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Is Four the New Ten?

Andrew Templeton
Theatre in Vancouver or Colombe Demers in the Russian Play

In my review for Becky’s New Car I mentioned the short run earlier in the season of Mexico City and The Russian Play, a double-bill of Hannah Moscovitch one-acts presented locally by Ruby Slippers. This reminded me that Leaky Heaven’s innovative take on A Streetcar Named Desire only had a four day run and indeed, The Boy Who Went Outside by Conrad Alexandrowicz, produced by Wild Excursions and on right now, ends this Sunday after four days.

The Chop Theatre's KISMET one to one hundred (currently on as part of the Tremors Festival) embodies the essence of collective creation. Four artists (Anita Rochon, Emelia Symington Fedy, Daryl King, and Hazel Venzon) set out on a journey across Canada. Their goal was to interview one hundred people from the ages of one through one hundred on the subject of fate and destiny. Predictably, although their list of questions is fairly simple and straight forward, the responses they gathered were as varied and idiosyncratic as the people they interviewed. They recorded their separate journeys (Fedy and...

Looking for Kismet.

Having seen the first incarnation of Theatre Melee's Cozy Catastrophe at Hive 2 in 2008, it was fascinating to see how this show has evolved. Now part of the ongoing Tremors Festival, the show has been expanded from its original form as a 20 minute short play into an 80 minute one act.

Getting cozy during a catastrophe are Juno Ruddell, Michael Rinaldi and Erin Mathews

Pi Theatre and Rumble Production’s joint presentation of after the quake is a stunning piece of theatre.

Manami Hara, Leina Dueck and Testsuro Shigematsu are seen after the quake, photograph by Ken Bryant