best Laid Plans: a Musical
At York Theatre until October 3, 2015
We all know what happens to best laid plans. They gang aft agley, eh?
Nick Fontaine as Daniel Addison in Best Laid Plans. Credit: Tim Matheson
Vancouver Fringe Festival 2015
Vancouver Fringe Festival 2015
Last review. It’s all over ’til next year.
A Man For All Seasons
At Jericho Arts Centre until September 27, 2015
The titular ‘man for all seasons’ is Sir Thomas More and the description comes from More’s contemporary, Robert Whittington, who described the 16th century Chancellor of England as, “a man of angel’s wit and singular learning… a man of marvelous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of sad gravity. A man for all seasons.”
Graham Bullen as Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
Jesus Christ Superstar
At Waterfront Theatre until August 22, 2015
In spite of the title, Judas has always been the main character in Jesus Christ Superstar, and this Fighting Chance Productions (FCP), co-directed by Ryan Mooney and Anna Kuman, has a spectacular Judas in Ray Boulay.
Hal Wesley Rogers as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. Credit: Tegan Verheul
The Faerie Play
At The Sharing Farm until August 15, 2015
If you’re looking for a little magic in your life, you should check out The Faerie Play, presented by Mortal Coil Performance, written by Lois Anderson and Cathy Stubbington, and directed by Peter Hall.
Sharon Bayly as Miss Potts in The Faerie Play. Credit: Tim Matheson
The Children’s Hour
At Jericho Arts Centre until August 6, 2015
In The Children’s Hour, presented by the Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC), playwright Lillian Hellman makes me want to smack adolescent Mary Tilford (Laura Geluch) before she destroys everyone around her.
Stephanie Elgersma (as Karen) and Alicia Novak (Martha) in The Children’s Hour. Credit: Thorsten Gohl
‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore
At the Jericho Arts Centre until August 8, 2015
If you faint at the sight of blood, take your smelling salts to ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore or, if you’re able to tear yourself away from the play’s bloody dénouement, leave fifteen minutes before the end. Forget that; you won’t be able to.
Anthea Morritt as Annabella in ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore. Credit: Matt Reznek/Bold Rezolution Studio