The Phoenix Theatre’s ‘7 Stories’ held over to March 24 (for good reason) March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Brianna Bock As the sun starts to go down, the 100-year old Lillian (Rahat Saini) admires the beautiful evening, while The Man (Lyle Hendriks) is lost in his own troubling thoughts. Morris Panych’s existential...
The Bad Mama Jama Show packs a one-two punch March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 Carina Pogoler Catch live music and stand-up comedy at Vinyl Envy, Saturday night, every second month On one Saturday night of every second month, Vinyl Envy in downtown Victoria is the place is...
Multilingual Yukon jazz artist coming to Victoria this weekend March 13, 2019March 18, 2019 Emily Fagan Feminism, self-reflection at the heart of Fawn Fritzen’s music Feminism, introspection, and jazz — all elements intrinsic to the music of Fawn Fritzen, an artist from Whitehorse, Yukon making her...
Kaleidoscope Theatre’s play ‘The Giver’ showing this weekend February 22, 2019March 18, 2019 Anna Dodd While Victoria's Kaleidoscope Theatre calls itself a "theatre for young people," adults and children alike will be mesmerized and haunted by its most recent production of the dystopian play, The...
Today marks the first day of the Victoria Film Festival February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Anna Dodd It's February 1, which can only mean one thing: the Victoria Film Festival (VFF) is back for another year! Running from Feb. 1 to Feb. 10, the festival is a...
Blues for Eric December 1, 2018November 29, 2018 Joseph Blake Former CFUV host to be honoured with several benefit concerts and a UVic scholarship Any music fan who listened to Eric Leblanc's CFUV radio show knows that he was one of...
RENT is one-hundred-and-fifty-minutes of expert performances November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 Anna Dodd (And moments so dear) Ooo-one huuu-uun-dred and fifty minutes / Ooo-one hundred and fifty moments so dear. The Victoria Operatic Society's (VOS) one-hundred-and-fifty-minute-long production of RENT was definitely dear, as well...
Victoria Festival of Authors returns for a third year November 6, 2018 Brianna Bock The Victoria Festival of Authors (VFA) returned for its third year, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. From what I saw of it, there is good reason for the popularity of...
Astrocolor is coming to Victoria this Saturday night October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Devon Bidal The electronic music group spoke with the Martlet about live performances, recently-released album As distracted Millenials and Gen Z-ers, we are constantly searching for the newest, edgiest thing that will make...
A Gr4ve encounter October 4, 2018October 22, 2018 Marshall Scott-Bigsby Johnny Gr4ves on Victoria's music scene, Rifflandia, and his upcoming EP The road to being a successful young musician is paved with nearly insurmountable obstacles. Underage performers have a difficult time...
