Beckett 19: or some such semblance Directed by Gerald Vanderwoude Gone too soon! Yesterday was the closing night of UBC Theatre and Film’s production of Beckett 19: or some such semblance by Samuel Beckett. This year’s Beckett production was short but very sweet with incredibly versatile performances, evocative technical design, and much appreciated humor. Opening
Original cast of GLORY. Set and Lighting Designer: Narda McCarroll. Costume Designer: Cindy Wiebe. Photo: Barbara Zimonick. Sophia Tavasieff Ice hockey: the quintessential Canadian sport. Dominated by men in the NHL in the 1930s, the teamwork, camaraderie, and sheer brutality of the sport brings people together, even in the most desperate of times. But what
Pictured: Kenton Klassen and John Voth. Photo by Jason Benson. Jessica Kim In a two-actor/character comedy, a Neo-Nazi skinhead is represented by a Jewish lawyer. Hilarity ensues. Nah, just kidding. In 1998, Cherry Docs by David Gow premiered in Toronto. Though we don’t have manual door locks anymore, the issues discussed in Cherry Docs is
Pictured: Kaitlin Williams and Katharine Venour. Photo by Jalen Saip. Jessica Kim Clara Campbell looks around at her family’s horrified faces around the dinner table. She had a whole speech prepared and was waiting for the right moment to tell them. All that’s gone out the window when she blurts it out: She’s Christian. In
Hello Players, The auditions for this year’s Festival Dionysia is finally open! Audition for a chance to star in one of our 6 original and professional one act plays produced this year. The audition dates are: Day 1: January 24th (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM) Day 2: January 25th (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM) Day
Hello Players! The Crew Call for this year’s Festival Dionysia is finally open! This year, we have a mix of 6 wonderful original and professional one acts plays lined up, and we would love to have YOU on our team. We are looking for: Sound designer(s) Costume designer(s) Set designer(s) Prop designer(s)/master(s) Light board Operator(s)
Pictured: John Voth. Photo by Ron Reed. Jessica Kim The Chronicles of Narnia is more “classic” than any other works frequently discussed with it, such as Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, which were written decades later. It shows that it has withstood the test of time- and still more than relevant today. I
Pictured: Tallulah Winkelman as Sister Aloysius. Photo by David Newham. A Guest Review by our Mainstage 2017 Director, Samuel Jing “What do you do when you are not sure…” are the memorable opening words to John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt – and exactly what ran through my mind as I walked into Vancouver’s historic Penthouse nightclub
Pictured: Matthew Rhodes and Sophia Paskalidis as Claudio and Hero. Photo by Javier Sotres. Jessica Kim It’s hard to go wrong with Shakespeare. The story and the script is guaranteed after the test of many decades, and tickets will sell. But while it’s hard to fail, it’s even harder to nail. How can you make
Pictured: Jalen Saip and Paige Louter. Photo by Riun Garner. Jessica Kim I always don’t know who to relate to when it comes to teenage coming-of-age stories. None of the stereotypes fit me or my high school friends, and their issues seem unrealistic. Perhaps it’s the exaggeration of the American high school stereotypes or my strange