Half an hour before the show started, the Firehall was already packed with an upbeat vibe. Everybody was ready to start this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival with a high note. Did this show deliver tonight?...yes it did!
Comedy, Musical Theatre, Queer, New Work- http://www.riverviewhighthemusical.com
So – here is my Fringe prediction. James Gangl will win your heart with his charming, funny and oddly innocent ways. If I was single, I'd be looking this man up for a good time. (In fact, I may just do so anyway... sorry honey.)
One of the 14 onsite shows at Granville Island, Pirates? features a lively cast of seven performers from Quimera Collective. Their program includes helpful instructions on how to fold the paper into a sailor hat... which should tell you a great deal about the tenor of this performance which takes place at the Kids Tugboat near the Kids Market.
Produced by a company called Me, Myself and I, this show is precisely as advertised in its fairly brief show description. A one-woman show with four characters, we meet multiple generations of women in one family who have some divergent issues with their respective chests.
Comedy, Drama, New Work - http://www.gailmackenzie.com/
The Hip.Bang! Improv duo of Devin Mackenzie and Thomas Hill provide some decent entertainment. They both have clearly mastered – well, learned – the tricks of the trade that can keep their audience engaged.
Comedy, Improv, Physical Theatre, New Work - http://www.hipbang.ca/
Poor little Otto. Poor little Astrid. When Mr. and Mrs. Rot got crushed by a train or eaten by an escaped lion (Otto and Astrid disagree on this point), the siblings were shuttled off to relatives who were mean to them and made them do, “folk dancing dressed like squirrels.” So they ran away and set up life in a Berlin squat.
A particularly dramatic moment, is it not, Comrade?
The Mikhailovsky Ballet's production of Swan Lake offers a treat for classical ballet affectionados. The St. Petersburg based company brings this undeniably Russian 'love conquers all' story to Vancouver for a brief run at the Queen Elizabeth theatre.
Some things are just done better the old fashioned way, and hearing the orchestra tune up upon entering the theatre, I already knew it would be a good evening. Listening to Tchaikovsky's score, conducted by Valery Ovsyanikov, live as opposed to the canned version was rare a luxury in itself.
The set and costumes by designer Simon Virsaladze were so detailed and...
Coat Cooke’s “Music Is the Invisible Art” and Stefan Smulovitz’s “The Right Amount”: A Night of Structured Improvisation
Often, we are reminded how much our friends love us when they support us during difficult times. This devotion can transcend the temporal world and their spirit can inspire us to create. On April 13th, the Orkestra Futura treated the audience at the Roundhouse to an emotionally laden night of dynamic music. The evening started with Coat Cooke’s “Music Is the Invisible Art” and closed with Stefan Smulovitz’s “The Right Amount.” Both...
