Fringe 2018: Last-chance picks August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Jakelene Plan Your last chance saloon picks for what to watch this weekend Kitt & Jane: An Interactive Survival Guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future Kitt & Jane return to the Victoria Fringe in An...
New book humanizes health care in Canada June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 Jakelene Plan Andrew MacLeod’s “All Together Healthy” offers accessible criticisms for an all-too-often inaccessible health care system The joke goes like this: the premise of Breaking Bad would never work in Canada. That’s funny, right?...
The Comedy of Errors at the Phoenix is Shakespeare at his most surprising March 22, 2018 Jakelene Plan Lights, music, and acting make for thrilling experience It’s doubtful that any audience member has gotten whiplash in a theatre, but the audience at the opening night of The Comedy of...
Crimes of the Heart exceptional exercise in character, writing February 23, 2018 Jakelene Plan Pulitzer Prize–winning play gives Phoenix actors chance to spread their wings Crimes of the Heart is the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by acclaimed playwright Beth Henley, which was later adapted into an...
Review: The Madwoman of Chaillot November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 Jakelene Plan Colourful acting can’t compensate for grey script The audience stares at the red curtain for several long minutes waiting for the lights to rise, the sound to fade, and the actors...
Fringe 2017: UVic alumni and students bring the internet to life August 22, 2017September 12, 2017 Jakelene Plan "Lolcow: (lol-kaʊ), n. person whose foolish behavior can be ‘milked’ for amusement." So starts lolcow, a multimedia cross-genre play featuring Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes as Sheena, a young woman navigating strained relationships with...
Getting red, hot at the Roxy August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Jakelene Plan Red, Hot Cole! breathes new life into old tunes It’s 25 degrees inside the Roxy Theatre, and nearly every patron is batting at the air around them with their playbills. Some audience...
Victoria legend celebrates 25 years July 6, 2017July 5, 2017 Jakelene Plan Old issues of classic comics in plastic sleeves—Batman, Superman, Spider-Man—are strung across the room on clotheslines, and more are displayed on the upper walls in horizontal slats. The front desk...
