Jewish community members Gina Leon (above) and Michael Germant are both co-producers, as well as actors, in Island Productions’ The Glass Menagerie. (photo from Gina Leon) Tennessee Williams is one of the giants of the American theatre. His 1944 four-actor play…
Ziyian Kwan and Vanessa Goodman perform together in Simile, which concludes the Scotiabank Dance Centre’s open house on Sept. 10. (photo by David Cooper) The Scotiabank Dance Centre’s open house on Sept. 10 culminates with Simile, featuring new work and…
A scene from one of the end-of-class performances by the Hebrew-language theatre group for women at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver. Director Orly Naim is also teaching an English-language course this year. (photo from Orly Naim) One of…
Jewish community member Erika Babins co-stars in How to Adult: The Musical. (photo from Coffee & Screaming) As with the Jewish community Fringers profiled in the last issue of the Jewish Independent, the performers interviewed this week seek not only…
Jolene Bernardino is among the cast of Deborah Vogt’s Carry On: A Musical. (photo by Landon Shantz, graphics by Braden Neufeld) How many hours do you think you’ve stood around baggage carousels waiting for your luggage? Were you able to…
Pericles is one of the best Bard on the Beach productions this season. (photo by David Blue) If the thought of being transported to the mystique and exotic locales of the ancient Middle East appeals to you, then you must…
Left to right: Kazz Leskard (Iago), Claire Rice (Desdemona) and Courtney Shields (Constance) in Awkward Productions’ Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet. (photo by Derek Fu) Have you ever wished you could change the course of a play, making the plot…
Matt Montgomery as Tony and Jennifer Gillis as Maria have a great chemistry and energy on stage. (photo by Tim Matheson) Love conquers all. Then again, sometimes, it just isn’t enough. Theatre Under the Stars explores the power – and…
Bard on the Beach opened its 27th season with Romeo and Juliet. (photo by David Blue) William Shakespeare wrote a beautiful but tragic love story in 1595 and called it Romeo and Juliet. Its theme of forbidden love resonates with…
Karen Kelm, left, and Judith Chertkow-Levy in Like a Fly in Amber, which premièred at the Toronto Fringe Festival. (photo by Victor Dezso) After seeing Like a Fly in Amber, a musical at the Toronto Fringe Festival, I dreamt of…
