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For 11 days, The Belfry Theatre will transform itself from a renowned historical playhouse to an unassuming intersection where grief and humour cross paths. There, Naomi Snieckus and Matt Baram will be performing their play Big Stuff as part of the 2026 Spark Festival, granting audiences the opportunity to lower their walls and embrace community, […]

100 Sunset Danielle Mier, contributing writer 100 Sunset is a captivating film that deeply resonated with me. The plot was solid and—although relatively simple—unpredictable. In a sense, it’s a tale as old as time when boiled down to its base elements. Most of us have experienced what these characters have, or have in the past; […]

I love everything about live stage theatre, but I dislike musicals. I mean, why sing what can be more easily spoken? So, I was apprehensive when assigned this review of Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera’s take on Puccini’s Tosca at the Royal Theatre. And I was surprised by how much I loved it, despite […]

For those who appreciate live music with a classic feel, Hermann’s Jazz Club will be featuring Showtune Piano Bar Cabaret later this month. This will be performed by the Diploma Year II and Certificate students from the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA), and presented by the Canadian Heritage Arts Society. However, there will be […]

Pacific Opera Victoria performed Zombie Blizzard on Sunday, January 18 as the final part of their Luminary Series, but this was neither about zombies nor blizzards, much to my initial relief and confusion; it’s about the mess that comes with digging too deeply into the past. The songs were written by Aaron Davis—he took selected […]

If you’re like me and approaching what feels like infinity years old, you probably need to pace yourself when it comes to going out at night. I will happily go for months on end without ever leaving my house after dark, but even despite my advanced age there are some things I just can’t resist. […]