Matchmaker embraces farce
Ric Reid and Nicola Lipman co-star in The Matchmaker, which is at the Stanley until Feb. 24. (photo by David Cooper) If you are an aficionado of the absurd, an enthusiast of the exaggerated, a supporter of slapstick and an…
Performing Arts
Girls funny, open and smart
Girls Gotta Eat co-hosts Rayna Greenberg, left, and Ashley Hesseltine have created careers they love. (photo from JFL NorthWest) To say it’s a podcast about dating and relationships doesn’t begin to describe Girls Gotta Eat. Co-creators and co-hosts Rayna Greenberg…
Kindler in JFL’s lineup
Andy Kindler (photo ©Maljan) Actor, writer and comedian Andy Kindler is one of several Jewish community members on the Just for Laughs NorthWest roster for Vancouver. He’ll host The Alternative Show at Yuk Yuk’s Feb. 21-23. Kindler spoke with the…
A royal panto at Metro
Katherine Matlashewski plays Mopsy in Metro Theatre’s musical panto King Arthur’s Court. (photo by Tracy-Lynn Chernaske) While Katherine Matlashewski has numerous acting, singing and choreographing credits on her resumé, the musical panto King Arthur’s Court, which opens tonight (Dec. 14)…
The Enemy: a fight for truth
Jenn Griffin and Paul Herbert in Firehall Arts Centre’s production, The Enemy, which runs to Dec. 1. (photo by Pedro Meza) A doctor in a small B.C. town discovers that the main tourist draw, the springs, are polluted. As she…
Women at centre stage
Gili Roskies co-stars in Red Birds, which opens Nov. 2. (photo from Gili Roskies) Jewish community member Gili Roskies co-stars in the world première of Red Birds, written by Aaron Bushkowsky. Presented by Solo Collective Theatre and Western Gold Theatre,…
Like a Fly in Amber première
Judith Chertkow-Levy, left, and Karen Kelm co-star in the musical Like a Fly in Amber, which will be at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel Oct. 19. (photo by Victor Dezso Foto) The Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational…
A new season of opera
Vancouver Opera’s production of The Merry Widow opens Oct. 20. (photo by John Grigaitis) “I am thrilled that The Merry Widow will open our 58th season,” Kim Gaynor told the Independent. “The Merry Widow has only been produced twice before…
Experience Sweeney’s revenge
Colleen Winton as Mrs. Lovett and Warren Kimmel as Sweeney Todd in Snapshots Collective’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which runs Oct. 10-31. (photo by Nicol Spinola) “To seek revenge may lead to hell, but…
Curious Incident stellar
Ghazal Azarbad, as Siobhan, a special-ed teacher, and Daniel Doheny, as Christopher, who has Asperger’s, often work in tandem in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. (photo by David Cooper) Left, right, left, right. Follow the red…
