Camosun Visual Arts lab technologist screens film at AntimatterAs October begins, Victoria prepares for its 29th annual Antimatter [media art] festival, during which 21 programs of short films and experimental videography pieces by 136 artists from 31 countries will be displayed to the public. (The films will also be streamed online for free for 24 hours after they screen at the festival.) Included […] Continue Reading |
The Uprising tedious action film with no substanceI enjoy horrific depictions of wanton violence just as much as the next well-balanced man, but this comes with a caveat: it must be entertaining. The Uprising is a historical dramatization of the Peasant’s Revolt of 1381. The Peasant’s Revolt was a response to unfair taxation and poor treatment of serfs in England, resulting in […] Continue Reading |
The Sound Inside tackles big questions, big soliloquiesAdam Rapp’s The Sound Inside is an interesting departure from what most plays I’ve seen recently are trying to achieve. Its set is minimal—just a bench on one side acting as a synecdoche for a larger park, and a table and chairs playing the roles of office, kitchen, and dormitory. The rest of the set […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Nuh-Uh! add something new on EPNuh-Uh! All My Friends (Permenent Records) 3.5/5 While playing a show in downtown Victoria this August, local band Nuh-Uh! surprised the audience by announcing their first EP, releasing that same night. All My Friends stays true to the band’s sound—somewhere between surf punk and punk rock—while at the same time managing to add something new […] Continue Reading |
Comedian explores origins of ’90s gay joke in RibaldComedian Shawn Hitchins has had quite the decade. Finding success early in his career and even sparking a movement (Ginger Pride Walk) in Edinburgh, it would be understandable to feel like the universe (or whoever is in charge of it) is smiling down on him. Unfortunately for Hitchins, life is a big fan of the […] Continue Reading |
Buddy brilliant specimen of weird filmmakingI was born at a very young age in 1985, hot on the heels of the Ninja Turtles, and by the time the mid ’90s rolled around, I was wearing my hat backwards, eating Push Pops, and, without fail, being relegated to the position of “car lookout” in street hockey. My fellow millenials certainly remember […] Continue Reading |
Leeroy Stagger makes pilgrimage homeThe Victoria music scene has produced some of Canada’s most lauded musicians, and within those ranks, Leeroy Stagger has made himself at home. He once toured as an alt-rocker opening for Victoria’s own Hot Hot Heat, before switching up his style and donning the singer-songwriter cloak. In 2002 he dropped his first EP Six Tales […] Continue Reading |
Couples Clownselling uses comedy as light-hearted therapyHave you ever considered couples counselling, but are super turned off by how serious and humourless it can be? Wouldn’t you rather get half-drunk off red wine and laugh at other couples as they laugh at themselves? Well then, Vancouver comedians Aaron Campbell and Cass Furman have just the event for you, with their travelling […] Continue Reading |
Small exhibits filling big role at Royal BC MuseumThe Royal BC Museum has been slowly but surely repatriating artifacts and belongings to the Indigenous peoples that are their rightful owners. This endeavour, a worthwhile step in the name of truth and reconciliation, has the side effect of causing rolling closures in various departments of the museum’s permanent collection. This has created the unique […] Continue Reading |
Alisha’s Light incredible coming-out storyThe long-running Victoria Fringe Festival is in its 40th incarnation, once again brought to our fair city by Intrepid Theatre to showcase outsider performance art. Fringe fests have long been the domain of the freaks and geeks, and a safe harbour for anyone not quite fitting into the mould of what you could call the […] Continue Reading |
