A Christmas Carol returns to Craigdarroch Castle as solo performanceThis holiday season, viewers will be visited by three spirits at Craigdarroch Castle in a performance of A Christmas Carol by veteran local actor Jason Stevens. Stevens—who is returning for his tenth year telling the story—brings 19 characters to life in his solo performance of the Dickens classic tale of a man beset by greed […] Continue Reading |
Serving Elizabeth shines with beautiful set and intriguing plotCanadian playwright Marcia Johnson’s play Serving Elizabeth has made its way to Victoria’s Belfry Theatre. People may be drawn to seeing this play because Johnson was originally inspired by the popular Netflix series The Crown, in particular, an episode set in Kenya. Johnson had, apparently, seen the episode and believed that the depiction of the […] Continue Reading |
International at Camosun: My first HalloweenThey say that when there’s a festival coming up, you can feel it in the air. I’ve never honestly understood why everyone celebrated Halloween, a spooky holiday, but when it was coming up this year, I could certainly feel it in the air, and it made me excited to understand it better. It’s not just […] Continue Reading |
City and Colour owns audience from first chord at first of two Victoria showsWith the momentum of four consecutive number one albums as City and Colour, prolific singer/songwriter Dallas Green stopped at the Royal Theatre for the first of two back to back shows Monday night. This is Green’s first solo tour since November of 2019, but he clearly hasn’t missed a beat. Most Camosun students may be […] Continue Reading |
Dead Man’s Cell Phone excellent way to kick off Phoenix’s seasonAfter sitting empty for over a year, the Phoenix Theatre’s chairs were finally overflowing with an eager crowd excited to see the first live show of the season. On Thursday night, I attended the opening night of Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a play written by American playwright Sarah Ruhl and directed by Fran Gebhard. Not […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The War on Drugs hit peak feelgood sad-rock on new albumThe War on Drugs I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Atlantic Records) 4/5 Modern masters of melancholy The War on Drugs are back with the very War on Drugs-titled I Don’t Live Here Anymore, 10 more reminders of how this band does sad rock better than anyone else right now. See “Living Proof” for proof of […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: The Last Duel an absorbing piece of historical dramaThe Last Duel (2021) 3.5/4 One of my favourite movie genres is historical dramas. I love learning about forgotten pieces of history, such as William Wallace’s fight for freedom in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-wining drama Braveheart or the story of T.E. Lawrence’s experiences during the First World War in David Lean’s classic film Lawrence of Arabia. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Dennis MacKenzie offers powerful, moving musical memoirDennis MacKenzie The Guardian Angel Platoon (Independent) 4.5/5 Dennis MacKenzie is a Canadian veteran who has used musical therapy to cope with the trauma of being deployed in Afghanistan. Through the folk/rock songs on this album, MacKenzie tells the story of how his regiment lost 10 people—six in a single day. MacKenzie lost three of […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Snotty Nose Rez Kids offer emotional hip-hop experienceSnotty Nose Rez Kids Life After (Distorted Muse/Fontana North) 3/5 The Vancouver-based hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids—made up of Darren Metz and Quinton Nyce—are originally from the small northern village of Kitamaat. The duo dropped their self-titled debut in 2017, quickly following it up with their second album, The Average Savage, that same year. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Hawksley Workman and Kevin Breit’s debut collab chaotic, intriguingHawksley Workman and Kevin Breit Breit Workman (Isadora Records) 3.5/5 With 17 solo albums (give or take, depending on how you count them) to his credit, Juno Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman has teamed up with one of our nation’s finest guitarists, Kevin Breit, on their highly experimental debut instrumental album, Breit Workman. Known widely for […] Continue Reading |
