Comedian Pete Zedlacher says stand-up is about livingI challenge anyone to get through a conversation with Canadian comedian Pete Zedlacher without laughing. It’s impossible to do. For example, when I had him on the phone to talk about his upcoming performance here for the Snowed In Comedy Tour, he stops me in the middle of a question after I mention Louis C.K. […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: January 10 to 23, 2018Until Sunday, January 21 Losing everything The play The Prisoner of Second Avenue is coming to Congregation Emanu-El synagogue this month. It’s a story about a married couple, and about how having a mental breakdown after losing everything becomes the best thing that’s ever happened to the husband. Tickets are $20 and are available at […] Continue Reading |
Vince Vaccaro gets honest with his process, his past, and the industryFor Victoria-based guitarist/vocalist Vince Vaccaro, there are no limits to creating art based on what he calls the different seasons of life: sitting on the beach watching the sun set, reliving past pain, and considering the inevitability of death, to name a few. This comes through in his music: for example, 2016’s So Long Wicked […] Continue Reading |
Camosun music instructor Daniel Lapp comes home for the holidaysWhen Daniel Lapp isn’t teaching music classes at Camosun through the Victoria Conservatory of Music, the world-class fiddler is organizing his annual Home for Christmas concerts. Lapp—who is also, among other things, a singer and multi-instrumentalist—is legendary in the fiddle scene, having played with Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles, Lou Reed, Spirit of […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: K Trevor Wilson mines comedic goldK Trevor Wilson Sorry! (A Canadian Album) (Comedy Records) 4.5/5 K Trevor Wilson’s first album, SexCop FirePenis, took home Best Taped Live Performance at the 2016 Canadian Comedy Awards; this follow-up is every bit as good. With 20 years under his belt as an actor, writer, and comedian, Wilson is well established, currently starring on […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: November 29, 2017 issueWednesday, November 29 Dancing on tour So You Think You Can Dance is coming to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on November 29. The show is on tour across Canada and will have performances from its top 10 contestants. For more info, visit sofmc.com; tickets are between $43.50 and $69.50. Friday, December 8 until Monday, April 2 […] Continue Reading |
Blue Bridge Theatre celebrates its first decade with new productionBlue Bridge Repertory Theatre has been putting on theatre productions in Victoria for 10 years, and Blue Bridge Sings!, the company’s 10-year anniversary show, is both a birthday party and a reunion. People who were in Blue Bridge musicals like Fire, Little Shop of Horrors, My Fair Lady, and Red, Hot Cole! will return for […] Continue Reading |
Dazzle Patterns illuminates the colours of warAlison Watt’s new book Dazzle Patterns takes the reader on a journey back to the year 1917. The setting in which the narrative takes place does not promise a positive experience: the town is Halifax, and the world is experiencing the terrors of World War I. The population of Halifax feels the consequences of the […] Continue Reading |
Black Wizard gets heavier than ever on new albumBlack Wizard drummer Eugene Parkomenko’s passion is in sitting behind the kit, and for good reason: his father played drums, and he followed close behind his old man. But Parkomenko does more then play drums for the Vancouver stoner/doom metal band—often, he’ll hum a guitar part he wrote into his phone and let his bandmates […] Continue Reading |
Local comedy scene bustling with amateurs and prosHe stood on the stage—next to Jerry Springer—shirtless, with red tassels hanging from his nipples, and realized it was a little late for second-guessing as millions watched around the globe. The studio audience chanted, “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!” The moment is still legendary in some circles; it marked the arrival of Jy Harris. Harris is […] Continue Reading |
