2 for Tea play not everyone’s cup of teaThe bizarre British performance of 2 for Tea at Victoria’s Metro Theatre was a lukewarm cup of disappointment that left me wondering if it could be anyone’s cup of tea at all. To my bewilderment, it had received flattering praise from critics and the audience members surrounding me were laughing at the slapstick humour. Meanwhile, […] Continue Reading |
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Company C’s Twelfth Night great entertainment for VictoriaCompany C shook up the Metro Theatre last night with their performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The Year III students of the Canadian College of Performing Arts, led by Stratford director Darcy Evans, chose to set the play in the 1920s. The dance between storylines of the servants and the nobles is certainly reminiscent of […] Continue Reading |
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Web exclusive: The Nexus Q&A interview with Don KesslerWhen word dropped that ex-NASA scientist Don Kessler was coming to town, the inner astronomy nerdling in me kinda sorta totally flipped out. Fellow nerdling and Nexus contributing writer Ryan Brezzi interviewed Kessler (read his story here), but when Kessler called the office one day looking for Brezzi, I did what anyone who grew up […] Continue Reading |
Fall Camosun College Student Society election results inThe preliminary results for the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) fall elections are in. 593 students voted, and the end result is this: Jacqueline Christie is now a Lansdowne director, while Sophie Amin, Xinyi Qu, Pamela Webster, and Ellen Young are Interurban directors. Andrea Lemus is the new international director. Continue Reading |
Retired NASA scientist Don Kessler talks space junk issuesAre the days that we can look up at a clean sky and see a vast expanse of stars and contemplate the depths of our existence numbered? Human impact is now being felt in space, and aside from the development of megacities with buildings and lights that block the stars, the days of the big […] Continue Reading |
Sudoku answers for October 16, 2013 issue |
Humour via barbiturate overdose: local company brings farce to the stageSix doors, obnoxious bellhops, and barbiturate overdoses: welcome to the zany world of farce, this time around brought to you by the Canadian College of Performing Arts’ Company C. The performance in question is Lend Me a Tenor, originally written by playwright Ken Ludwig, here brought to life again by director Julie McIsaac, herself a […] Continue Reading |
