Monday, February 24, 2020

LADY SUNRISE – REVIEW OF MARJORIE CHAN’S PLAY AT FACTORY THEATRE

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James Karas Marjorie Chan’s new play Lady Sunrise tells the story of six Asian women living in Vancouver around 2005. When I steppe...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

bug – REVIEW OF YOLANDA BONNELL’S CREATION AT PASSE MURAILLE

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James Karas Yolanda Bonnell’s solo show bug opens with her singing a simple chant that could be a dirge or an invocation. She sings abo...
Monday, February 17, 2020

GROUNDED - REVIEW OF THEATRE SIX PRODUCTION AT STREETCAR CROWSNEST THEATRE

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Reviewed by James Karas George Brant’s play Grounded has one character who tells an apparently simple story about herself. The plot dev...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

HANSEL & GRETEL – REVIEW OF 2020 COC PRODUCTION

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Reviewed by James Karas             The Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel has so ma...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN - REVIEW OF SOULPEPPER’S PRODUCTION OF GUIRGIS’ PLAY

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Reviewed by James Karas You have two inmates in solitary confinement, two prison guards and a lawyer. That is a heady start for drama a...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

THIS WAS THE WORLD – REVIEW OF NEW PLAY BY ELLIE MOON AT TARRAGON

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Reviewed by James Karas This Was the World , Ellie Moon’s new play at Tarragon Theatre, is based on the simple premise that some very sm...
Thursday, February 6, 2020

UNCLE VANYA – REVIEW OF CHEKHOV’S PLAY AT HAROLD PINTER THEATRE

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Reviewed by James Karas Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in an adaptation by Conor McPherson receives a masterly production at the Harold ...