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The premise of The Drowsy Chaperone is simple: there’s a musical (also called The Drowsy Chaperone) about a wedding within a play about a lonely man listening to the soundtrack of said musical. Simple. The execution of the show, on the other hand, is a complex undertaking that UVic’s Phoenix Theatre tackles with valiant effort. […]

In 2016, Kent Nerburn’s novel Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder was adapted into Neither Wolf Nor Dog, an independent film that’s been getting accolades from viewers all throughout North America since its release. In the film, which is screening in Victoria next week, Nerburn is invited to the Pine […]

Searching for parking in Fernwood in a pitch-black stormy November night has got to be some kind of metaphor for life. By the time I arrived in my seat at the Belfry Theatre to see Mustard on Thursday night, I was soaked, petulant due to vague parking signs, profusely perspiring, and thankful to forget it all […]

It’s a running joke among my friends that every concert I go to is the best one I’ve ever been to, but if I was expecting The Glorious Sons and Beaches show at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre to be the one to finally put an end to that joke, I hoped in vain. This show […]

Looking to amp up the spook factor these autumn evenings? One of Victoria’s creepiest locales, Craigdarroch Castle, is hosting its first Classics at Craigdarroch Movie Series this month. Every Thursday and Saturday evening in October, the castle will hold a classic horror movie screening. Halloween lovers and film aficionados alike have reason to celebrate, as […]

Confession time: on October 17, 2018, I lost my virginity. My Rocky Horror virginity, that is. On a night I shan’t soon forget, I swapped my Rocky Horror v-card for an evening of ecstasy with Atomic Vaudeville. From the moment the band came out in corsets and rubber suits, I knew I was in for a ride. […]

About a third of the way into Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, a man installing an electric car battery is wearing a T-shirt that states these words: “Don’t know, don’t care.” Director Jennifer Baichwal, who grew up in Victoria, has created a meditative film (the third in a series, following Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark) that introduces us […]

If you are in any way tempted to run away with Cirque du Soleil, I hope you have nerves of steel and the grace of a snowflake. Have you ever tried the hula hoop? On your foot? While doing the splits? Suspended upside down by two people? I didn’t know where to focus—the entire 360-degree […]

My face hurts. I haven’t laughed this much in… I don’t know how long. I just went to see Potted Potter at the McPherson Playhouse with my best friend; we both walked in with high expectations and out with big grins. “Is this my Maurauder’s Map?” I asked the usher as she handed me a scroll […]

Believe it or not, Victoria’s Langham Court Theatre has just celebrated the opening of its 90th season. And what better way to kick off the year than with a tried and tested favourite? In this case, it’s Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward (it’s so much a favourite that this is the company’s fifth rendition of […]