At Jericho Arts Centre until June 30, 2013
The Observer theatre critic Claire Brennan wrote on September 17, 2011: “The writer Blake Morrison first described this notion as “bonkers” when Susannah Clapp, this paper’s senior theatre critic, suggested it to him 10 years ago.” This ‘notion’ was to explore the lives of the Brontë sisters through the text of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters.
Olesia Shewchuk and Victoria Lyons in We Are Three Sisters. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
At Vancity Culture Lab (at The Cultch) until June 8, 2013
Proof has one of the best end-of-Act 1 hooks ever written. Playwright David Auburn absolutely guarantees you’ll want to stay for Act 2 with the bombshell his character Catherine (Josette Jorge) drops just before the lights go down.
Josette Jorge in Proof. Credit: Graham Ockley
AT GO Studios until June 15, 2013
Why playwright Kris Elgstrand thought the aftermath of the vehicular death of a teenager would be fodder for comedy is anybody’s guess. But apparently the opening night crowd laughed themselves silly.
Lara Gilchrist, Lori Triolo, Brad Dryborough and Maxine Chadburn in
Ramifications of a Particular Crash
At the Firehall Arts Centre until June 2, 2013
There are times when I don’t like this job. This is one of those times.
Robert Moloney, Lisa Bunting and Kirsten Robek in The Matchmaker of Montreal.
Credit: Tatiana Balashova
At CBC Studio 700. No more performances
If the future really is going to be friendly, maybe Telus or some other big corporation would like to step up to the plate to take Dissolve on the road to every highschool in the country.
Emmelia Gordon in Dissolve. Credit: Pink Monkey Studios
At The Cultch until June 2, 2013
Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt. No, really. I do have the Mump & Smoot t-shirt. And I wear it proudly.
John Turner and Michael Kennard in Mump & Smoot in Something. Credit: Gary Mulcahey
At the Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch until May 26, 2013
Tour de force is the phrase that comes to mind when considering Jon Lachlan Stewart’s performance in Big Shot. Written and performed by Stewart as part of Upintheair Theatre’s rEvolver Festival and directed by Georgina Beaty, Big Shot is poetry in motion.
Jon Lachlan Stewart in Big Shot. Credit: Tim Nguyen
At The Cultch until May 26, 2013
We’re all in the same boat. And it’s rocking. What to do? What to do?
Susan Hogan in Kayak. Credit: Chena San Martin
At The Stanley until July 7, 2013
Just how glitzy is this show? Wear your sunglasses, folks. There’s so much silver lamé on the Stanley stage you could apply your makeup in the reflection.
Crystal Balint, Karen Holness and Starr Domingue in Dreamgirls. Credit: David Cooper
At Arts Club Granville Island Stage until May 25, 2013
Mark Leiren-Young is ballsy, I’ll give him that. Not until opening night of Never Shoot a Stampede Queen did I understand his shameless self-promotion – facebooking for weeks, posting audience and critical response every day from Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops where the show premiered: “Standing O” and “Sold out houses”. “Funnier than the book”, he promised.
Zachary Stevenson in Never Shoot a Stampede Queen. Credit: Tav Rayne