I managed to misread the synopsis for The Girl Who Was Raised by Wolverine, so I was expecting a dystopian future made bearable for a teenager through the influence of comic books...
In reality the Wolverine mentioned in the Fringe Program Guide is of First Nations, not Marvel, fame. It is a narrator/trickster/guardian figure that facilitates the action of the plot. Wolverine presents the "case" to the audience, asking us to decide the characters’ fate at the end. Not a bad premise. It takes audience participation up a notch while allowing the play to stay a drama, and it encourages us to look at the whole experience as a social...
I’ve been struggling to make full sentences of this review, the performance was so image-heavy. So I thought I’d start out with some images:
Rolling sky, luscious mountains, fog and mist and forests green, lovers through the landscape running, clowns and antics in their dream.
Now that I have that out of my system...
Vancouver Opera’s Magic Flute is a vivid spectacle. Images projected on a layered scrim swirl and crescendo with the overture, stirring up my emotions then stilling down into a forest or quiet ocean backdrop. The set is truly beautiful and...
