Montreal’s LENOIRE collaborates, experiments, get harmonious

With their upbeat, modern twist on the blues, Montreal’s LENOIRE go with the flow while performing. They are a band built on harmony. A genuine relationship is key in making music together and, for LENOIRE, always comes first in the process. “We don’t normally have a routine, we just hang out and chill together,” says […]

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Victoria Fringe Fest addresses the complexities of human emotion, life

Most of us can remember a vacation that’s gone horribly wrong. Flights get delayed, papers get lost—whatever it is, it’s the furthest thing from funny when it happens. In retrospect, however, the laughter often comes echoing through the cracks to make a good story. “I’ve compiled different stories to get that comic arc,” says playwright […]

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New play explores music, technology, and pop culture of generation X

In 2015, BOOM—a one-man show written and performed by Rick Miller about the legacy of the baby boom—came to the Belfry Theatre. Miller, a musician and devoted music fanatic, initially used BOOM to explore the early evolution of rock and roll, but it quickly evolved into something more. “It was about music at first, and […]

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Toronto electronic duo LAL create safe spaces with music

Toronto-based electronic duo LAL tackle very down-to-earth social issues through their music, but for their new album, Dark Beings, they took inspiration from something out of this world. The two members of LAL—Nicholas Murray and Rosina Kazi—got motivated by listening to NASA satellite sound recordings and tried to recreate those sounds on the album using […]

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What’s Going On: August 7 to 27, 2019

Until Sunday, August 11On the way to the RoxyA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum might have debuted in 1912, but this play tells a classic story—it’s inspired by ancient Roman playwright Plautus, and it tells the story of a slave named Pseudolus and his plan to find freedom by helping his […]

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Victoria theatre company puts local talent to use in Constellations

Local theatre company hapax theatre—lower case intentional—is named for a linguistic term that dates back to ancient Greece. A “hapax legomenon” is a word that appears only once within a certain context—for example, in a play or an entire body of work. A hapax legomenon can be very mysterious and difficult to interpret, since it […]

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Victoria Operatic Society braces for a whole lot of Nunsense

The Victoria Operatic Society (VOS) mounts theatre productions twice a year; with RENT and Shrek the Musical already under its belt, the assumption was that VOS was done for 2019. However, that’s not the case: VOS recently announced a surprise third show, Nunsense. “This is kind of unusual for VOS,” admits director Doug Crockett. “We […]

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What’s Going On: July 10 to August 7, 2019

Until Sunday, July 14’Til curtains do we partBarefoot in the Park, a comedy by Neil Simon, is running at the Roxy Theatre until July 14. This show premiered in 1963, but it timelessly—and comedically—illustrates the early days of marriage and the trials and rewards that they hold. Tickets range from $20 to $48; for show […]

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Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival evolving with the times

Every summer, The Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival sets up its stage outdoors at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus and performs two Shakespeare plays. This year, the festival is tackling Julius Caesar and one of The Bard’s first works, Two Gentlemen of Verona. At the helm of the production of Two Gentlemen is director Christopher Weddell, who has […]

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Victoria theatre company puts local talent to use in Constellations

Local theatre company hapax theatre—lower case intentional—is named for a linguistic term that dates back to ancient Greece. A “hapax legomenon” is a word that appears only once within a certain context—for example, in a play or an entire body of work. A hapax legomenon can be very mysterious and difficult to interpret, since it […]

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